Brainerd
United States · 20 May 2016
Average
17.3°C
low 10.8° · high 22°
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
3.1m/s
daily average
Humidity
48%
daily average
Cloud
48%
cover
Pressure
1019hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 10.8°C around 04:00 to 22°C around 12:00. No measurable rain was recorded during the day.
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
64th percentile
Low temperature
61th percentile
Rainfall
31th percentile
Wind
33th percentile
A percentile of 100 means this was the hottest/wettest/windiest of the comparable days on file; 50 is right in the middle. This window's average temperature was 15°C, versus 17.3°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:38
Sunset
20:49
Day length
15h 12m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Chicago.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp °C | Feels °C | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 0 | 3.9 | SSE | 53 | 1017 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 14.5 | 11 | 0 | 3.6 | SSE | 55 | 1017 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 0 | 3.3 | SSE | 58 | 1017 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 11.8 | 8.6 | 0 | 3.1 | SSE | 65 | 1018 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 10.8 | 7.6 | 0 | 3.2 | SSE | 70 | 1018 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2.9 | SSE | 65 | 1018 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 12.1 | 9.1 | 0 | 2.8 | SSE | 64 | 1019 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 0 | 2.9 | SSE | 65 | 1019 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 0 | 2.7 | SSE | 64 | 1020 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 16 | 13.2 | 0 | 2.8 | S | 52 | 1020 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 19.4 | 16.4 | 0 | 2.9 | SSE | 40 | 1020 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 20.5 | 17 | 0 | 3.6 | SSE | 38 | 1020 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 22 | 17.2 | 0 | 4.6 | SSE | 28 | 1020 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 21.6 | 16.9 | 0 | 4.5 | SSE | 28 | 1019 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 21.5 | 17.1 | 0 | 4.2 | SSE | 30 | 1019 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 0 | 4 | SSE | 30 | 1019 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 21.8 | 18.1 | 0 | 3.6 | SSE | 32 | 1019 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 21.3 | 17.9 | 0 | 3.1 | SSE | 33 | 1019 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 21.5 | 18.3 | 0 | 2.9 | SE | 33 | 1019 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 21 | 18.2 | 0 | 2.1 | SE | 32 | 1019 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 20.7 | 18.7 | 0 | 1.6 | ESE | 38 | 1019 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 18.2 | 16.5 | 0 | 1.9 | ESE | 52 | 1020 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 0 | 2.2 | ESE | 62 | 1020 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 15.4 | 13.7 | 0 | 2.2 | ESE | 65 | 1021 |
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Data source & coverage — ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 (10 years)details
- Source
- ERA5 reanalysis, accessed via the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
- Data type
- Reanalysis — a physically consistent reconstruction combining a forecast model with historical observations, not a live station reading or a forecast
- Coverage
- 2016–2025 (10 years) for United States
- Location
- Brainerd — 46.250°, -94.250°, ERA5 grid cell center, 12.6 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 20 May 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Brainerd climate overview for typical conditions.
- Spatial resolution
- 0.25° (~25 km) distributed grid — ERA5's native model resolution is finer; this is the publicly distributed regridded product
- Version / refreshed
- Methodology v2026.07 · data last refreshed December 31, 2025
- Limitations
- A model reconstruction, not a station observation — hyper-local extremes (a single storm cell, an urban heat pocket) can differ from a nearby gauge. See the full methodology.
- Attribution
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information
Cite this data
PastClimate (2026-07-18). Historical climate data for Brainerd, United States (46.25°N, 94.25°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Brainerd, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 18, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Brainerd, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 18, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Brainerd, United States},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-18},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.