Brainerd, MN: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 31.5°F in Brainerd, MN, the warmest March since 2025, tied 23rd warmest of 110 (with 1925).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 31.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 23rd warmest of 110
Precipitation: 0.42 in; Driest since 2017; 19th driest of 120

A normal March in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28.5°F, between 22.4°F and 34.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.96 in of precipitation, between 0.19 in and 1.81 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Brainerd, MN since 1899: 31.5°F in 2026; the highest is 42°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 22.4 to 34.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Brainerd, MN from 1889 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	31.5	23	43.1	18	19.9	26	0.42	101	0
2025	33	16	44.8	12	21.2	19	2.13	16	0
2024	31.6	22	42.1	22	21	21	1.55	31	0
2023	21.4	89	32.8	88	9.9	95	0.91	62	0
2022	26.6	52	36.3	57	16.9	48	0.73	76	0
2021	36	5	46.5	5	25.5	6	1.39	39	0
2020	32.3	19	41.4	24	23.3	13	0.72	78	0
2019	23.5	74	34.8	70	12.3	79	1.85	19	0
2018	27	49	37.3	49	16.6	51	1.17	47	0
2017	28.4	41	38.8	40	18	41	0.21	113	0
2016	36.1	4	45.5	10	26.6	4	1.53	32	0
2015	30.1	29	41.5	23	18.7	34	0.26	110	0
2014	22.5	82	33.2	83	11.8	81	0.35	103	0
2013	21.9	87	32.9	85	11	85	1.37	42	0
2012	42	1	52.8	1	31.2	1	1.76	21	0
2011	24.1	71	35.2	63	12.9	75	0.57	85	0
2010	38.1	2	48.7	2	27.5	2	0.96	55	0
2009	26.3	53	36.5	53	16.1	57	3.74	1	0
2008	24	72	34	75	14.1	69	0.65	80	0
2007	33.2	13	42.8	19	23.6	9	1.34	44	0
2006	31.9	21	40	32	23.7	8	0.24	111	1
2005	28.7	39	40	32	17.5	46	0.89	64	0
2004	30.8	26	40.6	29	20.9	22	0.66	79	0
2003	26.1	56	37.2	50	15	63	0.04	119	0
2002	18.7	103	28.5	106	8.8	99	1.02	51	0
2001	24.6	68	35.6	61	13.6	71	trace	120	0
2000	34.8	8	46.5	5	23.1	14	0.93	59	0
1999	30.2	28	40.6	29	19.8	29	0.06	117	0
1998	27.3	48	36.6	52	18.2	39	0.95	58	1
1997	24.6	68	36.2	58	13	73	1.81	20	0
1996	18.3	104	30	103	6.5	106	0.74	75	0
1995	29.1	36	39.8	34	18.5	35	2.91	3	0
1994	29.7	31	39.7	35	19.6	31	1.39	39	1
1993	25.9	57	38.1	44	13.7	70	1.38	41	0
1992	29.5	32	39.3	37	19.8	29	1.44	36	1
1991	29.2	35	40.7	28	17.7	45	1.67	25	0
1990	30.4	27	40.9	27	19.9	26	2.76	5	0
1989	21.2	90	32.2	90	10.2	93	1.73	22	0
1988	28.1	43	37.5	47	18.5	35	2.28	12	1
1987	32.5	18	43.9	14	21.2	19	0.91	62	0
1986	28.5	40	39	38	18	41	0.92	60	0
1985	33.2	13	43.4	16	21.9	17	0.55	88	3
1984	22.7	81	33.2	83	11.9	80	0.50	94	2
1983	27.4	47	35.8	60	19.5	32	1.59	30	1
1982	20.9	91	33.4	79	8.4	101	1.71	23	0
1981	31.1	25	45.1	11	17.1	47	0.75	73	0
1980	17.6	106	32.2	90	3	111	0.92	60	1
1979					12.5	77	2.46	8	31
1978					8	103	0.55	88	15
1977	32.1	20	43.4	16	20.9	22	2.78	4	0
1976	23.1	77	34.9	68	10.8	88	1.44	36	2
1975	15.8	108	30.8	95	0.8	112	1.66	26	0
1974	22	86	34.4	72	9.6	96	0.17	115	0
1973	35.4	6	44.5	13	26.3	5	0.78	71	0
1972							2.02	18	8
1971							0.97	54	9
1970							1.46	35	11
1969							0.27	109	10
1968	33	16	46.1	7	19.9	26	2.16	14	0
1967							0.57	85	11
1966							2.71	6	10
1965							2.43	9	11
1964							1.16	49	8
1963	29.5	32	41	26	18.2	39	1.64	28	2
1962	24.8	64	33.3	82	16.2	56	0.47	96	1
1961	33.1	15	42.5	20	23.6	9	0.43	100	0
1960	16	107	28.5	106	3.5	110	0.57	85	0
