Weather in Brainerd, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Brainerd, MN
Saturday, May 16 at 11:54 PM
61
°
Clear
Feels like
53°
Humidity
35%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
8:44 PM
Brainerd, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
59°
30%
6p
60°
13%
7p
60°
8p
62°
9p
60°
16%
10p
61°
11p
60°
12a
58°
1a
58°
2a
55°
3a
53°
4a
52°
5a
51°
6a
54°
7a
59°
8a
65°
9a
71°
10a
75°
11a
77°
12p
80°
1p
80°
2p
81°
3p
82°
4p
82°
5p
Brainerd, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—70°47°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain54%61°43°
- MondayMay 18Rain66%58°45°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle81%44°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—58°32°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast21%63°40°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle14%53°47°
Brainerd, MN
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Brainerd, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
329° · veering 44°
Direction
NNW
329°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
32
avg 9
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Brainerd, MN
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 77.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.1 Low
Brainerd, MN
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:08 AM
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
8:44 PM
Civil dusk
2:20 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Brainerd, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:00 AM
- Moonset
- 1:01 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Brainerd, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
Brainerd at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 16, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).