East Brainerd climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of East Brainerd?

East Brainerd has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,245 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in East Brainerd?

The hottest day measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1952, reaching 40.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in East Brainerd?

The coldest day measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -26.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in East Brainerd?

Yes. East Brainerd gets on average 12.0 cm of snow per year and has around 55 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of East Brainerd warmed?

Yes: East Brainerd warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in East Brainerd?

The wettest day measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2011, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in East Brainerd?

The windiest day measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with winds reaching 38.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in East Brainerd?

The warmest month in East Brainerd is July (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in East Brainerd?

East Brainerd receives on average 1,245 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in East Brainerd?

East Brainerd gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

East Brainerd (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,245 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

East Brainerd averages 55 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

East Brainerd has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 49 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 28 July 1952) and the coldest -26.0 °C (on 21 January 1985).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

East BrainerdTennessee

coords: 35.00°, -85.15°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

15.3°C

Average daily high

20.8°C

Average daily low

10.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,245mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

12.5km/h

Seasonal range

21.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

55 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

12.0 cm

Average feels-like high

20.8 °C

Average feels-like low

9.3 °C

Average peak gust

33.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

66 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.1 °C

28 July 1952

Coldest day

-26.0 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

150 mm

5 September 2011

Windiest day

38.0 km/h

13 March 1993

Strongest gust

112.3 km/h

10 March 1952

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

30 June 2012

Coldest feels-like

-31.1 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

33.3 cm

13 March 1993

Sunniest day

14.0 h

20 June 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.9 °C29 July 2025	-12.4 °C22 January 2025	16.3 °C	1,204 mm	61	54
2024	37.6 °C29 August 2024	-14.1 °C17 January 2024	16.9 °C	1,206 mm	84	45
2023	35.0 °C25 August 2023	-4.9 °C20 March 2023	16.8 °C	1,194 mm	53	31
2022	36.3 °C16 June 2022	-14.5 °C24 December 2022	16.3 °C	1,337 mm	75	57
2021	34.7 °C28 July 2021	-7.1 °C17 February 2021	16.3 °C	1,464 mm	56	40
2020	36.7 °C20 July 2020	-8.1 °C26 December 2020	16.6 °C	1,478 mm	81	36
2019	37.0 °C3 October 2019	-7.4 °C21 January 2019	17.0 °C	1,492 mm	102	38
2018	34.8 °C13 July 2018	-12.9 °C17 January 2018	16.4 °C	1,609 mm	98	46
2017	35.7 °C21 July 2017	-12.0 °C8 January 2017	17.0 °C	1,249 mm	66	34
2016	36.7 °C21 July 2016	-9.8 °C19 January 2016	17.3 °C	841 mm	117	47
2015	34.9 °C26 June 2015	-14.1 °C8 January 2015	16.4 °C	1,520 mm	66	55
2014	32.6 °C7 August 2014	-15.8 °C7 January 2014	14.7 °C	1,299 mm	34	68
2013	33.5 °C17 July 2013	-7.3 °C28 November 2013	15.0 °C	1,596 mm	28	60
2012	39.5 °C1 July 2012	-7.1 °C12 February 2012	16.6 °C	1,201 mm	58	34
2011	37.2 °C3 August 2011	-15.5 °C14 January 2011	16.0 °C	1,341 mm	92	47
2010	36.8 °C4 August 2010	-10.8 °C14 December 2010	15.5 °C	942 mm	102	72
2009	34.8 °C28 June 2009	-14.0 °C16 January 2009	15.4 °C	1,522 mm	59	51
2008	34.3 °C21 July 2008	-10.5 °C3 January 2008	15.3 °C	1,103 mm	59	56
2007	38.3 °C15 August 2007	-9.2 °C29 January 2007	16.5 °C	726 mm	87	50
2006	35.9 °C18 July 2006	-8.6 °C8 December 2006	16.1 °C	1,002 mm	79	41
2005	34.5 °C25 July 2005	-9.6 °C24 January 2005	15.7 °C	1,161 mm	60	49
2004	32.6 °C23 July 2004	-9.7 °C20 December 2004	15.6 °C	1,465 mm	35	52
2003	32.9 °C26 August 2003	-14.0 °C24 January 2003	15.0 °C	1,484 mm	31	60
