Lakeland, FL: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 62.1°F in Lakeland, FL, the warmest January since 2024, 27th warmest of 77.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 62.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 27th warmest of 77
Precipitation: 1.23 in; Driest since 2023; 24th driest of 78

A normal January in Lakeland, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 61.4°F, between 58.3°F and 65.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.88 in of precipitation, between 1.07 in and 5.58 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Lakeland, FL since 1949: 62.1°F in 2026; the highest is 71°F, in 1974.

Normal range, 58.3 to 65.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Lakeland, FL from 1949 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	62.1	27	74.7	17	49.5	44	1.23	55	0
2025	57.7	65	68.5	66	46.9	67	2.32	34	0
2024	62.7	21	73.6	24	52.2	23	3.02	23	2
2023	65.6	10	77.4	6	53.9	14	0.92	62	0
2022	61	36	72.2	39	49.9	42	0.87	63	0
2021	62.5	24	73.9	21	51.1	26	0.44	71	0
2020	65	14	75.5	12	54.5	12	0.80	65	0
2019	61.8	29	73.3	25	50.3	38	4.44	10	0
2018	59	60	70.1	55	48	59	3.51	17	0
2017	65.4	12	76.6	10	54.3	13	2.81	29	0
2016	60.5	47	70.1	55	51	28	6.77	3	0
2015	61.3	34	72.3	38	50.4	36	1.71	46	0
2014	58.7	62	70.1	55	47.3	65	2.98	24	0
2013	67.3	5	78.6	4	56.1	8	0.41	72	0
2012	61.4	32	75.1	15	47.7	63	1.20	57	0
2011	59.7	54	71.6	42	47.8	62	5.78	4	0
2010	55.6	72	67.7	69	43.5	74	3.64	16	0
2009	60.3	49	72.8	32	47.9	60	2.24	37	0
2008	62.9	20	74.3	20	51.5	25	3.50	18	0
2007	63.3	17	73.1	28	53.9	14	2.34	32	1
2006	62.7	21	74.6	18	50.7	33	0.73	67	0
2005	62	28	73.3	25	50.6	35	2.25	36	0
2004	59.8	52	72.4	35	47.3	65	4.28	12	3
2003	56.3	71	68.6	65	43.2	75	5.17	8	2
2002	62.4	25	73.9	21	51.1	26	1.53	48	3
2001	56.6	69	69.7	62	43.1	76	1.10	61	1
2000	61.4	32	73.8	23	48.9	53	1.78	45	0
1999					52.3	22	2.94	25	7
1998	63.4	16	73.1	28	53.8	16	3.19	21	2
1997	63.5	15	75.5	12	50.2	39	1.80	44	3
1996	60.1	50	72.2	39	48.1	58	5.56	7	0
1995	60.8	42	72.1	41	49.4	46	2.68	30	0
1994	62.4	25	72.8	32	51.9	24	4.26	13	0
1993	67.5	4	77	7	58.1	4	8.66	1	0
1992	60.7	44	71.4	44	50	40	1.48	49	0
1991	67.2	7	76.8	9	57.7	5	3.12	22	0
1990	67.1	8	78.9	3	55.4	11	0.40	73	0
1989	67.7	3	79.1	2	56.4	7	3.87	15	0
1988	59.5	56	70	58	49	51	2.87	28	0
1987	60.7	44	72.4	35	49	51	1.87	42	0
1986	61	36	72.9	31	49.2	50	2.94	25	0
1985	57.5	66	70.9	47	44.1	73	1.45	50	0
1984	59.8	52	70.8	48	48.9	53	1.17	59	0
1983	59.5	56	70.4	53	48.6	55	1.84	43	0
1982	61.5	30	74.6	18	48.5	57	2.06	41	0
1981	53.1	76	67.4	70	38.7	78	0.56	70	0
1980	61	36	72.4	35	49.7	43	3.29	20	0
1979	59.2	58	70.4	53	47.9	60	7.21	2	0
1978	55.3	73	65.1	74	45.5	70	2.43	31	0
1977	51.9	77	61.8	77	42.1	77	2.18	40	0
1976	57.4	67	68.9	64	45.9	69	0.68	68	0
1975	65.6	10	75.5	12	55.7	9	1.13	60	0
1974	71	1	79.8	1	62.2	1	1.20	57	0
1973	61.5	30	70.5	52	52.6	19	4.31	11	0
1972	67.3	5	76.5	11	58.2	3	1.22	56	0
1971	61	36	71.3	45	50.8	30	0.26	76	0
1970	54.3	74	63.2	75	45.4	71	2.92	27	0
1969	59.6	55	69.3	63	50	40	3.35	19	0
1968	60.4	48	70	58	50.8	30	0.29	74	0
1967	63.1	19	73.1	28	53.1	18	0.85	64	0
1966	57.9	64	66.5	71	49.3	48	5.60	6	0
1965	60.7	44	70.6	50	50.7	33	1.41	52	0
1964	58.7	62	67.9	68	49.5	44	5.71	5	0
1963	59.1	59	69.9	60	48.6	55	2.19	39	2
1962	60.9	41	71.5	43	50.4	36	1.41	52	0
1961	56.8	68	66	73	47.6	64	1.70	47	0
1960	60.8	42	70.6	50	50.9	29	1.24	54	0
1959	59	60	68.5	66	49.4	46	3.91	14	0
1958	53.4	75	62.4	76	44.5	72	4.53	9	0
1957	65.2	13	75	16	55.5	10	2.24	37	0
1956	56.4	70	66.3	72	46.5	68	1.43	51	0
1955	60	51	70.8	48	49.3	48	2.33	33	2
1954	62.7	21	72.7	34	52.6	19	0.68	68	0
1953	61.3	34	69.9	60	52.6	19	2.30	35	0
1952	63.3	17	73.2	27	53.5	17	0.77	66	0
1951	61	36	71.3	45	50.8	30	0.27	75	0
1950	68.9	2	77.8	5	60.1	2	0.12	78	0
1949	66.8	9	76.9	8	56.8	6	0.20	77	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	71
1950	68.9
1989	67.7
1993	67.5
2013	67.3
1972	67.3
1991	67.2
1990	67.1
1949	66.8
2023	65.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	51.9
1981	53.1
1958	53.4
1970	54.3
1978	55.3
2010	55.6
2003	56.3
1956	56.4
2001	56.6
1961	56.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	8.66
1979	7.21
2016	6.77
2011	5.78
1964	5.71
1966	5.60
1996	5.56
2003	5.17
1958	4.53
2019	4.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	0.12
1949	0.20
1971	0.26
1951	0.27
1968	0.29
1990	0.40
2013	0.41
2021	0.44
1981	0.56
1976	0.68
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 25 January 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 16 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.55 in; 26 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.23 in of precipitation in Lakeland, FL, the driest January since 2023, 24th driest of 78.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 88°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Lakeland, FL: a low of 31°F on Friday 16 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 0.55 in on Monday 26 January 2026.