All-time weather records — Brainerd, MN

Record high
102.0°F
July 6, 1988
Record low
-54.0°F
February 2, 1996
Wettest day
4.76 in
July 8, 2002

Climate change signal in Brainerd

19.7%

of Brainerd's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (72 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
·
·
1950s
22
25
1960s
54
40
1970s
30
135
1980s
63
68
1990s
53
40
2000s
47
28
2010s
38
20
2020s
59
10

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1955, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1908-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.9°F — Jan 25, 1981 -47.9°F — Jan 15, 1972 0.97 in — Jan 5, 1997
February 57.0°F — Feb 18, 1981 -54.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.12 in — Feb 25, 2007
March 78.1°F — Mar 27, 2007 -33.0°F — Mar 1, 1980 1.39 in — Mar 20, 2012
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 -11.9°F — Apr 1, 1975 3.04 in — Apr 28, 1986
May 95.0°F — May 22, 1964 16.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.04 in — May 31, 1954
June 100.0°F — Jun 19, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 8, 1978 4.20 in — Jun 20, 2012
July 102.0°F — Jul 6, 1988 36.0°F — Jul 23, 1978 4.76 in — Jul 8, 2002
August 100.0°F — Aug 1, 2006 28.9°F — Aug 15, 1976 3.46 in — Aug 1, 1953
September 102.0°F — Sep 4, 2023 18.0°F — Sep 22, 1974 3.46 in — Sep 30, 2019
October 89.1°F — Oct 2, 2023 3.9°F — Oct 27, 1976 3.14 in — Oct 5, 2005
November 75.0°F — Nov 5, 2020 -24.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 1.80 in — Nov 9, 1977
December 60.1°F — Dec 2, 1962 -43.1°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.77 in — Dec 16, 2021

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Brainerd.