Lakeland, FL: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 85.4°F in Lakeland, FL, the warmest summer on record, in 78 years since 1949; provisional.

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 85.4°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 78, provisional
Precipitation: 23.35 in; Wettest since 2024; 35th wettest of 78

A normal summer in Lakeland, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 82.5°F, between 81.3°F and 83.8°F in eight years of ten and 25.89 in of precipitation, between 18.32 in and 33.83 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Lakeland, FL since 1949: 85.4°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 81.3 to 83.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	85.4	1	94.8	3	75.9	1	23.35	35	0
2025	84.4	5	93.4	14	75.4	5	22.13	40	0
2024	84.8	2	93.9	7	75.8	2	27.17	20	0
2023	84.6	3	93.7	10	75.6	3	27.80	18	0
2022	84.1	7	93.2	17	75	8	17.22	71	0
2021	83.5	13	92.2	30	74.8	10	22.52	38	0
2020	83.8	9	92.4	26	75.1	6	24.21	32	0
2019	83.5	13	91.9	35	75	8	34.42	3	0
2018	83.3	18	92.2	30	74.3	12	30.85	11	1
2017	83.1	22	91.7	38	74.6	11	43.60	1	0
2016	84	8	93	18	75.1	6	24.77	29	0
2015	83.3	18	92.3	28	74.3	12	36.50	2	0
2014	82.5	28	92.2	30	72.8	35	19.29	58	0
2013	82.4	34	91.4	39	73.4	20	33.76	4	0
2012	82	41	90.9	46	73.1	25	31.56	10	0
2011	83.5	13	92.8	21	74.1	14	24.49	31	0
2010	84.6	3	93.6	11	75.5	4	27.04	21	0
2009	82.8	24	92	33	73.7	17	21.90	41	0
2008	81.8	44	91.2	42	72.5	46	25.75	24	0
2007	80.7	72	90	60	71.4	75	25.60	25	2
2006	81	64	90.5	54	71.6	72	25.16	27	1
2005	82.4	34	90.8	48	74	15	32.40	6	1
2004	82	41	91.1	44	72.8	35	28.83	13	1
2003	81.3	57	89.5	68	73.1	25	30.12	12	4
2002	81.2	58	89.8	62	72.6	45	28.54	15	9
2001	81.7	50	91.1	44	72.1	58	31.87	8	2
2000	81.8	44	92	33	71.6	72	20.01	55	3
1999	81.7	50	90.6	52	72.9	30	24.69	30	3
1998	83.8	9	93.8	8	73.7	17	13.88	77	5
1997	81.8	44	91.8	37	71.8	66	17.22	71	7
1996	82.5	28	91.9	35	73	29	18.44	66	5
1995	83.6	12	93.3	15	74	15	31.59	9	0
1994	82.5	28	92.3	28	72.8	35	33.29	5	0
1993	83.5	13	94.4	4	72.7	41	17.15	73	0
1992	83.3	18	93.8	8	72.9	30	26.03	23	0
1991	82.8	24	92.8	21	72.7	41	23.90	33	0
1990	83.4	17	94.1	5	72.8	35	21.25	47	0
1989	83.8	9	95.1	2	72.5	46	18.11	68	0
1988	82.8	24	93.5	12	72.1	58	28.48	16	0
1987	84.4	5	95.6	1	73.2	23	18.70	65	0
1986	82.7	27	93.3	15	72	61	26.40	22	0
1985	83	23	93.5	12	72.5	46	19.26	59	0
1984	81.6	53	92.6	25	70.6	78	21.69	44	1
1983	82.5	28	92.8	21	72.3	51	19.98	56	0
1982	82.5	28	92.8	21	72.2	56	21.20	48	0
1981	83.2	21	94	6	72.3	51	21.83	42	0
1980	82.4	34	93	18	71.8	66	19.34	57	0
1979	82.1	39	92.9	20	71.3	77	21.07	49	0
1978	82.1	39	91.4	39	72.8	35	22.63	37	0
1977	82.5	28	92.4	26	72.7	41	22.38	39	0
1976	81.2	58	90.7	50	71.7	69	25.14	28	0
1975	80.8	70	89.8	62	71.7	69	20.35	52	0
1974	80.4	74	88.7	76	72	61	28.75	14	0
1973	81	64	89.7	66	72.3	51	19.24	61	0
1972	80.8	70	89.3	71	72.3	51	14.67	76	0
1971	80.9	68	89.8	62	71.9	63	18.02	69	0
1970	81.1	62	89.6	67	72.7	41	19.26	59	0
1969	81.8	44	90.2	56	73.4	20	19.06	63	0
1968	80.4	74	88.6	77	72.3	51	32.12	7	0
1967	80.2	78	89	74	71.4	75	23.03	36	0
1966	80.3	76	88.5	78	72.2	56	20.10	54	0
1965	80.3	76	89	74	71.5	74	23.71	34	0
1964	81.7	50	90.5	54	72.9	30	21.30	46	0
1963	81.9	43	90.6	52	73.2	23	19.20	62	0
1962	81.8	44	90.2	56	73.3	22	18.19	67	0
1961	81.4	55	90.7	50	72.1	58	17.32	70	0
1960	81.1	62	89.8	62	72.5	46	27.99	17	0
1959	81	64	89.3	71	72.8	35	21.70	43	0
1958	82.2	37	90.8	48	73.5	19	13.76	78	0
1957	81.2	58	89.5	68	72.9	30	20.18	53	0
1956	81.4	55	90.9	46	71.8	66	19.05	64	0
1955	80.9	68	90.1	58	71.7	69	20.70	51	0
1954	81.6	53	90.1	58	73.1	25	16.92	74	0
1953	81.2	58	89.4	70	72.9	30	25.41	26	0
1952	82.2	37	91.3	41	73.1	25	21.69	44	0
1951	81.8	44	91.2	42	72.5	46	20.90	50	0
1950	81	64	90	60	71.9	63	16.05	75	0
1949	80.5	73	89.2	73	71.9	63	27.72	19	0
1948									30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	85.4
2024	84.8
2023	84.6
2010	84.6
2025	84.4
1987	84.4
2022	84.1
2016	84
2020	83.8
1998	83.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	80.2
1966	80.3
1965	80.3
1974	80.4
1968	80.4
1949	80.5
2007	80.7
1975	80.8
1972	80.8
1971	80.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	43.60
2015	36.50
2019	34.42
2013	33.76
1994	33.29
2005	32.40
1968	32.12
2001	31.87
1995	31.59
2012	31.56

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	13.76
1998	13.88
1972	14.67
1950	16.05
1954	16.92
1993	17.15
2022	17.22
1997	17.22
1961	17.32
1971	18.02

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 24 June 2026, 23 June 2026, 22 June 2026
Coldest night: 68°F; 6 June 2026
Wettest day: 4.30 in; 30 July 2026

Every month, season and year

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Lakeland, FL the day's answers

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Every answer in words

Summer 2026 brought 23.35 in of precipitation in Lakeland, FL, the wettest summer since 2024, 35th wettest of 78.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 100°F on Wednesday 24 June 2026, Tuesday 23 June 2026 and Monday 22 June 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Lakeland, FL: a low of 68°F on Saturday 6 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Lakeland, FL: 4.30 in on Thursday 30 July 2026.