Lakeland, FL: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 66.5°F in Lakeland, FL, the warmest December since 2021, 14th warmest of 75.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 66.5°F; Warmest since 2021; 14th warmest of 75
Precipitation: 2.01 in; Wettest since 2023; 35th wettest of 78

A normal December in Lakeland, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65.2°F, between 60.2°F and 68.5°F in eight years of ten and 1.65 in of precipitation, between 0.72 in and 4.84 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Lakeland, FL since 1948: 66.5°F in 2025; the highest is 73.1°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 60.2 to 68.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Lakeland, FL from 1948 to 2025, 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
2025	66.5	14	77.5	8	55.4	23	2.01	35	0
2024	64.2	34	74.8	30	53.6	38	0.99	58	0
2023	65	28	74	36	55.9	20	2.91	20	0
2022	64	36	73.5	39	54.5	29	2.12	28	0
2021	69.1	4	80	3	58.3	5	0.86	62	0
2020	61	50	72.4	45	49.6	59	3.34	18	2
2019	67.3	10	76.6	18	58	7	3.37	17	0
2018	65.4	26	74.9	28	55.8	21	8.13	3	0
2017	66	19	77.5	8	54.6	28	1.59	45	0
2016	70.2	2	80.9	2	59.5	3	1.03	56	0
2015	73.1	1	81.7	1	64.5	1	1.66	43	0
2014	64.6	29	74.6	32	54.5	29	2.25	26	0
2013	68.6	5	79.1	6	58.1	6	0.92	60	0
2012	65.5	24	77.3	12	53.8	33	1.89	38	0
2011	65.6	23	77.4	11	53.8	33	0.50	70	0
2010	53.2	75	66.7	74	39.7	78	0.79	65	0
2009	64.2	34	74.5	34	53.8	33	3.60	14	0
2008	65.2	27	76.7	17	53.8	33	1.43	48	1
2007	68.4	6	79.2	5	57.7	10	0.98	59	0
2006	66.3	15	75.7	21	56.8	14	2.41	24	0
2005	59.1	67	69.9	57	48.2	70	2.04	32	2
2004	60.1	58	69.9	57	50.2	55	2.03	33	1
2003					48	72	1.68	42	4
2002					50	56	11.74	2	4
2001	67.9	7	77.5	8	58	7	1.25	52	1
2000	60.3	56	71.4	52	49.1	65	1.00	57	1
1999	61.8	47	73.7	37	49.7	58	1.64	44	2
1998					57.1	11	1.09	55	4
1997	62.5	44	71.5	50	53.5	39	12.28	1	1
1996	63.3	39	74.9	28	51.5	50	3.24	19	1
1995	60.6	54	72	47	49.2	64	0.58	69	0
1994	66.1	17	75.2	27	56.9	13	4.47	8	0
1993	60.5	55	72.2	46	48.8	67	1.38	51	0
1992	64.5	30	75.4	24	53.7	37	0.74	66	0
1991	65.9	21	76	20	55.8	21	0.43	72	0
1990	66	19	77.2	13	54.9	26	0.35	75	0
1989	56.8	73	68.5	70	45.1	77	5.51	5	0
1988	63.3	39	74.8	30	51.8	49	1.59	45	0
1987	64.5	30	75.7	21	53.4	40	0.17	77	0
1986	67.4	9	76.8	16	58	7	3.78	13	0
1985	59.3	63	71.6	48	47.1	73	2.91	20	0
1984	66.7	13	79.3	4	54.1	31	0.34	76	0
1983	63.1	41	72.8	44	53.4	40	7.04	4	0
1982	67	11	77	14	57.1	11	1.22	53	0
1981	61.1	49	73.2	43	49	66	2.12	28	0
1980	58.9	69	70.7	55	47	74	0.43	72	0
1979	63	43	73.3	42	52.6	44	2.00	37	0
1978	66.8	12	76.9	15	56.6	18	4.38	10	0
1977	59.9	60	69.2	65	50.5	52	2.55	23	0
1976	59.6	62	69.7	61	49.5	61	2.03	33	0
1975	60.8	52	71.3	53	50.3	54	0.69	68	0
1974	61.3	48	70.3	56	52.3	46	1.72	40	0
1973	60.1	58	69	67	51.2	51	2.18	27	0
1972	64.3	32	73.6	38	55	25	3.38	16	0
1971	70	3	78.4	7	61.6	2	0.73	67	0
1970	63.6	38	74.6	32	52.6	44	0.91	61	0
1969	59	68	68.5	70	49.6	59	4.46	9	0
1968	59.2	64	69.5	64	48.8	67	0.49	71	0
1967	66.1	17	75.4	24	56.8	14	1.87	39	0
1966	60.2	57	69.9	57	50.5	52	0.85	63	0
1965	62.2	45	71.5	50	53	42	3.48	15	0
1964	64.3	32	73.5	39	55.1	24	2.05	31	0
1963	56.2	74	65.4	75	47	74	2.08	30	0
1962	59.2	64	69	67	49.4	62	0.14	78	0
1961	63.7	37	73.5	39	53.9	32	3.90	12	0
1960	57.3	72	67.7	73	46.9	76	1.40	49	0
1959	60.8	52	69.7	61	51.9	48	1.71	41	2
1958	61	50	69.9	57	52	47	2.87	22	0
1957	59.2	64	69.1	66	49.4	62	1.39	50	0
1956	66.2	16	75.6	23	56.8	14	0.37	74	0
1955	61.9	46	70.9	54	52.9	43	1.47	47	0
1954	58.4	70	68.6	69	48.2	70	1.18	54	0
1953	63.1	41	71.6	48	54.7	27	4.01	11	0
1952	59.8	61	69.7	61	49.9	57	0.81	64	2
1951	65.7	22	75.3	26	56.2	19	2.38	25	0
1950	58.2	71	67.9	72	48.6	69	4.53	7	0
1949	65.5	24	74.2	35	56.8	14	5.21	6	0
1948	67.5	8	76.6	18	58.4	4	2.01	35	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	73.1
2016	70.2
1971	70
2021	69.1
2013	68.6
2007	68.4
2001	67.9
1948	67.5
1986	67.4
2019	67.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	53.2
1963	56.2
1989	56.8
1960	57.3
1950	58.2
1954	58.4
1980	58.9
1969	59
2005	59.1
1968	59.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	12.28
2002	11.74
2018	8.13
1983	7.04
1989	5.51
1949	5.21
1950	4.53
1994	4.47
1969	4.46
1978	4.38

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1962	0.14
1987	0.17
1984	0.34
1990	0.35
1956	0.37
1991	0.43
1980	0.43
1968	0.49
2011	0.50
1995	0.58

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 5 December 2025
Coldest night: 35°F; 31 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.50 in; 8 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.01 in of precipitation in Lakeland, FL, the wettest December since 2023, tied 35th wettest of 78 (with 1948).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Lakeland, FL: 86°F on Friday 5 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Lakeland, FL: a low of 35°F on Wednesday 31 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Lakeland, FL: 1.50 in on Monday 8 December 2025.