Lakeland, FL: July

31 July 2026: July 2026 averaged 85.5°F in Lakeland, FL, tying the record for the warmest July, set in 2024 and 2023, in 79 years since 1948; provisional.

July 2026

Mean temperature: 85.5°F; Ties the record; Warmest of 79, provisional
Precipitation: 11.12 in; Wettest since 2018; 13th wettest of 79

A normal July in Lakeland, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 82.9°F, between 81.6°F and 84.4°F in eight years of ten and 8.43 in of precipitation, between 6.35 in and 13.39 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every July in Lakeland, FL since 1948: 85.5°F in 2026, tied for the highest with 2024 and 2023.

Normal range, 81.6 to 84.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every July 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	1	94.7	6	76.3	3	11.12	13	0
2025	85.1	4	94.3	11	75.9	4	6.95	50	0
2024	85.5	1	94.5	7	76.4	2	5.81	63	0
2023	85.5	1	94.5	7	76.6	1	7.21	47	0
2022	84.7	8	93.7	15	75.6	6	4.95	69	0
2021	83.5	19	92.1	36	75	10	9.82	17	0
2020	84	11	92.6	27	75.4	8	9.48	18	0
2019	83.7	14	92.4	29	75.1	9	10.31	16	0
2018	83.4	21	92.2	34	74.5	15	13.31	8	1
2017	83.6	16	92.4	29	74.8	13	20.07	1	0
2016	85.1	4	94.5	7	75.8	5	6.55	55	0
2015	83.3	23	91.6	38	75	10	13.37	7	0
2014	82.6	35	91.9	37	73.3	31	8.27	28	0
2013	82	47	90.7	53	73.3	31	11.93	10	0
2012	83.1	26	92.2	34	74	20	7.32	44	0
2011	83.5	19	92.3	33	74.7	14	8.86	23	0
2010	84.5	9	93.5	18	75.5	7	8.67	24	0
2009	82.5	37	91.3	45	73.8	22	6.52	56	0
2008	81.9	50	90.9	51	72.8	45	9.12	22	0
2007	80.5	76	89.9	69	71.1	78	7.12	48	1
2006	80.9	71	90	66	71.7	72	8.58	27	0
2005	83.3	23	91.6	38	74.9	12	9.41	19	0
2004	81.8	55	90.6	55	73	42	8.22	29	0
2003	82.3	44	91.2	46	73.5	24	7.82	38	2
2002	81.6	58	90.1	65	73.2	36	6.72	52	3
2001	81.5	61	90	66	73.1	38	13.56	6	0
2000	82	47	91.4	41	72.7	52	6.72	52	1
1999	82.4	43	91.4	41	73.3	31	4.80	71	0
1998	83.6	16	92.8	23	74.3	16	7.11	49	2
1997	82.5	37	92.4	29	72.6	54	7.54	42	2
1996	83.1	26	92.9	22	73.3	31	3.50	77	0
1995	84	11	94	12	74.1	19	10.75	14	0
1994	82.6	35	92.8	23	72.4	60	14.74	3	0
1993	84.4	10	95.4	3	73.4	29	7.29	45	0
1992	84.9	6	96.3	1	73.5	24	2.49	79	0
1991	82.8	32	92.4	29	73.1	38	13.23	9	0
1990	83.6	16	94	12	73.2	36	7.66	40	0
1989	83.9	13	95	4	72.8	45	4.82	70	0
1988	82.8	32	93.6	17	72	67	13.77	5	0
1987	84.8	7	96	2	73.5	24	4.78	72	0
1986	82.9	30	93.2	20	72.5	56	5.91	62	0
1985	82.5	37	93	21	72	67	6.67	54	0
1984	81.9	50	92.8	23	70.9	79	7.64	41	0
1983	83.4	21	93.7	15	73	42	4.06	75	0
1982	83.1	26	93.8	14	72.3	63	5.77	64	0
1981	83.7	14	94.9	5	72.5	56	6.38	57	0
1980	83	29	93.5	18	72.4	60	7.84	37	0
1979	83.3	23	94.4	10	72.2	65	7.90	36	0
1978	82	47	91.4	41	72.7	52	8.18	30	0
1977	82.5	37	92.7	26	72.4	60	9.29	20	0
1976	82.5	37	92.5	28	72.5	56	7.92	34	0
1975	80.3	77	88.7	78	71.9	70	6.18	59	0
1974	80	79	88.1	79	71.9	70	8.59	25	0
1973	81.8	55	90.6	55	73.1	38	8.59	25	0
1972	81.4	65	90.3	62	72.5	56	3.51	76	0
1971	81.2	68	90.6	55	71.7	72	7.69	39	0
1970	81.6	58	90.6	55	72.6	54	11.27	11	0
1969	82.7	34	91.2	46	74.3	16	7.96	33	0
1968	81	69	89.2	75	72.8	45	8.14	31	0
1967	80.9	71	89.9	69	72	67	6.90	51	0
1966	81.4	65	89.5	72	73.3	31	5.09	68	0
1965	80.6	75	89.4	73	71.7	72	7.27	46	0
1964	81	69	89.3	74	72.8	45	5.65	66	0
1963	81.9	50	90.4	61	73.5	24	7.92	34	0
1962	82.9	30	91.5	40	74.3	16	4.50	73	0
1961	82.3	44	91.4	41	73.1	38	3.09	78	0
1960	82.1	46	90.5	59	73.7	23	15.67	2	0
1959	81.5	61	90	66	73	42	8.03	32	0
1958	82.5	37	91.1	49	74	20	4.49	74	0
1957	81.9	50	90.3	62	73.5	24	5.94	60	0
1956	81.5	61	90.7	53	72.3	63	5.94	60	0
1955	80.8	73	89.9	69	71.7	72	10.53	15	0
1954	80.8	73	88.8	77	72.8	45	5.70	65	0
1953	81.9	50	90.5	59	73.4	29	7.39	43	0
1952	81.8	55	90.8	52	72.8	45	11.27	11	0
1951	81.6	58	91.2	46	72.1	66	9.19	21	0
1950	80.3	77	89	76	71.6	77	5.29	67	0
1949	81.5	61	90.2	64	72.8	45	6.38	57	0
1948	81.4	65	91	50	71.7	72	14.34	4	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	85.5
2024	85.5
2023	85.5
2025	85.1
2016	85.1
1992	84.9
1987	84.8
2022	84.7
2010	84.5
1993	84.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	80
1975	80.3
1950	80.3
2007	80.5
1965	80.6
1955	80.8
1954	80.8
2006	80.9
1967	80.9
1968	81
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	20.07
1960	15.67
1994	14.74
1948	14.34
1988	13.77
2001	13.56
2015	13.37
2018	13.31
1991	13.23
2013	11.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1992	2.49
1961	3.09
1996	3.50
1972	3.51
1983	4.06
1958	4.49
1962	4.50
1987	4.78
1999	4.80
1989	4.82

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 11 July 2026, 9 July 2026
Coldest night: 72°F; 18 July 2026, 17 July 2026, 11 July 2026
Wettest day: 4.30 in; 30 July 2026

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Every answer in words

July 2026 brought 11.12 in of precipitation in Lakeland, FL, the wettest July since 2018, 13th wettest of 79.
The hottest day of July 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 99°F on Saturday 11 July 2026 and Thursday 9 July 2026.
The coldest night of July 2026 in Lakeland, FL: a low of 72°F on Saturday 18 July 2026, Friday 17 July 2026 and Saturday 11 July 2026.
The wettest day of July 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 4.30 in on Thursday 30 July 2026.