Brainerd, MN: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 13.3°F in Brainerd, MN, the warmest winter since 2025, tied 39th warmest of 103 (with 1981).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 13.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 39th warmest of 103

A normal winter in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 13.9°F, between 8.2°F and 19.1°F in eight years of ten and 1.42 in of precipitation, between 0.23 in and 3.25 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Brainerd, MN since 1899: 13.3°F in 2026; the highest is 25°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 8.2 to 19.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	13.3	39	23	48	3.5	36	0.38	112	0
2025	14.9	27	24.1	35	5.6	27	1.89	50	0
2024	25	1	32.3	1	17.7	1	5.50	2	0
2023	15.2	25	24	36	6.4	21	4.24	6	0
2022	10.4	65	22.2	58	-1.6	74	2.52	26	2
2021	15.1	26	24	36	6.2	24	0.75	100	0
2020	16.3	20	26.2	17	6.4	21	3.39	11	0
2019	11.3	59	21.5	64	1.1	58	3.31	12	0
2018	10.7	63	21.2	69	0.2	61	1.44	74	0
2017	17	17	25.5	26	8.5	13	2.52	26	0
2016	18.7	10	26.5	16	10.9	6	1.43	75	0
2015	13.8	35	21.6	63	6	25	0.36	114	0
2014	4.5	99	15.7	104	-6.3	101	0.23	115	4
2013	14.9	27	24.2	33	5.5	28	1.02	91	0
2012	22.2	3	31.2	3	13.2	3	0.81	98	1
2011	11	61	19.9	78	2.1	48	1.75	59	2
2010	12.3	51	22.3	56	2.3	47	1.46	72	0
2009	8.3	85	19.7	81	-3.2	89	1.84	53	0
2008	10	67	20.1	75	-0.1	62	0.94	93	4
2007	17.1	15	25.9	23	8.3	14	0.63	107	2
2006	18.9	8	26.9	13	10.9	6	0.21	116	0
2005	16.9	18	26.7	15	7.1	17	0.74	101	1
2004	14.9	27	23.2	46	6.5	20	0.43	110	0
2003	14	33	23.5	42	4.5	32	0.05	118	0
2002	21.3	5	30.8	5	11.9	5	0.40	111	0
2001	8.5	82	18.9	86	-1.8	78	0.16	117	3
2000	17.1	15	27.3	12	6.9	18	0.64	106	1
1999	16.3	20	26	22	6.4	21	1.26	82	1
1998	22	4	29.4	7	14.7	2	2.08	42	0
1997	8.7	80	19	85	-1.7	77	3.29	13	0
1996	7.1	91	18.8	88	-4.6	93	3.24	14	0
1995	13.6	37	24.9	29	2.4	44	2.03	47	2
1994	6.1	93	17.3	101	-5	97	2.68	23	0
1993	11.3	59	22	60	0.6	60	2.22	35	0
1992	18.9	8	27.9	10	9.5	8	1.40	77	1
1991	12.4	49	24	36	0.8	59	2.32	32	0
1990	13.2	41	24.6	31	1.8	52	1.11	88	1
1989	8.8	77	22.4	53	-4.7	94	2.45	29	0
1988	10.4	65	22.4	53	-1.6	74	2.82	20	1
1987	19.3	6	31	4	7.7	15	0.68	103	1
1986	7.9	88	20	77	-4	92	1.75	59	2
1985			20.8	72			1.22	86	13
1984			21.2	69			2.07	44	13
1983			26.1	20			1.31	79	10
1982	4.2	100	18.3	93	-10	105	2.07	44	2
1981	13.3	39	26.8	14	-0.2	63	2.13	40	1
1980					-2.5	82	2.42	30	82
1979					-13.4	108	3.10	17	90
1978	3.3	102	18.1	96	-11.4	107	0.99	92	2
1977	4	101	17.5	100	-9.4	104	2.18	37	1
1976	10.5	64	23.8	41	-2.9	83	1.43	75	1
1975	12.2	53	24.8	30	-0.4	66	2.93	19	0
1974	8.7	80	22	60	-4.8	96	1.83	54	1
1973	9.8	71	22.5	51	-2.9	83	1.36	78	0
1972							2.25	34	33
1971							3.57	9	33
1970							1.11	88	33
1969							4.82	3	39
1968							1.11	88	39
1967							2.19	36	36
1966							1.89	50	37
1965							1.71	62	39
1964	11.4	57	23.4	43	-0.2	63	0.37	113	5
1963	7.5	90	18	98	-3.2	89	0.73	102	4
1962	8.4	84	18.8	88	-2	79	3.09	18	1
1961	13.4	38	24.2	33	2.4	44	0.65	105	4
1960	14.6	30	25.7	25	3.5	36	2.08	42	5
