Lakeland, FL: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 82.7°F in Lakeland, FL, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 1986 (1995 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 1999 excluded: 2 of 9 days missing), 2nd warmest of 77.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 82.7°F; Warmest since 1986; 2nd warmest of 77
Precipitation: 3.42 in; Wettest since 2024; 6th wettest of 78

A normal 1 to 9 October in Lakeland, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.1°F, between 75.4°F and 81.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.63 in of precipitation, between 0.04 in and 2.59 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Lakeland, FL since 1948: 82.7°F in 2026; the highest is 82.8°F, in 1986.

Normal range, 75.4 to 81.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	82.7	2	89	18	76.4	1	3.42	6	0
2025	80.8	12	88.9	21	72.7	9	1.04	30	0
2024	81.2	8	88	28	74.3	3	9.63	1	0
2023	78.9	33	86.9	44	71	30	1.91	16	0
2022	74.9	70	85.4	54	64.3	72	0.00	73	0
2021	81.4	5	90.7	4	72.1	15	2.36	12	0
2020	79.5	27	87	42	72	17	0.73	37	0
2019	80.7	13	89.2	17	72.1	15	1.31	25	0
2018	81.8	3	89.8	10	73.9	4	0.20	56	0
2017	81.7	4	88.2	24	75.2	2	1.35	24	0
2016	80.7	13	88.2	24	73.1	6	3.83	4	0
2015	78	45	86.8	45	69.2	49	0.37	52	0
2014	76.7	55	86.3	49	67.1	61	0.47	46	0
2013	80.6	15	89.7	12	71.6	21	1.50	22	0
2012	80.4	18	88.2	24	72.6	10	1.86	17	0
2011	73.3	73	84	67	62.6	74	4.92	2	0
2010	72.6	76	85.3	55	59.9	77	0.00	73	0
2009	80.6	15	91	3	70.1	39	0.00	73	0
2008	78.7	38	88	28	69.4	46	0.47	46	0
2007	81.1	10	89.3	15	72.8	8	2.23	14	0
2006	75.4	65	85.9	52	64.9	70	0.00	73	0
2005	79.7	25	87.1	40	72.2	13	1.14	28	0
2004	79.9	22	89	18	70.9	31	0.32	53	0
2003	76.7	55	84.8	61	68.7	51	0.10	60	0
2002	80	21	89.3	15	70.7	34	0.05	66	0
2001	75.3	66	84.4	64	66.1	67	0.07	63	0
2000	77.7	49	87	42	68.3	54	0.15	58	0
1999					72.3	11	1.51	21	2
1998	81.4	5	89.7	12	73.2	5	0.56	43	0
1997	78.2	42	87.9	33	68.4	53	0.43	48	0
1996	77.7	49	83.9	68	71.4	22	2.31	13	0
1994	79.8	24	88.3	22	71.2	27	0.77	36	0
1993	78.3	41	88	28	68.6	52	0.63	39	0
1992	75.8	63	83.9	68	67.8	58	2.37	11	0
1991	77.8	46	86.1	51	69.4	46	3.45	5	0
1990	81.4	5	91.1	2	71.7	20	0.12	59	0
1989	79.9	22	90.1	7	69.8	41	0.19	57	0
1988	77.6	51	88.3	22	66.8	66	0.91	34	0
1987	73.2	74	86.6	46	59.8	78	0.93	33	0
1986	82.8	1	94.3	1	71.2	27	1.80	19	0
1985	79.5	27	90.7	4	68.3	54	0.08	62	0
1984	73.1	75	85	57	61.1	76	0.10	60	0
1983	78.8	37	89.6	14	68.1	56	0.61	41	0
1982	80.2	19	89	18	71.3	23	4.78	3	0
1981	78.5	40	89.9	9	67.1	61	0.00	73	0
1980	75	68	85.3	55	64.7	71	0.62	40	0
1979	75.7	64	88	28	63.3	73	0.00	73	0
1978	76.8	54	86.6	46	67	64	trace	70	0
1977	77.3	52	87.4	37	67.2	60	trace	70	0
1976	75	68	84.6	63	65.4	69	0.39	50	0
1975	79.4	29	88	28	70.8	33	1.28	26	0
1974	71.4	77	80.4	77	62.3	75	0.01	69	0
1973	78.7	38	86.4	48	70.9	31	0.05	66	0
1972	76.1	59	84.8	61	67.3	59	2.20	15	0
1971	80.6	15	89.8	10	71.3	23	2.79	8	0
1970	78.1	44	86.3	49	69.8	41	1.25	27	0
1969	78.2	42	84.4	64	71.9	18	2.39	9	0
1968	78.9	33	87.3	38	70.6	36	0.07	63	0
1967	74.6	71	82.2	74	67	64	0.53	45	0
1966	80.1	20	87.2	39	72.9	7	0.70	38	0
1965	78.9	33	87.8	34	70.1	39	0.61	41	0
1964	73.7	72	81.2	76	66.1	67	0.88	35	0
1963	76.2	58	83.3	71	69	50	0.07	63	0
1962	81.1	10	90.3	6	71.9	18	0.29	54	0
1961	76.1	59	85	57	67.1	61	trace	70	0
1960	79.2	30	87.1	40	71.3	23	1.48	23	0
1959	81.2	8	90	8	72.3	11	0.25	55	0
1958	78.9	33	88.2	24	69.7	44	0.54	44	0
1957	75.2	67	82.4	72	68	57	2.39	9	0
1956	77.8	46	84.9	59	70.7	34	1.12	29	0
1955	79.6	26	87.8	34	71.3	23	0.02	68	0
1954	77.8	46	84.4	64	71.2	27	0.41	49	0
1953	75.9	62	81.4	75	70.3	38	2.91	7	0
1952	76.1	59	82.4	72	69.8	41	1.81	18	0
1951	79.1	31	87.8	34	70.4	37	0.39	50	0
1950	76.6	57	83.8	70	69.4	46	0.94	32	0
1949	79	32	85.8	53	72.2	13	1.62	20	0
1948	77.3	52	84.9	59	69.7	44	0.96	31	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1986	82.8
2026	82.7
2018	81.8
2017	81.7
2021	81.4
1998	81.4
1990	81.4
2024	81.2
1959	81.2
2007	81.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	71.4
2010	72.6
1984	73.1
1987	73.2
2011	73.3
1964	73.7
1967	74.6
2022	74.9
1980	75
1976	75

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	9.63
2011	4.92
1982	4.78
2016	3.83
1991	3.45
2026	3.42
1953	2.91
1971	2.79
1969	2.39
1957	2.39

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
2010	0.00
2009	0.00
2006	0.00
1981	0.00
1979	0.00
1978	trace
1977	trace
1961	trace
1974	0.01

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 4 October 2026
Coldest night: 75°F; 8 October 2026, 7 October 2026, 2 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.50 in; 4 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 3.42 in of precipitation in Lakeland, FL, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2024, 6th wettest of 78.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Lakeland, FL: 95°F on Sunday 4 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Lakeland, FL: a low of 75°F on Thursday 8 October 2026, Wednesday 7 October 2026 and Friday 2 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Lakeland, FL: 1.50 in on Sunday 4 October 2026.