2002	35.0 °C6 July 2002	-9.6 °C28 February 2002	15.9 °C	1,215 mm	78	61
2001	33.4 °C19 July 2001	-11.1 °C3 January 2001	15.4 °C	1,112 mm	45	51
2000	35.9 °C17 August 2000	-12.6 °C27 January 2000	15.1 °C	1,011 mm	63	64
1999	36.2 °C31 July 1999	-11.6 °C5 January 1999	15.8 °C	1,120 mm	59	49
1998	35.2 °C5 September 1998	-8.4 °C12 March 1998	16.4 °C	1,243 mm	86	35
1997	34.4 °C28 July 1997	-11.5 °C17 January 1997	14.7 °C	1,366 mm	41	50
1996	34.2 °C1 July 1996	-17.8 °C4 February 1996	14.5 °C	1,471 mm	45	69
1995	35.8 °C18 August 1995	-12.2 °C9 February 1995	15.1 °C	1,502 mm	53	60
1994	32.0 °C22 June 1994	-18.0 °C19 January 1994	15.2 °C	1,614 mm	19	48
1993	37.2 °C26 July 1993	-13.8 °C15 March 1993	15.1 °C	1,174 mm	74	55
1992	33.2 °C12 July 1992	-10.9 °C16 January 1992	14.5 °C	1,305 mm	24	56
1991	34.8 °C7 August 1991	-12.9 °C16 February 1991	15.8 °C	1,362 mm	71	52
1990	37.2 °C28 August 1990	-9.3 °C25 December 1990	16.4 °C	1,346 mm	78	36
1989	33.5 °C25 July 1989	-17.1 °C23 December 1989	14.5 °C	1,541 mm	41	53
1988	37.2 °C26 June 1988	-13.8 °C11 January 1988	14.6 °C	982 mm	77	70
1987	36.1 °C27 July 1987	-12.9 °C27 January 1987	15.4 °C	1,003 mm	90	48
1986	36.3 °C20 July 1986	-14.3 °C28 January 1986	15.6 °C	976 mm	75	55
1985	34.5 °C4 June 1985	-26.0 °C21 January 1985	14.8 °C	1,076 mm	47	72
1984	34.4 °C14 June 1984	-12.4 °C22 January 1984	14.9 °C	1,178 mm	48	58
1983	38.5 °C21 August 1983	-18.6 °C25 December 1983	14.6 °C	1,374 mm	67	58
1982	33.8 °C5 July 1982	-24.9 °C17 January 1982	15.2 °C	1,419 mm	40	52
1981	35.1 °C25 June 1981	-14.5 °C12 February 1981	14.5 °C	1,043 mm	42	68
1980	38.3 °C16 July 1980	-14.7 °C3 March 1980	14.9 °C	1,181 mm	84	64
1979	33.6 °C8 August 1979	-12.6 °C3 January 1979	14.5 °C	1,433 mm	28	67
1978	34.9 °C28 June 1978	-12.3 °C10 January 1978	14.5 °C	1,038 mm	54	72
1977	37.4 °C8 July 1977	-18.3 °C17 January 1977	15.2 °C	1,380 mm	79	66
1976	34.2 °C24 July 1976	-14.0 °C9 January 1976	13.9 °C	1,155 mm	30	71
1975	35.1 °C4 September 1975	-11.6 °C19 December 1975	15.3 °C	1,433 mm	59	51
1974	32.9 °C21 July 1974	-9.7 °C26 February 1974	15.2 °C	1,368 mm	27	39
1973	33.6 °C9 September 1973	-12.9 °C13 January 1973	15.2 °C	1,554 mm	41	52
1972	33.1 °C23 July 1972	-16.3 °C16 January 1972	14.8 °C	1,370 mm	24	41
1971	34.5 °C26 June 1971	-16.3 °C14 February 1971	15.3 °C	1,226 mm	48	53
1970	35.8 °C2 July 1970	-20.5 °C9 January 1970	14.9 °C	1,023 mm	66	66
1969	35.3 °C9 August 1969	-13.4 °C5 January 1969	14.3 °C	1,059 mm	70	75
1968	36.7 °C23 August 1968	-11.7 °C12 February 1968	14.0 °C	924 mm	57	88
1967	31.8 °C18 June 1967	-15.1 °C25 February 1967	14.4 °C	1,280 mm	15	58
1966	36.1 °C14 July 1966	-21.1 °C30 January 1966	14.2 °C	1,117 mm	36	70
1965	33.5 °C17 August 1965	-14.3 °C31 January 1965	15.0 °C	937 mm	28	64
1964	35.5 °C22 June 1964	-11.4 °C15 January 1964	14.9 °C	1,472 mm	56	56
1963	33.2 °C14 June 1963	-21.4 °C24 January 1963	14.3 °C	1,071 mm	40	75
1962	35.8 °C23 July 1962	-18.3 °C13 December 1962	15.0 °C	1,174 mm	81	55
1961	32.2 °C31 July 1961	-14.3 °C22 January 1961	14.6 °C	1,469 mm	31	51
1960	34.6 °C6 September 1960	-16.2 °C5 March 1960	14.2 °C	1,232 mm	74	85
1959	34.4 °C30 June 1959	-13.9 °C5 January 1959	15.3 °C	1,227 mm	60	55
1958	34.8 °C13 June 1958	-19.0 °C18 February 1958	14.2 °C	1,060 mm	63	73
1957	36.4 °C3 August 1957	-13.0 °C12 December 1957	15.8 °C	1,534 mm	66	38
1956	36.3 °C6 August 1956	-5.9 °C9 January 1956	15.7 °C	1,139 mm	78	55
1955	35.1 °C21 September 1955	-12.3 °C13 February 1955	15.5 °C	1,047 mm	78	61
1954	37.6 °C5 September 1954	-8.0 °C13 January 1954	15.7 °C	961 mm	100	60
1953	36.9 °C1 September 1953	-12.6 °C18 December 1953	15.9 °C	1,126 mm	86	46
1952	40.1 °C28 July 1952	-10.3 °C30 January 1952	15.5 °C	1,096 mm	80	46
1951	36.2 °C21 August 1951	-15.4 °C2 February 1951	15.4 °C	1,335 mm	89	63
1950	33.6 °C26 June 1950	-16.4 °C25 November 1950	14.9 °C	1,324 mm	22	57
1949	35.0 °C28 July 1949	-5.7 °C24 December 1949	15.8 °C	1,465 mm	50	47
1948	35.7 °C5 July 1948	-12.1 °C24 January 1948	15.3 °C	1,668 mm	62	49
1947	37.5 °C5 August 1947	-10.0 °C10 February 1947	14.6 °C	1,167 mm	68	65
1946	32.7 °C17 August 1946	-5.8 °C23 January 1946	15.6 °C	1,338 mm	40	38
1945	35.2 °C30 June 1945	-14.7 °C20 December 1945	15.1 °C	1,309 mm	50	47
1944	36.4 °C23 June 1944	-5.7 °C11 January 1944	15.3 °C	1,171 mm	69	49
1943	37.3 °C26 August 1943	-7.9 °C15 February 1943	14.6 °C	1,078 mm	66	61
1942	34.9 °C20 July 1942	-12.0 °C10 January 1942	14.6 °C	937 mm	46	70
1941	33.0 °C9 September 1941	-5.7 °C18 March 1941	15.0 °C	851 mm	54	63
1940	33.3 °C29 July 1940	-22.3 °C27 January 1940	13.3 °C	1,503 mm	23	65

