BRAINERD, MINNESOTA

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		40.7		7.6		13		26.6		41.9		54.9		64		68.9		66.6		56.7		45.1		28.8		13.7

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		52.1		19.5		25.7		37.9		53.6		67.1		75.7		80.6		78.7		68.7		56.4		38		23.5

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		29		-4.6		-0.2		15		30.1		42.4		52.1		57		54.4		44.8		33.6		19.6		3.7

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		102		56		57		78		94		95		100		102		100		96		88		73		60

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		-54		-48		-54		-33		-12		16		32		36		29		18		4		-24		-43

Average Number of Days Above 100F/38C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		---		---		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7.1		---		---		---		---		0.3		1.3		3		2.1		0.4		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 80F/26C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		50.6		---		---		---		0.4		3.4		11.1		18.5		13.1		3.7		0.3		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		114.5		---		---		0.2		3.5		12.6		23.9		29.5		28.5		13.2		3.1		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		164.2		---		---		1.5		11.2		23.5		29.1		30.8		30.9		25.3		10.4		1.3		---

Average Number of Days Above 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		203.8		0.1		0.4		4.8		19.8		30.3		30		31		31		29.7		20.6		6		0.2

Average Number of Days Above 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		240.3		1.2		3.5		13.5		26.3		31		30		31		31		30		27.8		12.4		2.6

Average Number of Days Below 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		362.9		31		28		31		30		30.9		29.7		29.9		30.5		29.9		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		334.6		31		28		31		29.9		29.7		24.5		18.9		22		27.7		30.8		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		271.7		31		28		31		29.2		23.7		10.6		3.4		5.5		19.2		29.3		29.9		31

Average Number of Days Below 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		211.7		31		28		30.2		24.4		9.4		1.2		---		0.2		5.8		21.6		29		31

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		185.3		30.7		27.8		28.7		18.6		3.5		---		---		0.1		2.9		15.1		27.3		30.6

Average Number of Days Below 20F/-6C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		104.7		27.3		22.3		14.7		2.9		---		---		---		---		---		1.1		11.3		25.2

Average Number of Days Below 10F/-12C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		65.4		21.4		16.7		6.2		0.5		---		---		---		---		---		---		3.8		16.9

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		52.7		18.4		14.5		4.8		0.2		---		---		---		---		---		---		2		12.8

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		27.4		0.8		0.6		1.4		2.2		3.4		4.2		4.1		3.5		2.9		2.3		1.4		0.8

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		97		6		5		6		8		11		12		11		9		9		8		6		6

Most Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		10.5		2.3		1.9		3.5		6.6		9.4		8.1		10.5		9.6		8		7.1		4.5		2.3

Least Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		---		---		---		0.1		0.2		0.6		0.9		0.8		0.3		0.3		0.2		0.2		0.1

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		4.8		1		1.1		1.3		3		3		3.9		4.8		3.5		2.8		3.1		2.5		1

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		57		3		2		4		5		7		8		7		6		6		4		3		2

Avg. # of Days w/Precip. Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		16		---		---		1		1		2		3		3		2		2		1		1		---

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		6		---		---		---		---		1		1		1		1		1		1		---		---

Average Precipitable Water

Years on Record: 20

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		0.6		0.2		0.3		0.3		0.4		0.7		1		1.1		1		0.8		0.5		0.4		0.3

Average Number of Rainy Days

Years on Record: 55

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		48.8		2		2.2		2.8		4.6		6.2		6.7		6		6.4		4		3.4		2.4		2.1

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		45.3		11.4		6.8		9.5		3		---		---		---		---		---		0.3		5.7		8.6

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 103

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		35.5		33		25.4		35.5		22.8		---		---		---		---		---		3.5		27		29.1

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 12

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		32		2		9		17		30		41		54		59		59		48		37		22		11

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		8652		1669		1354		1114		642		299		84		22		39		235		606		1047		1540

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		422		---		---		---		1		20		81		169		120		30		1		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2198		---		---		3		45		218		448		612		545		265		59		3		---

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.8		9.7		10.9		12.5		14.2		15.6		16.4		16		14.6		13		11.4		10		9.2

Average Total Sky Cover

Years on Record: 20

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		53.2		56.9		55.8		52.7		51.3		53.1		53.4		44		43.3		46.6		55.3		62		64.4

Average Opaque Sky Cover

Years on Record: 20

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		49.4		54.3		52.8		50		48		48.4		47.7		36		38.3		43.1		52.8		59.8		62.6

Average Wind Speed

Years on Record: 20

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mph		7		6.8		6.9		7.3		8		7.9		6.8		6.3		6		6.9		7.5		7.4		6.7

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3.6		1.6		2.6		3.6		4.7		5.5		5.8		5.9		5		3.7		2.5		1.6		1.3

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.7		0.9		1.3		1.8		1.9		2.5		2.6		2.5		2.2		1.8		1.3		0.9		0.8

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.1		2.8		3.9		4.6		4.9		5		5		5.3		5		4.2		3.3		2.6		2.2

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3.9		2.4		3.5		4		4.9		4.9		5.1		5.5		4.8		3.8		3.1		2.3		2

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3.6		1.6		2.6		3.6		4.7		5.5		5.8		5.9		5		3.7		2.5		1.6		1.3

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.8		1		1.4		1.9		2		2.5		2.7		2.6		2.3		1.9		1.4		1		0.9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.8		3.1		4.5		5.4		5.9		5.9		5.9		6		5.8		5.4		3.9		3.1		2.8

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.9		2.7		4.1		4.8		6.3		6.6		6.8		6.8		6.1		5.3		3.8		2.8		2.6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3.1		1.4		2.2		3.1		3.9		4.7		5.1		5		4.2		3		1.9		1.4		1.1

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.6		0.8		1.2		1.7		1.8		2.4		2.6		2.5		2.2		1.7		1		0.8		0.7

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3.4		2.3		3.3		3.8		4		4.3		4.5		4.5		4.1		3.3		2.4		2.2		1.9

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		2.9		1.9		2.9		3.1		3.7		3.6		4		4		3.4		2.7		2		1.8		1.7