Brainerd
United States · 20 May 2018
Average
12.9°C
low 4.8° · high 20.4°
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
2.5m/s
daily average
Humidity
52.8%
daily average
Cloud
31%
cover
Pressure
1024hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 4.8°C around 06:00 to 20.4°C around 19:00. 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
55th percentile
Low temperature
9th percentile
Rainfall
30th percentile
Wind
14th 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 14.6°C, versus 12.9°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 °C | Feels °C | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 0 | 2.7 | ENE | 71 | 1023 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 0 | 2.5 | ENE | 75 | 1024 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 0 | 2.6 | ENE | 79 | 1024 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | ENE | 85 | 1024 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.2 | ENE | 89 | 1025 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 5 | 2.3 | 0 | 1.8 | E | 90 | 1025 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 0 | 1.8 | E | 91 | 1026 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 0 | 2.1 | ENE | 86 | 1026 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 0 | 2.1 | ENE | 77 | 1027 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 0 | 2 | ENE | 59 | 1027 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 13.1 | 9.8 | 0 | 2.3 | ENE | 45 | 1026 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 14.3 | 10.6 | 0 | 2.8 | ENE | 41 | 1026 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 16.1 | 12.1 | 0 | 2.7 | E | 31 | 1026 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 16.9 | 12.9 | 0 | 2.8 | E | 30 | 1025 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 0 | 3.1 | ENE | 29 | 1024 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 18.9 | 14.8 | 0 | 3 | ENE | 27 | 1023 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 20.1 | 15.8 | 0 | 3.1 | ENE | 24 | 1022 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 20.3 | 15.8 | 0 | 3.2 | ENE | 22 | 1022 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 20.3 | 16 | 0 | 3 | ENE | 22 | 1021 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 20.4 | 16.2 | 0 | 2.6 | E | 21 | 1021 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 19.8 | 16.9 | 0 | 1.6 | ENE | 29 | 1020 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 16.2 | 13.8 | 0 | 1.6 | ENE | 46 | 1021 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 13.7 | 10.6 | 0 | 2.4 | ENE | 49 | 1021 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 13.4 | 10 | 0 | 2.7 | ENE | 49 | 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 2018 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.