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.0 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

61 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

54 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1204 mm

-41 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.6 °C	-1.6 °C	65 mm	-55 mm
Feb	14.4 °C	+2.7 °C	106 mm	-15 mm
Mar	20.4 °C	+4.1 °C	78 mm	-64 mm
Apr	23.9 °C	+2.6 °C	147 mm	+30 mm
May	24.2 °C	-1.2 °C	276 mm	+175 mm
Jun	30.0 °C	+0.7 °C	105 mm	+23 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	+1.7 °C	82 mm	-22 mm
Aug	29.1 °C	-1.1 °C	89 mm	+7 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+1.5 °C	52 mm	-40 mm
Oct	22.6 °C	+0.7 °C	91 mm	+16 mm
Nov	17.7 °C	+2.1 °C	62 mm	-36 mm
Dec	12.8 °C	+2.1 °C	51 mm	-62 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.9 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-12.4 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

75.0 mm

6 Apr 2025

Windiest day

36.0 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

108.4 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-16.9 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

9.2 cm

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

22 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of East Brainerd?

East Brainerd has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,245 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in East Brainerd?

The hottest day measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1952, reaching 40.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in East Brainerd?

The coldest day measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -26.0 °C.

Does it snow in East Brainerd?

Yes. East Brainerd gets on average 12.0 cm of snow per year and has around 55 frost days.

Has the climate of East Brainerd warmed?

Yes: East Brainerd warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in East Brainerd?

The wettest day measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2011, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in East Brainerd?

The windiest day measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with winds reaching 38.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in East Brainerd?

The warmest month in East Brainerd is July (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.2 °C).

How much does it rain in East Brainerd?

East Brainerd receives on average 1,245 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in East Brainerd?

East Brainerd gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in East Brainerd?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in East Brainerd between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with 33.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in East Brainerd?

Yes: East Brainerd has on average 66 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in East Brainerd?

In East Brainerd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 30 June 2012, and the lowest was -31.1 °C on 21 January 1985.

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