Brainerd weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Brainerd, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at BRAINERD, 2 km from Brainerd; records cover 1899–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 30.6 in778 mm
- Snow a year
- 48 in122 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 7
- First fall freeze
- Sep 24
- Heating degree days
- 9,053
- Cooling degree days
- 364
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −27°−33° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Brainerd in January
Highs average 20°−7° and lows −2°−19°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1981)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1742
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brainerd in February
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 1°−17°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1932)
- Record low
- −54°−48° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1452
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brainerd in March
Highs average 38°4° and lows 15°−10°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1946)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1190
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brainerd in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.5 in65 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1980)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 723
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brainerd in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 334
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Brainerd in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 53°12°, with 4.6 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 85
- Cooling degree days
- 72
Brainerd in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°14°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 148
Brainerd in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 55°13°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1947)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 48
- Cooling degree days
- 100
Brainerd in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1931)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 236
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Brainerd in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2023)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 637
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Brainerd in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2020)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1064
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brainerd in December
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 7°−14°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1939)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1516
- Cooling degree days
- 0