Brainerd, MN: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 69.1°F in Brainerd, MN, the warmest summer since 2021, tied 13th warmest of 101 (with 2010).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 69.1°F; Warmest since 2021; 13th warmest of 101

A normal summer in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.6°F, between 64.5°F and 69.7°F in eight years of ten and 11.39 in of precipitation, between 7.17 in and 15.59 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Brainerd, MN since 1899: 69.1°F in 2026; the highest is 71.3°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 64.5 to 69.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer in Brainerd, MN from 1899 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	69.1	13	80.7	15	57.4	22	6.25	106	0
2025	67.7	45	78.1	59	57.4	22	11.31	56	0
2024	68.2	33	78.9	46	57.5	20	13.07	30	0
2023	68.9	18	81.3	12	56.6	37	5.29	112	0
2022	69	15	80.1	26	57.8	12	8.32	88	0
2021	71.3	1	84.3	2	58.2	6	7.25	101	0
2020	71.1	2	82.8	3	59.4	1	12.69	33	0
2019	68.4	27	79.6	34	57.2	27	12.17	42	1
2018	68.6	23	79.3	39	57.8	12	11.05	58	0
2017	65.1	77	76.5	78	53.8	78	14.32	16	0
2016	67.2	52	77.5	65	56.9	33	20.00	2	0
2015	66.8	56	78.2	57	55.3	57	5.90	108	0
2014	67.8	42	77.9	62	57.7	14	12.96	32	0
2013	68.3	31	79.7	32	56.9	33	11.39	53	2
2012	69.6	8	81.2	13	58	8	16.26	8	0
2011	69	15	79.6	34	58.5	5	10.73	63	0
2010	69.1	13	79.3	39	59	3	15.42	10	2
2009	64.4	89	75.4	89	53.5	80	13.20	28	0
2008	67	55	78.9	46	55	64	10.93	60	1
2007	69.7	6	81.6	8	57.9	10	5.54	110	0
2006	70.4	4	82.6	4	58.2	6	5.97	107	0
2005	69.7	6	80.4	19	58.9	4	9.22	78	5
2004	62.8	97	73.9	98	51.7	95	8.25	90	0
2003	67.3	50	79.6	34	55	64	7.47	97	0
2002	68	38	78.6	51	57.3	25	17.24	7	2
2001	68	38	80	28	55.9	51			2
2000	64.7	82	76	83	53.3	83	10.45	67	0
1999	66.8	56	77.3	67	56.3	45	14.31	18	1
1998	66	69	76.9	76	55.1	60	9.82	73	1
1997	66.4	62	77.5	65	55.3	57	9.94	72	0
1996	66.2	66	78.1	59	54.5	71	8.92	83	1
1995	68.7	20	80	28	57.3	25	13.78	22	0
1994	65.2	74	76.2	80	54.3	73	10.46	66	0
1993	64.5	86	74.2	97	54.9	66	13.53	23	0
1992	61.3	98	72.8	99	49.9	100	12.12	44	0
1991	68.4	27	79.9	30	56.8	35	11.51	50	1
1990	66.5	59	78.1	59	54.9	66	10.35	68	0
1989									31
1988	70.6	3	84.6	1	56.5	39	9.65	74	0
1987	68.4	27	81.4	11	55.4	55	7.31	99	1
1986	65.6	72	77.3	67	54.1	75	15.62	9	3
1985	63.5	94	74.8	91	52.1	93	14.34	15	4
1984	68.1	37	79.4	38	57	30	9.17	80	5
1983	68.7	20	80.6	17	56.4	43	9.24	77	5
1982	63.7	92	76.4	79	51.1	96	7.28	100	1
1981	64.8	81	76.9	76	52.7	86	14.32	16	0
1980	64.6	84	78.2	57	51	97	10.90	61	0
1979					52.3	91	11.97	46	92
1978							13.42	27	92
1977	63.2	96	77.3	67	49.1	103	14.00	20	0
1976	66.4	62	82.1	6	50.6	99	7.60	96	0
1975	66.1	67	78.7	49	53.4	82	13.96	21	1
1974	65.2	74	77.8	63	52.7	86	12.44	38	1
1973	66.5	59	78.3	54	54.6	68	15.11	11	7
1972							12.51	37	32
1971							11.39	53	27
1970							6.28	105	13
1969							7.36	98	27
1968							11.37	55	23
1967							9.21	79	18
1966							12.15	43	51
1965							11.19	57	28
1964							12.57	35	20
1963	68.3	31	78.7	49	57.9	10	15.11	11	1
1962	65.2	74	74.8	91	55.7	52	10.47	64	5
1961	68.6	23	80.6	17	56.6	37	7.17	102	1
1960	67.4	48	78.3	54	56.4	43	12.59	34	2
1959	68.9	18	80.2	25	57.4	22	7.91	94	7