1959	28.8	37	40.5	31	16.8	49	0.14	116	3
1958	28.2	42	38.4	42	18	41	0.32	107	3
1957	22.5	82	34.1	73	10.8	88	0.87	68	2
1956	19.2	101	30.6	96	7.9	104	1.35	43	2
1955	20.5	94	34.1	73	6.1	108	0.89	64	1
1954	24.8	64	34.5	71	15.1	62	1.29	45	0
1953	28.1	43	37.7	46	18.4	37	0.96	55	0
1952	23	78	32.9	85	13.1	72	2.20	13	1
1951	20	96	30.3	100	10	94	2.16	14	1
1950	19.9	97	30.5	98	9.4	97	3.17	2	0
1949	22.3	84	33.4	79	11.3	84	0.30	108	0
1948	22.9	80	35.2	63	10.6	91	0.88	67	0
1947	24.9	63	35	66	14.7	64	0.34	106	0
1946	37.2	3	47.1	3	27.3	3	0.53	91	0
1945	33.6	10	46	8	21.3	18	0.77	72	0
1944	22.2	85	32	92	12.4	78	0.96	55	0
1943	18.3	104	30.4	99	6.3	107	1.60	29	0
1942	33.5	12	42.3	21	24.8	7	0.99	53	0
1941	24.7	67	34.9	68	14.4	67	0.89	64	0
1940	20.8	93	30.2	101	11.5	82	1.19	46	0
1939	23.4	75	35.4	62	11.4	83	0.73	76	0
1938	34.3	9	45.7	9	22.8	15	1.01	52	0
1937	21.6	88	32.3	89	10.9	86	0.21	113	0
1936	25.9	57	33.9	77	18	41	0.53	91	0
1935	28.8	37	38.5	41	19.2	33	2.32	10	0
1934	23.4	75	33.7	78	13	73	0.60	83	0
1933	26.3	53	36	59	16.6	51	0.52	93	0
1932	18.8	102	29.2	105	8.4	101	0.60	83	0
1931	28.1	43	37.9	45	18.4	37	1.48	33	0
1930	27	49	38.4	42	15.7	59	0.48	95	0
1929	30	30	39.4	36	20.6	24	1.13	50	0
1928	25.9	57	37.4	48	14.4	67	0.05	118	0
1927	29.5	32	36.5	53	22.4	16	1.47	34	0
1926	20.5	94	30.2	101	10.7	90	0.87	68	0
1925	31.5	23	41.4	24	20.5	25	0.35	103	1
1924	25	62	33.4	79	16.5	54	0.55	88	0
1923	14.9	109	24.3	109	5.5	109	0.42	101	0
1922	24.8	64	32.9	85	16.6	51	2.29	11	0
1921	26.2	55	36.4	56	16.1	57	2.53	7	0
1920	25.3	61	35.2	63	15.5	60			0
1919	23	78	30.6	96	15.4	61	1.44	36	0
1918	35.3	7	47.1	3	23.5	11	0.47	96	0
1917	25.5	60	36.5	53	14.5	66	1.17	47	0
1916					10.9	86	2.03	17	6
1915	27.7	46	39	38	16.5	54	0.44	99	0
1914	26.7	51	36.7	51	16.7	50	0.83	70	1
1913	23.9	73	35	66	12.7	76	0.45	98	0
1912	20.9	91	32	92	8.8	99	0.22	112	1
1906	19.5	98	28.4	108	10.6	91			0
1904	19.4	100	29.9	104	9.1	98	1.65	27	3
1902	33.6	10	43.8	15	23.4	12	0.61	82	1
1901	24.3	70	34	75	14.7	64	1.70	24	0
1900	19.5	98	31.5	94	7.6	105	0.75	73	3
1899	11.5	110	23.4	110	-0.3	113	0.65	80	0
1889							0.35	103	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	42
2010	38.1
1946	37.2
2016	36.1
2021	36
1973	35.4
1918	35.3
2000	34.8
1938	34.3
1945	33.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1899	11.5
1923	14.9
1975	15.8
1960	16
1980	17.6
1996	18.3
1943	18.3
2002	18.7
1932	18.8
1956	19.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	3.74
1950	3.17
1995	2.91
1977	2.78
1990	2.76
1966	2.71
1921	2.53
1979	2.46
1965	2.43
1935	2.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2001	trace
2003	0.04
1928	0.05
1999	0.06
1959	0.14
1974	0.17
2017	0.21
1937	0.21
1912	0.22
2006	0.24

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 70°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: -13°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.15 in; 12 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.42 in of precipitation in Brainerd, MN, the driest March since 2017, tied 19th driest of 120 (with 1923).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 70°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Brainerd, MN: a low of -13°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 0.15 in on Thursday 12 March 2026.