Brainerd, MN: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 53.8°F in Brainerd, MN, the coldest May since 2019, tied 40th coldest of 109 (with 2003 and 1957).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 53.8°F; Coldest since 2019; 40th coldest of 109
Precipitation: 0.52 in; Driest since 2021; 5th driest of 120

A normal May in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 55.2°F, between 51.6°F and 59.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.09 in of precipitation, between 1.60 in and 5.25 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Brainerd, MN since 1899: 53.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 48.1°F, in 1927.

Normal range, 51.6 to 59.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	53.8	68	67.2	57	40.4	84	0.52	116	0
2025	56.9	31	70.3	21	43.5	46	2.10	81	0
2024	57.2	27	68.6	40	45.8	23	4.22	27	0
2023	59.8	9	73.1	8	46.5	16	1.63	96	0
2022	56.9	31	68	47	45.7	24	4.84	18	0
2021	56.2	42	69.3	32	43.1	50	0.27	120	0
2020	55.2	56	65.9	68	44.5	33	0.80	113	0
2019	51.7	88	63.5	91	39.9	91	3.66	44	0
2018	61.9	4	75.9	4	47.8	6	1.71	93	0
2017	53.3	75	63.7	88	42.9	55	3.21	50	0
2016	55.3	54	68.4	43	42.3	60	4.05	31	0
2015	53.4	74	64.9	78	41.9	65	4.12	29	0
2014	58.9	14	70	26	47.8	6	4.65	20	0
2013	53.9	67	65.4	73	42.3	60	3.65	45	1
2012	58.6	18	70.1	25	47.2	10	8.84	3	0
2011	55.1	57	65.8	70	44.3	37	5.09	15	0
2010	56.2	42	68.6	40	43.8	43	3.02	55	0
2009	54.2	60	67.9	49	40.4	84	1.76	91	0
2008	52.4	83	63.7	88	41.1	77	3.26	49	0
2007	59.5	11	72	12	47	12	2.79	58	0
2006	58.8	15	69.1	35	48.5	3	1.99	86	0
2005	54.1	63	63.7	88	44.5	33	1.60	97	0
2004	50.3	101	61.1	106	39.6	95	1.52	100	2
2003	53.8	68	66.6	63	40.9	79	1.91	89	0
2002	49.6	104	61.9	100	37.4	109	1.55	99	0
2001	56.1	45	67.5	55	44.6	31	4.01	32	0
2000	55.4	51	67.7	53	43.1	50	2.79	58	0
1999	56.4	40	66.9	59	45.9	22	8.29	5	0
1998	60.2	5	73.5	7	47	12	4.34	24	0
1997	50.5	98	62.4	94	38.7	103	2.10	81	0
1996	52.9	80	64	83	41.9	65	2.51	70	0
1995	53.5	72	65.4	73	41.5	74	3.17	52	0
1994	57.3	26	70.5	17	44.2	39	2.87	57	0
1993	53.1	79	65	77	41.3	76	6.68	7	0
1992	57	28	71	15	43.1	50	2.72	62	0
1991	59.9	8	70.2	23	49.6	1	4.44	23	0
1990	53.2	77	65.9	68	40.5	81	1.70	94	0
1989	56.8	34	69.3	32	43.1	50	3.93	34	2
1988	62.7	2	77.7	2	47.7	8	1.92	87	0
1987	57	28	70.2	23	44	40	2.79	58	1
1986	56.3	41	67.9	49	44.6	31	3.44	47	0
1985	58.7	17	70.3	21	47.1	11	4.58	21	0
1984			64.9	78			2.56	67	5
1983	50	103	62.3	95	37.4	109	1.46	102	2
1982	57	28	69.1	35	44.8	30	5.61	10	0
1981	53.2	77	68.2	45	38.3	105	1.75	92	0
1980	57.8	23	73.6	6	42	63	1.47	101	0
1979					38.3	105	2.36	74	31
1978					39.4	98	3.88	35	31
1977	63.4	1	78.1	1	48.6	2	3.09	53	0
1976	52.6	81	67.7	53	38	107	0.91	111	1
1975	56.9	31	69.7	30	44	40	2.71	63	0
1974	49.6	104	59.8	110	39.4	98	3.76	41	0
1973					39.6	95	4.00	33	25
1972							3.28	48	8
1971							2.48	72	4
1970							2.16	79	6
1969							2.59	65	4
1968			62.9	93	41.4	75	1.66	95	4
1967	48.6	108	60.1	108	37	112	0.95	109	0
1966	50.5	98	62	99	39	101	2.94	56	0
1965							3.71	42	10
1964	59	13	71.4	14	46.4	17	2.09	83	1
1963	52.3	84	62.1	97	42.6	59	3.69	43	1
1962	56	47	65.2	76	46.7	15	7.29	6	0
1961	51.8	87	63.9	84	39.8	94	2.59	65	0
1960	54	65	65.3	75	43	54	3.18	51	1