1958	64.3	90	76.1	82	52.5	89	14.39	14	2
1957									31
1956	67.1	53	77.8	63	56.2	47	9.14	81	5
1955	69.8	5	80.7	15	59.1	2	13.46	26	4
1954	68.5	26	80.3	22	56.5	39	6.90	104	5
1953	68.6	23	79.6	34	57.7	14	19.73	3	4
1952	67.6	47	79.2	42	56.5	39	18.75	5	3
1951	64.5	86	74.6	94	54.2	74	13.53	23	2
1950							3.80	114	14
1949	69	15	80.4	19	57.7	14	8.20	91	0
1948	66.5	59	79.2	42	53.8	78	13.03	31	0
1947	68.2	33	80.3	22	56.1	48	8.76	85	0
1946	65.9	70	77.1	73	54.6	68	12.55	36	1
1945	64.9	78	75.3	90	54.5	71	10.47	64	1
1944	66.1	67	77.2	71	55.1	60	21.71	1	0
1943	68.2	33	79.9	30	56.5	39	13.16	29	0
1942	65.6	72	75.8	85	55.4	55	11.52	49	0
1941	68.2	33	78.8	48	57.6	19	11.53	48	0
1940	66.4	62	77.2	71	55.6	53	7.96	93	0
1939	67.9	41	78.6	51	57.2	27	12.44	38	0
1938	68.4	27	79.2	42	57.7	14	9.31	76	0
1937					58	8	9.97	71	11
1936	69.3	10	81.6	8	57	30	3.66	115	0
1935	67.3	50	77	74	57.7	14	14.90	13	0
1934	66.8	56	78.5	53	55.1	60	7.77	95	0
1933	69.6	8	81.8	7	57.5	20	9.32	75	0
1932	69.2	11	81.5	10	56.8	35	8.27	89	0
1931	68.7	20	80.3	22	57	30	11.64	47	0
1930	69.2	11	82.4	5	56	49	5.74	109	0
1929	67.4	48	80.8	14	53.9	76	4.74	113	0
1928	64	91	75.5	88	52.5	89	14.11	19	0
1927	60.9	100	70.9	101	50.9	98	8.02	92	0
1926	63.3	95	74.3	96	52.3	91	12.22	41	0
1925	64.6	84	75.8	85	53.3	83	11.46	51	0
1924	61	99	71.9	100	49.9	100	17.91	6	2
1923	64.9	78	76.2	80	53.5	80	10.87	62	0
1922									31
1921	67.8	42	79.7	32	56	49	6.92	103	0
1920	64.7	82	77.3	67	52.1	93	8.94	82	0
1919	65.9	70	74.6	94	57.1	29	12.02	45	0
1918	64.9	78	75.8	85	53.9	76	5.36	111	0
1917	59.6	101	77	74	42.2	104	8.59	86	0
1916	67.8	42	79.3	39	56.3	45	11.45	52	1
1915					49.7	102	10.12	70	33
1914	67.1	53	79.2	42	55.1	60	13.48	25	0
1913	67.7	45	80.1	26	55.3	57	12.30	40	0
1912	64.5	86	76	83	52.9	85	8.82	84	1
1905									68
1904	63.7	92	74.8	91	52.6	88	8.42	87	0
1902	66.4	62	78.3	54	54.6	68	11.03	59	6
1901							10.27	69	13
1900									18
1899	68	38	80.4	19	55.6	53	19.25	4	9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	71.3
2020	71.1
1988	70.6
2006	70.4
1955	69.8
2007	69.7
2005	69.7
2012	69.6
1933	69.6
1936	69.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	59.6
1927	60.9
1924	61
1992	61.3
2004	62.8
1977	63.2
1926	63.3
1985	63.5
1982	63.7
1904	63.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	21.71
2016	20.00
1953	19.73
1899	19.25
1952	18.75
1924	17.91
2002	17.24
2012	16.26
1986	15.62
2010	15.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	3.66
1950	3.80
1929	4.74
2023	5.29
1918	5.36
2007	5.54
1930	5.74
2015	5.90
2006	5.97
2026	6.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 26 July 2026
Coldest night: 41°F; 19 June 2026, 15 June 2026
Wettest day: 1.02 in; 29 June 2026

Every month, season and year

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Brainerd, MN the day's answers

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Every answer in words

The hottest day of summer 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 97°F on Sunday 26 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Brainerd, MN: a low of 41°F on Friday 19 June 2026 and Monday 15 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 1.02 in on Monday 29 June 2026.