Brainerd
United States · 20 May 2017
Average
6.4°C
low 5.1°C · high 8.1°C
Rainfall
15.4mm
rain recorded
Wind
5.2m/s
daily average
Humidity
72%
daily average
Cloud
100%
cover
Pressure
1019hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 5.1°C around 13:00 to 8.1°C around 07:00. Rain was recorded across 15 hours, from around 09:00 to 23:00 (15.4mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
2th percentile
Low temperature
10th percentile
Rainfall
97th percentile
Wind
83th 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 15.2°C, versus 6.4°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:38
Sunset
20:49
Day length
15h 11m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Chicago.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 6.6°C | 0.9°C | 0 | 4.8 | E | 53 | 1025 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 6.7°C | 1.7°C | 0 | 3.9 | E | 56 | 1025 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 6.3°C | 1.1°C | 0 | 4.2 | E | 59 | 1024 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 5.6°C | 0.5°C | 0 | 4.3 | E | 64 | 1024 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 5.5°C | 0.4°C | 0 | 4.5 | E | 66 | 1023 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 7.3°C | 2.8°C | 0 | 3.8 | ENE | 62 | 1022 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 7.9°C | 3°C | 0 | 4.3 | ENE | 58 | 1022 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 8.1°C | 2.9°C | 0 | 4.4 | ENE | 55 | 1022 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 7.6°C | 1.9°C | 0 | 5 | ENE | 52 | 1021 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 8°C | 1.7°C | 0.1 | 5.6 | ENE | 48 | 1021 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 6.9°C | 1°C | 0.46 | 5.5 | E | 61 | 1021 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 5.5°C | 0.1°C | 0.74 | 5.2 | ENE | 76 | 1020 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 5.3°C | 0°C | 0.57 | 5.2 | ENE | 80 | 1020 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 5.1°C | -0.7°C | 1.47 | 5.9 | ENE | 81 | 1019 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 5.7°C | -0.3°C | 1.2 | 6.3 | ENE | 80 | 1018 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 6°C | 0.1°C | 1.26 | 6.2 | ENE | 81 | 1017 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 6.1°C | 0.6°C | 1.25 | 5.9 | ENE | 82 | 1017 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 5.9°C | 0.3°C | 1.42 | 6.1 | ENE | 88 | 1016 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 6°C | 0.4°C | 1.64 | 6.2 | ENE | 88 | 1015 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 6.1°C | 0.5°C | 2.31 | 6.1 | ENE | 87 | 1014 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 6.1°C | 0.6°C | 1.85 | 5.8 | ENE | 85 | 1014 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 6°C | 0.8°C | 0.78 | 5.5 | ENE | 88 | 1013 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 6.5°C | 1.8°C | 0.2 | 5.1 | ENE | 89 | 1013 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 6.7°C | 2.2°C | 0.12 | 4.8 | ENE | 88 | 1013 |
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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 2017 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 (2026-07-20). 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 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Brainerd, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 20, 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 2026-07-20},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.