Lakeland, FL: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 83°F in Lakeland, FL, the warmest May on record, in 75 years since 1949 (1957 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing; 1997 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing; 1999 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing); provisional.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 83°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 75, provisional
Precipitation: 3.22 in; Wettest since 2025; 34th wettest of 77

A normal May in Lakeland, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78°F, between 76°F and 80.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.65 in of precipitation, between 0.92 in and 7.81 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Lakeland, FL since 1949: 83°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 76 to 80.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	83	1	93.6	2	72.4	1	3.22	34	0
2025	81.8	4	92.7	5	70.8	5	6.57	11	0
2024	82.7	3	93.6	2	71.7	2	2.81	41	0
2023	78.3	23	89.4	29	67.2	31	8.75	6	0
2022	79.3	19	90.4	19	68.2	19	4.55	20	3
2021	79.5	16	90.7	17	68.4	17	0.34	76	0
2020	78.2	28	89.5	27	66.9	37	1.30	65	0
2019	80.8	6	91.1	12	70.5	7	3.75	29	0
2018	77.3	44	86.6	60	68	21	19.19	1	0
2017	80	11	92.6	6	67.5	27	1.81	60	0
2016	78	31	89.2	32	66.9	37	3.61	31	0
2015	79.9	12	91.3	10	68.5	15	1.97	57	0
2014	77.9	32	89.3	31	66.5	44	7.49	8	0
2013	75.9	66	87.2	51	64.5	69	4.87	17	0
2012	79.6	14	91.3	10	67.9	23	2.58	48	0
2011	78.2	28	90.9	13	65.4	62	1.89	58	0
2010	80.6	8	90.8	15	70.5	7	2.81	41	0
2009	77.9	32	88.8	39	67.1	33	14.95	3	1
2008	77.8	35	89.2	32	66.3	47	0.37	75	0
2007	74	75	85.4	68	62.6	77	2.44	50	0
2006	75.9	66	88.6	42	63.2	74	2.95	37	0
2005	76.3	57	86.4	61	66.1	52	4.10	25	1
2004	77.1	46	88.4	44	65.9	53	1.84	59	1
2003	79.5	16	89.8	23	69.1	12	5.96	14	0
2002	78.3	23	89.8	23	67	35	3.66	30	2
2001	76.1	62	88.9	37	63.2	74	0.44	74	0
2000	77.9	32	90.6	18	65.3	63	0.55	71	1
1999					64.1	70	5.77	15	5
1998	77.4	40	89.4	29	65.7	57	1.29	66	1
1997					65.5	61	0.96	68	4
1996	81	5	90.4	19	71.5	3	3.29	33	0
1995	82.9	2	94.4	1	71.4	4	2.71	45	0
1994	80.4	10	92.5	7	68.3	18	2.06	55	0
1993	76.6	53	88.1	46	65	65	1.65	61	0
1992	76.1	62	88.9	37	63.3	73	1.47	63	0
1991	80.7	7	90.9	13	70.6	6	10.65	4	0
1990	80.5	9	91.6	9	69.4	10	4.40	22	0
1989	79.7	13	93.1	4	66.3	47	1.11	67	0
1988	77	49	90	22	63.9	71	2.78	43	0
1987	78.3	23	90.1	21	66.5	44	6.98	10	0
1986	77.7	36	90.8	15	64.6	68	0.63	70	0
1985	79.4	18	92.5	7	66.2	49	0.50	73	0
1984	77.2	45	89	35	65.3	63	4.65	19	0
1983	76.3	57	88.7	40	63.8	72	2.64	47	0
1982	75.1	73	87	56	63.1	76	7.15	9	0
1981	77.4	40	89.8	23	64.9	66	1.59	62	0
1980	76.9	51	88.1	46	65.7	57	6.09	13	0
1979	76	65	87.1	54	64.9	66	16.03	2	0
1978	78.3	23	88.7	40	67.9	23	3.59	32	0
1977	76.5	55	87.2	51	65.7	57	2.70	46	0
1976	76.5	55	85.9	66	67.1	33	8.02	7	0
1975	79	20	89	35	69	13	4.75	18	0
1974	77.7	36	87.1	54	68.2	19	3.12	36	0
1973	76.3	57	86.4	61	66.2	49	2.16	54	0
1972	75.4	71	84.1	74	66.6	42	2.21	53	0
1971	76.3	57	86.7	59	65.9	53	4.01	27	0
1970	75.1	73	84.3	73	65.8	55	6.53	12	0
1969	76.1	62	84.6	72	67.5	27	4.26	23	0
1968	76.7	52	86.1	65	67.4	29	9.10	5	0
1967	77.4	40	88.3	45	66.5	44	2.01	56	0
1966	77.4	40	86.3	63	68.5	15	4.46	21	0
1965	77.1	46	87.4	50	66.7	41	0.55	71	0
1964	76.2	61	85.5	67	67	35	2.83	40	0
1963	77	49	87.2	51	66.8	39	4.10	25	0
1962	78.7	21	89.6	26	67.7	25	2.88	38	0
1961	76.6	53	86.3	63	66.8	39	2.73	44	0
1960	75.4	71	85	71	65.8	55	0.89	69	0
1959	78.1	30	86.9	58	69.3	11	4.23	24	0
1958	75.5	69	83.9	75	67.2	31	2.43	51	0
1957									6
1956	78.3	23	87.9	48	68.7	14	5.08	16	0
1955	78.4	22	89.1	34	67.7	25	2.25	52	0
1954	75.7	68	85.1	70	66.2	49	3.99	28	0
1953	79.6	14	89.5	27	69.6	9	0.13	77	0
1952	77.1	46	87	56	67.3	30	3.20	35	0
1951	75.5	69	85.3	69	65.6	60	1.37	64	0
1950	77.7	36	87.5	49	68	21	2.87	39	0
1949	77.6	39	88.6	42	66.6	42	2.50	49	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	83
1995	82.9
2024	82.7
2025	81.8
1996	81
2019	80.8
1991	80.7
2010	80.6
1990	80.5
1994	80.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	74
1982	75.1
1970	75.1
1972	75.4
1960	75.4
1958	75.5
1951	75.5
1954	75.7
2013	75.9
2006	75.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	19.19
1979	16.03
2009	14.95
1991	10.65
1968	9.10
2023	8.75
1976	8.02
2014	7.49
1982	7.15
1987	6.98

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	0.13
2021	0.34
2008	0.37
2001	0.44
1985	0.50
2000	0.55
1965	0.55
1986	0.63
1960	0.89
1997	0.96

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 27 May 2026, 23 May 2026
Coldest night: 63°F; 4 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.98 in; 28 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.22 in of precipitation in Lakeland, FL, the wettest May since 2025, 34th wettest of 77.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 97°F on Wednesday 27 May 2026 and Saturday 23 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Lakeland, FL: a low of 63°F on Monday 4 May 2026 and Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 0.98 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.