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Brookings climate
Typical historical weather for Brookings, United States, averaged across 10 years of hourly climate data. Pick a date for a specific day.
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Annual average
7.9°C
across all months
Warmest month
28.2°C
Jul average high
Coolest month
-13°C
Jan average low
Annual rainfall
760mm
total per year
Brookings is typically hottest in July and coolest in January, a swing of about 41.2°C across the year. About 41% of annual rainfall falls in the three wettest months (August is typically wettest, January driest).
Monthly averages
Average daily high/low temperature (band) and monthly rainfall (bars).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Humidity | Wind | Cloud | Solar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.2°C · record 1.5–12.2°C | -13°C · record -36.4–-14.5°C | 21mm | 4 | 79% | 4.6 m/s | 66% | 2 kWh/m² |
| Feb | -2.3°C · record 3.2–17.1°C | -12.3°C · record -30.1–-16.2°C | 21mm | 5 | 73% | 4.8 m/s | 57% | 3.2 kWh/m² |
| Mar | 5.5°C · record 6.2–25.3°C | -4.4°C · record -27.9–-10.4°C | 46mm | 6 | 70% | 5.1 m/s | 61% | 4.3 kWh/m² |
| Apr | 12.2°C · record 22.6–30.3°C | 1.1°C · record -18.4–-3.1°C | 79mm | 10 | 65% | 5.2 m/s | 59% | 5.2 kWh/m² |
| May | 20.3°C · record 27.7–33.3°C | 8.9°C · record -1.3–3.2°C | 94mm | 12 | 64% | 4.3 m/s | 55% | 6 kWh/m² |
| Jun | 27.3°C · record 32.6–38.6°C | 15.9°C · record 7.5–11.7°C | 108mm | 11 | 63% | 4.2 m/s | 47% | 6.8 kWh/m² |
| Jul | 28.2°C · record 31.7–35.3°C | 17.5°C · record 9.1–12.8°C | 85mm | 8 | 70% | 3.7 m/s | 40% | 6.9 kWh/m² |
| Aug | 26.3°C · record 28.7–37.4°C | 15.9°C · record 7.1–11.5°C | 108mm | 10 | 75% | 3.8 m/s | 43% | 5.8 kWh/m² |
| Sep | 23.8°C · record 26.9–34.7°C | 12.1°C · record 1.6–6°C | 67mm | 8 | 70% | 4.4 m/s | 41% | 4.5 kWh/m² |
| Oct | 14.6°C · record 20.9–33.2°C | 3.9°C · record -13.8–-1.3°C | 56mm | 7 | 67% | 4.9 m/s | 49% | 3.1 kWh/m² |
| Nov | 6.4°C · record 11.5–25.6°C | -3.4°C · record -16.5–-10.9°C | 38mm | 6 | 73% | 4.5 m/s | 56% | 2.1 kWh/m² |
| Dec | -0.8°C · record 4.1–14.5°C | -9.5°C · record -32.8–-10.8°C | 36mm | 6 | 78% | 4.6 m/s | 66% | 1.6 kWh/m² |
"Avg high"/"Avg low" is the mean daily high/low for that month, averaged across every year on file. The "record" figure alongside it is a different statistic — the single hottest (or coldest) hour ever recorded during that month across all years — so it can sit above or below the average and does not describe the average's year-to-year spread. A "wet day" is any day with at least 1.0mm of rain.
Year to year
Annual average temperature, 2016–2025.
Across these 10 years, the annual average has moved by about +0.63°C per decade. That’s a short window for a reliable long-term climate trend — treat it as indicative, not definitive.
Annual rainfall has moved by about -207.31mm per decade over the same period.
2025 (the most recent year on file) averaged 8.29282158106976°C, above the 9-year baseline of 7.95°C by 0.34 standard deviations.
Typical extremes per year
Rainy days
91.3 days
≥1.0mm rain
Heavy rain days
9.3 days
≥20mm rain
Extreme heat days
0 days
daily high ≥40°C
Frost days
156.6 days
daily low ≤0°C
Averaged across 10 years on file. Thresholds match PastClimate's data pipeline definitions — see data & sources.
Records on file
Ranked across 10 years of data currently on file (2016–2025).
Hottest day
38.6°C
19 June 2022
2022 was 0.58 SD below the 9-year average that year
Coldest day
-36.4°C
30 January 2019
2019 was 3.62 SD below the 9-year average that year
Wettest day
128.7mm
16 August 2017
2017 was 0.24 SD above the 9-year average that year
Windiest day
13.8m/s
14 March 2019
2019 was 3.62 SD below the 9-year average that year
See the detail: Brookings on 16 August 2017.
Nearby cities
Madison
34.2 km away
Flandreau
34.2 km away
Pipestone
48.6 km away
Ivanhoe
48.5 km away
Dell Rapids
55.6 km away
Clear Lake
55.6 km away
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Frequently asked questions about Brookings's climate
What is the hottest month in Brookings?
July is typically the warmest month in Brookings, with an average high of 28.2°C. January is typically the coolest, averaging -13°C overnight.
How much does it rain in Brookings?
Brookings gets about 760mm of rain a year on average, with roughly 41% of it falling in the three wettest months (August is typically the wettest, January the driest).
How many extremely hot or cold days does Brookings have?
On average, Brookings sees about 0 day(s) a year at or above 40°C and about 156.6 day(s) at or below 0°C, based on 10 years of data.
Is Brookings getting warmer?
Across the 10 years on file (2016–2025), the annual average temperature has moved by about +0.63°C per decade. That's a short window for a reliable long-term climate trend — treat it as indicative, not definitive.
What is the hottest day on record for Brookings?
The hottest day on file is 19 June 2022 at 38.6°C, out of 10 year(s) searched.
Data & provenance
↓ Download monthly CSVData 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
- Brookings — 44.250°, -96.750°, ERA5 grid cell center, 7.8 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- Monthly and annual averages, and dated extreme-value records, derived from an hourly base record.
- 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 (2026-07-17). Historical climate data for Brookings, United States (44.25°N, 96.75°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Brookings, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Brookings, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 17, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
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note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-17},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
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