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Lakeland, FL 28.000°N, 82.050°W · station LALthr · 79 years of record
96°F
HOTTEST JUL 14 SINCE 2023
forecast high · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Lakeland.
95° MON 7/13 96° TUE 7/14 96° WED 7/15 96° THU 7/16 95° FRI 7/17 95° SAT 7/18 95° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #7 / 77
warmest Jul 14 in 77 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 14 ever 98°F
set in 1987
Coolest Jul 14 ever 81°F
set in 1990
Hottest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 14 at Lakeland. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
81 90 98 1948: 91°F 1949: 93°F 1950: 91°F 1951: 97°F 1952: 82°F 1953: 93°F 1954: 91°F 1955: 91°F 1956: 92°F 1957: 91°F 1958: 90°F 1959: 90°F 1960: 91°F 1961: 92°F 1962: 92°F 1963: 91°F 1964: 93°F 1965: 90°F 1966: 88°F 1967: 88°F 1968: 90°F 1969: 94°F 1970: 92°F 1971: 91°F 1972: 92°F 1973: 90°F 1974: 89°F 1975: 88°F 1976: 88°F 1977: 93°F 1978: 92°F 1979: 96°F 1980: 94°F 1981: 97°F 1982: 94°F 1983: 94°F 1984: 97°F 1985: 92°F 1986: 96°F 1987: 98°F 1988: 97°F 1989: 95°F 1990: 81°F 1991: 91°F 1992: 95°F 1993: 92°F 1994: 96°F 1995: 95°F 1996: 92°F 1997: 90°F 1998: 90°F 1999: 92°F 2001: 86°F 2002: 90°F 2003: 90°F 2004: 91°F 2005: 92°F 2006: 91°F 2007: 92°F 2008: 86°F 2009: 92°F 2010: 93°F 2011: 90°F 2012: 90°F 2013: 89°F 2014: 93°F 2015: 93°F 2016: 96°F 2017: 90°F 2018: 92°F 2019: 94°F 2020: 94°F 2021: 90°F 2022: 95°F 2023: 97°F 2024: 93°F 2025: 94°F 96° forecast 1948 2025 1987 Forecast high · Jul 14 96°F Hottest this date since 2023 This-date record 98°F This-date rank #7 of 77
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 105°F (1985) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1948–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Lakeland in each calendar month, and for the whole 1948–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 88°F 2026 20°F 1985 Feb 90°F 1988 24°F 1996 Mar 92°F 1994 25°F 1980 Apr 96°F 2017 35°F 1987 May 103°F 1989 47°F 1992 Jun 105°F 1985 56°F 1984 Jul 102°F 2010 64°F 1981 Aug 100°F 1987 63°F 1957 Sep 98°F 1990 61°F 2001 Oct 96°F 1985 38°F 2008 Nov 93°F 1986 28°F 1970 Dec 89°F 2016 20°F 1962 All-time 105°F 1985 20°F 1962
Records set or tied at Lakeland so far this year — through Jul 10.
Record Highs in 2026 12 broke
plus 11 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high records this year: Jan (88°F), Feb (90°F)
Record Lows in 2026 2 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Monthly low record this year: Feb (24°F)
Current run 36 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 67 days
record run, ended Aug 13 1987
So far in 2026 80 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Lakeland's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 92°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 73°F Jan: 50°F Feb: 76°F Feb: 53°F Mar: 80°F Mar: 56°F Apr: 85°F Apr: 61°F May: 90°F May: 67°F Jun: 91°F Jun: 72°F Jul: 92°F Jul: 74°F Aug: 92°F Aug: 74°F Sep: 90°F Sep: 73°F Oct: 86°F Oct: 66°F Nov: 79°F Nov: 58°F Dec: 75°F Dec: 54°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:40 AM Sunset 7:27 PM Solar noon 12:34 PM Daylight 13h 47m · losing 4 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 28.00°N, 82.05°W Lakeland's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Lakeland's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Lakeland, coloured by temperature — 79 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Lakeland — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
80 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 2nd most in 79 years. Normal for this point: 48 . Record: 81 in 2025.
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