Lakeland, FL: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 63.7°F in Lakeland, FL (2 days missing), the warmest winter since 2025, tied 30th warmest of 77 (with 2025 and 2024).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 63.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 30th warmest of 77
Precipitation: 4.47 in; Driest since 2023; 15th driest of 78

A normal winter in Lakeland, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.5°F, between 60.8°F and 66.1°F in eight years of ten and 7.07 in of precipitation, between 3.91 in and 11.94 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Lakeland, FL since 1949: 63.7°F in 2026; the highest is 68.1°F, in 1949.

Normal range, 60.8 to 66.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	63.7	30	76.2	14	51.1	49	4.47	64	2
2025	63.7	30	74.4	29	52.9	31	6.26	46	0
2024	63.7	30	74.4	29	53.1	30	8.71	22	2
2023	66.6	4	77.8	3	55.5	7	3.50	71	0
2022	65.8	12	77	8	54.7	14	2.44	77	0
2021	64	25	75.1	25	52.7	34	8.09	26	2
2020	66.6	4	76.9	9	56.2	6	5.46	55	0
2019	65.9	11	76.5	13	55.3	11	15.22	3	0
2018	65.7	13	76.6	12	54.8	13	6.88	39	0
2017	68	2	79.2	1	56.8	5	5.53	54	0
2016	65.4	15	75.3	20	55.5	7	10.50	10	0
2015	61.8	51	72.7	51	50.9	52	9.61	16	0
2014	64	25	75.2	21	52.8	33	5.44	57	0
2013	66.2	8	77.9	2	54.5	16	2.85	73	0
2012	64.9	16	77.3	7	52.5	39	2.56	75	0
2011	59.3	68	71.8	56	46.8	75	7.12	35	0
2010	58.7	70	69.7	68	47.6	73	9.61	16	0
2009	62.2	44	74.5	28	50	56	4.45	65	3
2008	66	10	77.4	6	54.7	14	7.35	31	0
2007	63.3	35	73.4	41	53.3	28	6.61	42	1
2006	61	57	72.8	50	49.1	66	7.63	30	2
2005	61.9	49	72.9	47	50.9	52	6.49	43	1
2004	61.1	56	72.9	47	49.4	62	10.14	13	9
2003	60.1	65	71.7	57	48.7	68	19.49	2	7
2002	64.5	20	75.2	21	53.7	20	7.70	27	7
2001	61.7	52	73.7	37	49.4	62	2.71	74	3
2000	62.1	45	74.7	27	49.4	62	4.03	69	2
1999					53.7	20	4.51	63	11
1998	63	37	72.5	53	53.5	24	23.72	1	7
1997	64.9	16	76.7	10	52.6	37	5.57	52	4
1996	61	57	73	45	48.7	68	8.76	21	1
1995	63.5	33	74.4	29	52.6	37	8.53	25	0
1994	63.5	33	74.4	29	52.7	34	7.69	28	0
1993	64.8	19	75.2	21	54.3	17	11.58	8	0
1992	64	25	74.4	29	53.6	23	7.02	37	0
1991	66.1	9	76.7	10	55.5	7	4.06	68	0
1990	64.5	20	76.1	16	52.9	31	10.20	12	0
1989	65.7	13	77.7	4	53.8	19	5.60	51	0
1988	62	48	73.7	37	50.4	54	4.85	62	0
1987	64.3	22	75.2	21	53.3	28	8.58	23	0
1986	62.1	45	74.2	36	50	56	8.56	24	0
1985	62.7	39	75.8	18	49.7	58	3.31	72	0
1984	62.1	45	73.1	44	51.2	48	11.02	9	0
1983	62.6	40	72.9	47	52.3	40	12.66	5	0
1982	63.9	28	76.2	14	51.7	44	6.29	45	0
1981	58.2	72	71.2	59	45.2	78	4.99	60	0
1980	60.8	60	72.2	54	49.4	62	7.34	32	0
1979	62.4	43	73.7	37	51.1	49	12.94	4	0
1978	56.8	75	66.4	75	47.2	74	9.01	19	0
1977	56.6	76	67	73	46.2	76	7.66	29	0
1976	60.8	60	72	55	49.6	61	1.64	78	0
1975	64.9	16	74.3	35	55.5	7	4.91	61	0
1974	64.3	22	73.6	40	55	12	4.13	67	0
1973	61.4	54	70.7	63	52	41	9.93	14	0
1972	66.3	7	75.1	25	57.4	3	7.31	33	0
1971	62.5	41	73.2	43	51.8	43	5.98	48	0
1970	57.1	74	66.4	75	47.7	72	9.85	15	0
1969	59	69	68.9	71	49.1	66	5.46	55	0
1968	60.9	59	70.5	64	51.3	46	4.26	66	0
1967	61.3	55	71.2	59	51.4	45	5.42	58	0
1966	60.4	63	69.4	69	51.3	46	11.81	7	0
1965	63.2	36	73	45	53.4	25	6.81	40	0
1964	57.4	73	66.6	74	48.2	71	11.96	6	0
1963	58.6	71	68.5	72	48.7	68	8.92	20	2
1962	64.1	24	74.4	29	53.7	20	6.48	44	0
1961	59.4	67	69.2	70	49.7	58	5.27	59	0
1960	60.5	62	70	67	51	51	6.96	38	2
1959	62.5	41	71.6	58	53.4	25	10.23	11	0
1958	55.2	77	64.7	77	45.7	77	9.14	18	0
1957	66.4	6	75.8	18	57	4	7.17	34	0
1956	61.6	53	71.1	61	52	41	3.52	70	0
1955	60.2	64	70.4	65	50.1	55	5.56	53	2
1954	63	37	72.6	52	53.4	25	6.24	47	0
1953	61.9	49	71.1	61	52.7	34	5.78	50	2
1952	63.8	29	73.3	42	54.2	18	7.11	36	0
1951	60	66	70.2	66	49.7	58	6.72	41	0
1950	66.9	3	76	17	57.7	2	5.93	49	2
1949	68.1	1	77.7	4	58.5	1	2.47	76	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	68.1
2017	68
1950	66.9
2023	66.6
2020	66.6
1957	66.4
1972	66.3
2013	66.2
1991	66.1
2008	66

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	55.2
1977	56.6
1978	56.8
1970	57.1
1964	57.4
1981	58.2
1963	58.6
2010	58.7
1969	59
2011	59.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	23.72
2003	19.49
2019	15.22
1979	12.94
1983	12.66
1964	11.96
1966	11.81
1993	11.58
1984	11.02
2016	10.50

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	1.64
2022	2.44
1949	2.47
2012	2.56
2001	2.71
2013	2.85
1985	3.31
2023	3.50
1956	3.52
2000	4.03

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 21 February 2026, 20 February 2026
Coldest night: 24°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.50 in; 8 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 4.47 in of precipitation in Lakeland, FL, the driest winter since 2023, 15th driest of 78.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lakeland, FL: 90°F on Saturday 21 February 2026 and Friday 20 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lakeland, FL: a low of 24°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lakeland, FL: 1.50 in on Monday 8 December 2025.