46.402°N, 94.127°W · station BRDthr · 129 years of record
56°F
COLDEST SEP 8 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Sep 8
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Brainerd.
This Day in History
Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Brainerd — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
Ranks
#90 / 115
coldest Sep 2 in 115 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 2 ever
30°F
set in 1946
Mildest Sep 2 ever
71°F
set in 2008
Forecast low 60°F — 90th coldest Sep 2 of 115 years · record 30°F (1946) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#99 / 115
coldest Sep 3 in 115 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 3 ever
26°F
set in 1974
Mildest Sep 3 ever
69°F
set in 1939
Forecast low 60°F — 99th coldest Sep 3 of 115 years · record 26°F (1974) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#110 / 113
coldest Sep 4 in 113 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 4 ever
28°F
set in 1918
Mildest Sep 4 ever
68°F
set in 2018
Forecast low 66°F — 110th coldest Sep 4 of 113 years · record 28°F (1918) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#105 / 111
coldest Sep 5 in 111 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 5 ever
34°F
set in 1929
Mildest Sep 5 ever
70°F
set in 1960
Forecast low 65°F — 105th coldest Sep 5 of 111 years · record 34°F (1929) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#103 / 113
coldest Sep 6 in 113 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 6 ever
35°F
set in 1917
Mildest Sep 6 ever
71°F
set in 1912
Forecast low 64°F — 103rd coldest Sep 6 of 113 years · record 35°F (1917) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#94 / 112
coldest Sep 7 in 112 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 7 ever
34°F
set in 1988
Mildest Sep 7 ever
76°F
set in 1912
Forecast low 59°F — 94th coldest Sep 7 of 112 years · record 34°F (1988) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#92 / 116
coldest Sep 8 in 116 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 8 ever
31°F
set in 1975
Mildest Sep 8 ever
69°F
set in 2022
Forecast low 56°F — 92nd coldest Sep 8 of 116 years · record 31°F (1975) · coldest since 2025.
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Brainerd in each calendar month, and for the whole 1898–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month
Record High
Record Low
Jan
56°FJan 25, 1981
-48°FJan 15, 1972
Feb
60°FFeb 27, 1932
-54°FFeb 2, 1996
Mar
80°FMar 28, 1946
-35°FMar 11, 1948
Apr
94°FApr 22, 1980
-12°FApr 1, 1975
May
101°FMay 31, 1934
16°FMay 3, 1967
Jun
100°FJun 19, 1988
21°FJun 15, 1917
Jul
106°FJul 10, 1936
33°FJul 4, 1917
Aug
102°FAug 4, 1947
29°FAug 15, 1976
Sep
103°FSep 10, 1931
18°FSep 22, 1974
Oct
89°FOct 1, 2023
3°FOct 23, 1917
Nov
75°FNov 4, 2020
-24°FNov 30, 1964
Dec
61°FDec 6, 1939
-43°FDec 19, 1983
All-time
106°FJul 10, 1936
-54°FFeb 2, 1996
2026 Records So Far
Records set or tied at Brainerd so far this year — through Aug 30.
Record Highs in 2026
3 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026
0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Record Warm Nights & Cold Days
Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.
Warmest low ever
79°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 3, 1916
Coldest high ever
-23°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 9, 1899
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
36°FJan 9, 2002
-23°FJan 25, 1904
Feb
38°FFeb 26, 1998
-23°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar
62°FMar 18, 2012
-8°FMar 1, 1919
Apr
62°FApr 27, 1901
16°FApr 7, 1997
May
70°FMay 28, 1969
33°FMay 2, 1954
Jun
76°FJun 29, 1931
45°FJun 1, 1945
Jul
79°FJul 19, 1934
55°FJul 2, 1992
Aug
79°FAug 3, 1916
53°FAug 10, 2004
Sep
76°FSep 6, 1912
36°FSep 29, 1899
Oct
67°FOct 4, 2025
20°FOct 27, 1925
Nov
56°FNov 1, 2000
0°FNov 30, 1985
Dec
44°FDec 1, 1962
-19°FDec 24, 1983
All-time
79°FAug 3, 1916
-23°FFeb 9, 1899
Cold Streaks
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
165 days
record run, ended Apr 10 1996
So far in 2026
107 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal low & low by month, from Brainerd's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 51°F · forecast is +5° vs normal.
Brainerd's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
2026 So Far
Every day this year against Brainerd's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.