1959	5.8	96	17.8	99	-6	100	0.81	98	3
1958	14	33	25.1	28	2.9	39	0.84	97	7
1957	9.9	68	21.3	68	-1.4	71	1.48	71	3
1956	7	92	19.2	84	-5.2	98	1.78	56	3
1955	14.1	32	24.4	32	3.7	34	2.41	31	1
1954	15.6	24	26.2	17	4.9	29	2.78	21	0
1953	16.7	19	25.8	24	7.6	16	2.49	28	1
1952	12.6	45	23.2	46	2	49	4.74	4	1
1951	9.4	73	19.4	83	-0.7	68	3.41	10	1
1950	8.3	85	19.5	82	-3	87	3.67	8	0
1949	9.5	72	21.4	66	-2.4	81	2.14	39	3
1948	9.2	74	20.6	73	-2.3	80	2.04	46	0
1947	13.7	36	24	36	3.3	38	1.64	64	1
1946	11	61	20.1	75	1.9	51	1.61	68	0
1945	12	54	22.4	53	1.6	53	1.53	70	1
1944	18.1	12	29.6	6	6.6	19	0.85	96	0
1943	8.5	82	19.8	79	-2.9	83	2.76	22	1
1942	18.3	11	27.9	10	8.7	12	0.86	95	0
1941	14.3	31	24	36	4.7	31	1.58	69	0
1940	16.3	20	26.2	17	6	25	1.29	80	1
1939	11.8	56	22.1	59	1.6	53	4.11	7	0
1938	12.6	45	22.3	56	2.9	39	1.23	84	0
1937	8.3	85	19.8	79	-3	87	4.34	5	1
1936	3.1	103	13.2	106	-7.3	102	2.26	33	1
1935	12	54	21.5	64	2.5	43	1.76	57	0
1934	12.7	44	22.6	50	2.8	41	1.89	50	0
1933	12.3	51	23.3	45	1.3	57	1.70	63	0
1932	19.1	7	28.3	9	9.5	8	1.13	87	1
1931	22.3	2	31.6	2	13.1	4	0.67	104	1
1930	11.4	57	21.4	66	1.4	55	2.65	24	0
1929	7.7	89	18.9	86	-3.4	91	2.15	38	0
1928	8.9	75	18.2	95	-0.7	68	1.97	48	1
1927	9.9	68	18.3	93	1.4	55	2.10	41	0
1926	12.5	48	20.9	71	4	33	1.73	61	3
1925	8.8	77	18.5	91	-1.1	70	1.24	83	4
1924	13.2	41	22.8	49	3.7	34	0.52	109	0
1923	8.9	75	18.1	96	-0.3	65	1.62	66	0
1922	8.8	77	18.8	88	-1.5	72	5.70	1	3
1921	17.5	13	25.2	27	9.2	10	3.12	16	2
1920	6.1	93	15	105	-2.9	83	1.23	84	1
1919	15.8	23	21.9	62	9.1	11	2.58	25	4
1918	5.7	97	16.7	102	-5.2	98	0.61	108	0
1917	5.5	98	18.5	91	-8.1	103	1.94	49	8
1916					-1.6	74	3.20	15	70
1915	13	43	23.4	43	2.8	41	1.83	54	4
1914	17.3	14	28.8	8	4.9	29	1.29	80	5
1913	12.4	49	26.1	20	-1.5	72	1.46	72	2
1906									55
1905									71
1904			12.3	107	-11	106			11
1903									61
1902					2	49	1.62	66	11
1901	9.9	68	20.5	74	-0.5	67	1.63	65	3
1900	12.6	45	22.5	51	2.4	44	1.76	57	3
1899	6.1	93	16.3	103	-4.7	94	0.94	93	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	25
1931	22.3
2012	22.2
1998	22
2002	21.3
1987	19.3
1932	19.1
2006	18.9
1992	18.9
2016	18.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	3.1
1978	3.3
1977	4
1982	4.2
2014	4.5
1917	5.5
1918	5.7
1959	5.8
1994	6.1
1920	6.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1922	5.70
2024	5.50
1969	4.82
1952	4.74
1937	4.34
2023	4.24
1939	4.11
1950	3.67
1971	3.57
1951	3.41

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	0.05
2001	0.16
2006	0.21
2014	0.23
2015	0.36
1964	0.37
2026	0.38
2002	0.40
2004	0.43
1924	0.52

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 50°F; 14 February 2026
Coldest night: -31°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.28 in; 18 February 2026

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The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Brainerd, MN: 50°F on Saturday 14 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Brainerd, MN: a low of -31°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Brainerd, MN: 0.28 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.