1959	56.8	34	67.9	49	45.6	25	9.40	2	1
1958	55.4	51	68.8	39	41.9	65	0.88	112	0
1957	53.8	68	65.7	71	41.9	65	2.49	71	0
1956	53.6	71	64.6	81	42.7	58	3.82	38	0
1955	60.2	5	73.1	8	46.8	14	2.25	77	2
1954	49.4	106	59.9	109	38.8	102	3.87	36	0
1953	55.6	50	69	37	41.7	70	3.79	40	1
1952	56.7	36	70	26	43.5	46	0.53	115	0
1951	58.3	19	70.5	17	46.1	21	4.28	25	0
1950	51	93	62.1	97	40	90	4.25	26	0
1949	57.4	25	70.5	17	44.3	37	5.24	12	0
1948	55	58	70	26	40.1	86	0.37	118	0
1947	50.1	102	61.9	100	38.4	104	2.03	85	0
1946	51.5	92	63	92	40.1	86	2.53	69	0
1945	50.8	96	61.6	104	39.9	91	0.71	114	0
1944	56.6	38	68.2	45	45	28	4.97	16	0
1943	51.7	88	64.1	82	39.3	100	5.87	9	0
1942	52.2	85	63.8	87	40.5	81	5.30	11	1
1941	59.6	10	71	15	48.3	5	2.62	64	0
1940	54.2	60	66.7	62	41.7	70	2.06	84	0
1939	59.2	12	72.2	11	46.3	19	1.43	103	0
1938	51.9	86	60.8	107	42.9	55	8.71	4	0
1937	56.7	36	68	47	45.5	26	2.74	61	0
1936	60	7	72.4	10	47.5	9	2.28	76	0
1935	51	93	61.9	100	40.1	86	1.11	106	0
1934	62.4	3	76.4	3	48.4	4	1.06	107	0
1933	55.9	48	66.9	59	44.9	29	5.24	12	0
1932	56.2	42	69	37	43.3	48	3.87	36	0
1931	54	65	66.4	64	41.6	73	3.57	46	0
1930	55.3	54	66.8	61	43.7	44	4.79	19	0
1929	50.5	98	63.9	84	37.1	111	2.18	78	0
1928	55.7	49	68.6	40	42.9	55	0.29	119	0
1927	48.1	109	56.2	111	40.1	86	1.92	87	0
1926	54.6	59	67.2	57	42	63	0.98	108	0
1925	50.9	95	63.9	84	38	107	1.79	90	0
1923	54.1	63	66.1	66	41.7	70	2.11	80	1
1922	58.1	21	69.9	29	46.3	19	1.60	97	0
1921	55.4	51	66.3	65	44.5	33	4.08	30	0
1920	51.6	90	62.3	95	40.9	79	4.58	21	0
1919	51.6	90	61.4	105	41.9	65	3.82	38	0
1918	56.5	39	69.2	34	43.7	44	2.41	73	0
1917	49.3	107	67.9	49	30.8	113	0.41	117	0
1916	52.6	81	64.7	80	40.5	81	4.13	28	0
1915	50.8	96	61.8	103	39.9	91	5.19	14	0
1914	57.8	23	70.5	17	45.1	27	2.56	67	0
1913	53.5	72	67.4	56	39.6	95	3.08	54	0
1912	56.1	45	68.4	43	43.9	42	10.39	1	0
1904	54.2	60	66.1	66	42.3	60	0.95	109	0
1902	58	22	69.6	31	46.4	17	6.59	8	2
1901	58.2	20	71.9	13	44.5	33	1.23	105	1
1900	58.8	15	74.4	5	43.2	49	1.26	104	0
1899	53.3	75	65.6	72	41	78	4.92	17	2
1889							2.34	75	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	63.4
1988	62.7
1934	62.4
2018	61.9
1998	60.2
1955	60.2
1936	60
1991	59.9
2023	59.8
1941	59.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	48.1
1967	48.6
1917	49.3
1954	49.4
2002	49.6
1974	49.6
1983	50
1947	50.1
2004	50.3
1997	50.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1912	10.39
1959	9.40
2012	8.84
1938	8.71
1999	8.29
1962	7.29
1993	6.68
1902	6.59
1943	5.87
1982	5.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	0.27
1928	0.29
1948	0.37
1917	0.41
2026	0.52
1952	0.53
1945	0.71
2020	0.80
1958	0.88
1976	0.91

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 26 May 2026
Coldest night: 25°F; 7 May 2026, 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.25 in; 18 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 0.52 in of precipitation in Brainerd, MN, the driest May since 2021, 5th driest of 120.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 89°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Brainerd, MN: a low of 25°F on Thursday 7 May 2026 and Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 0.25 in on Monday 18 May 2026.