Lakeland, FL: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 85.5°F in Lakeland, FL, the warmest August since 2023, 2nd warmest of 79.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 85.5°F; Warmest since 2023; 2nd warmest of 79
Precipitation: 6.09 in; Driest since 2022; 19th driest of 79

A normal August in Lakeland, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 83.4°F, between 81.9°F and 84.3°F in eight years of ten and 8.71 in of precipitation, between 5.26 in and 12.26 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Lakeland, FL since 1948: 85.5°F in 2026; the highest is 86°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 81.9 to 84.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Lakeland, FL from 1948 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	85.5	2	94.8	3	76.2	3	6.09	61	0
2025	85	4	93.7	11	76.2	3	8.88	28	0
2024	84.6	6	93	19	76.3	2	10.73	10	0
2023	86	1	94.6	4	77.4	1	6.53	56	0
2022	84.8	5	93.9	9	75.7	10	5.03	71	0
2021	84.4	8	92.6	26	76.1	6	4.22	77	0
2020	84.3	10	92.7	22	76	7	7.91	41	0
2019	83.6	23	91.3	48	75.8	8	12.63	3	0
2018	83.7	19	92.7	22	74.7	14	6.86	49	0
2017	84.1	13	92.7	22	75.5	12	10.49	12	0
2016	83.9	14	92.5	30	75.3	13	11.37	7	0
2015	83.3	27	92	37	74.6	16	12.23	5	0
2014	83.7	19	93.3	14	74.1	24	5.28	67	0
2013	83.8	17	93.2	16	74.4	19	8.73	29	0
2012	82.9	34	91.6	43	74.2	23	8.69	30	0
2011	84.3	10	92.8	21	75.8	8	9.76	20	0
2010	84.3	10	92.5	30	76.2	3	15.19	2	0
2009	83.7	19	92.6	26	74.7	14	6.79	51	0
2008	82.1	50	90.3	61	73.8	27	9.98	17	0
2007	83.4	26	92.3	34	74.3	20	10.87	9	1
2006	81.9	57	91.2	50	72.6	64	8.19	36	1
2005	83.9	14	93.1	17	74.6	16	8.51	32	0
2004	82.1	50	90.6	57	73.6	32	12.52	4	0
2003	81.3	68	88.9	75	73.6	32	9.87	18	0
2002	81.5	66	90	66	73.1	49	9.09	24	2
2001	82.2	48	91.5	45	72.9	54	9.65	21	0
2000	82	54	91.9	40	72	74	6.60	55	1
1999	83	33	92.2	35	73.8	27	8.24	34	2
1998	83.3	27	92.9	20	73.7	31	4.91	72	1
1997	82.4	43	92.2	35	72.5	66	4.75	74	2
1996	81.8	59	91.5	45	72.1	73	5.54	65	0
1995	84.6	6	93.5	13	75.7	10	9.21	22	0
1994	82.3	45	91.6	43	72.9	54	8.21	35	0
1993	83.9	14	94.3	6	73.5	37	5.10	69	0
1992	82.6	38	92.7	22	72.4	71	10.45	13	0
1991	83.6	23	93.3	14	73.8	27	5.46	66	0
1990	83.7	19	94.4	5	73.1	49	6.35	59	0
1989	84.4	8	95.6	2	73.2	45	6.02	62	0
1988	83.8	17	93.9	9	73.6	32	10.93	8	0
1987	85.1	3	96.5	1	73.8	27	5.21	68	0
1986	83.3	27	94.2	7	72.5	66	8.45	33	0
1985	82.9	34	92.6	26	73.2	45	7.13	45	0
1984	82.5	41	93.6	12	71.3	79	8.14	38	0
1983	83.3	27	93.1	17	73.5	37	6.62	53	0
1982	82.4	43	92.5	30	72.4	71	4.56	76	0
1981	82.6	38	92.5	30	72.6	64	8.16	37	0
1980	83.5	25	94.1	8	73	53	6.86	49	0
1979	82.3	45	92.6	26	72	74	10.11	16	0
1978	82.7	37	91.8	42	73.5	37	8.58	31	0
1977	81.7	61	90.3	61	73.2	45	8.06	39	0
1976	82	54	91.1	51	72.8	59	7.98	40	0
1975	81.3	68	90.8	53	71.7	77	10.52	11	0
1974	81.9	57	90.4	59	73.4	43	6.61	54	0
1973	80.5	77	89	74	72	74	7.04	47	0
1972	81.5	66	90.2	63	72.7	61	4.88	73	0
1971	81.2	70	89.5	71	72.9	54	7.36	42	0
1970	82.1	50	89.9	67	74.3	20	4.68	75	0
1969	80.8	75	88.7	76	72.8	59	6.40	58	0
1968	81.8	59	90.1	64	73.6	32	9.12	23	0
1967	80	79	88.3	78	71.7	77	10.42	14	0
1966	81.7	61	90.1	64	73.2	45	7.16	44	0
1965	81.7	61	90.5	58	72.9	54	8.98	27	0
1964	82.1	50	90.7	56	73.5	37	9.86	19	0
1963	82.8	36	91.5	45	74.1	24	6.16	60	0
1962	82	54	90.4	59	73.5	37	5.99	63	0
1961	81.6	65	90.8	53	72.5	66	9.05	25	0
1960	81.7	61	89.9	67	73.5	37	3.98	78	0
1959	80.9	74	88.6	77	73.1	49	6.42	57	0
1958	82.5	41	91	52	74.1	24	5.06	70	0
1957	80.8	75	89.1	73	72.5	66	10.28	15	0
1956	82.6	38	92	37	73.1	49	7.34	43	0
1955	82.3	45	91.3	48	73.4	43	6.70	52	0
1954	83.1	32	91.9	40	74.3	20	5.55	64	0
1953	81	73	89.2	72	72.9	54	9.03	26	0
1952	82.2	48	90.8	53	73.6	32	7.05	46	0
1951	83.3	27	92	37	74.5	18	6.95	48	0
1950	81.1	72	89.8	69	72.5	66	3.89	79	0
1949	80.5	77	88.2	79	72.7	61	11.93	6	0
1948	81.2	70	89.8	69	72.7	61	15.57	1	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	86
2026	85.5
1987	85.1
2025	85
2022	84.8
2024	84.6
1995	84.6
2021	84.4
1989	84.4
2020	84.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	80
1973	80.5
1949	80.5
1969	80.8
1957	80.8
1959	80.9
1953	81
1950	81.1
1971	81.2
1948	81.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	15.57
2010	15.19
2019	12.63
2004	12.52
2015	12.23
1949	11.93
2016	11.37
1988	10.93
2007	10.87
2024	10.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	3.89
1960	3.98
2021	4.22
1982	4.56
1970	4.68
1997	4.75
1972	4.88
1998	4.91
2022	5.03
1958	5.06

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 18 August 2026, 17 August 2026, 16 August 2026, 11 August 2026
Coldest night: 71°F; 6 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.05 in; 27 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 6.09 in of precipitation in Lakeland, FL, the driest August since 2022, 19th driest of 79.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 99°F on Tuesday 18 August 2026, Monday 17 August 2026, Sunday 16 August 2026 and 1 other day.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Lakeland, FL: a low of 71°F on Thursday 6 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 2.05 in on Thursday 27 August 2026.