Lakeland, FL

Florida · Records since 1948–2026

🌤️ 90°F Feels like 100°
Currently in Lakeland
As of 2:30 PM EDT
🔥 6° below today's record of 96°F

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

96°F

September 11, 1977

+5° from 91° normal

❄ Record Low

66°F

September 11, 1976

-8° from 74° normal
🌞 Normal high: 91°F 🌑 Normal low: 74°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Lakeland

🔥
105°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 4, 1985
❄
20°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 22, 1985
🌧
8.93"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 10, 2024
☃
1.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 19, 1977

First & Last Dates — Lakeland

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 96°F September 11, 1977
2 95°F September 11, 2023
3 95°F September 11, 2015
4 95°F September 11, 2010
5 95°F September 11, 1989
6 95°F September 11, 1987
7 95°F September 11, 1984
8 95°F September 11, 1982
9 94°F September 11, 2022
10 94°F September 11, 2008

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 66°F September 11, 1976
2 67°F September 11, 1981
3 67°F September 11, 1956
4 68°F September 11, 1980
5 69°F September 11, 1984
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1948–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Lakeland

threshold: 96°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.6
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
98°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
124
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
7
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1948–2026
135
2026 so far
108
Avg/year 1970–2025
141
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
161
Most in a year (1989)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Lakeland

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 16, 1987 – Sep 1, 1987 17 99°F (Aug 19) 97°F 73°F
2 Jul 1, 1992 – Jul 12, 1992 12 99°F (Jul 3) 98°F 75°F
3 Aug 9, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026 11 99°F (Aug 11) 98°F 78°F
4 May 30, 1985 – Jun 8, 1985 10 105°F (Jun 4) 100°F 72°F
5 Aug 7, 2023 – Aug 16, 2023 10 99°F (Aug 7) 98°F 80°F
6 Jul 1, 1995 – Jul 10, 1995 10 98°F (Jul 9) 97°F 74°F
7 Jul 27, 2010 – Aug 4, 2010 9 102°F (Jul 28) 98°F 78°F
8 Jul 4, 1987 – Jul 12, 1987 9 100°F (Jul 11) 98°F 74°F
9 Jul 8, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026 9 99°F (Jul 9) 98°F 77°F
10 Jun 14, 1981 – Jun 21, 1981 8 100°F (Jun 17) 97°F 72°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

74
2026 total
above-normal nights
28.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
80
Most in a summer
2024

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1948–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1948, annual totals have trended +1.55" per decade, about +12.0" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Lakeland is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

188 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

36.02"
2026 YTD
Normal: 44.47"
-8.45"
4.54"
September so far
September normal: 7.62"
-3.08"
8
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Lakeland is 8.45" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 11 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
86.1°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 78
+3.3°
vs. average
Normal: 82.8°F (1991–2020)
8.58"
Precipitation
32nd-wettest of 76
+0.20"
vs. average
Normal: 8.38" · 102% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 11 – Sep 10

1948–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.38° per decade (warming since 1948)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 11 – Sep 10

1948–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.22" per decade (wetter since 1948)

Warmest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 86.1°F
2 2024 84.6°F
3 2023 84.5°F
4 2022 84.5°F
5 2020 84.3°F
6 2019 84.1°F
7 1989 84.1°F
8 1987 84.1°F
9 2021 83.9°F
10 2025 83.9°F

Coolest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1967 79.9°F
2 1950 80.4°F
3 1973 80.4°F
4 1953 80.5°F
5 1971 80.5°F
6 1972 80.5°F
7 1960 80.6°F
8 1957 80.7°F
9 1949 80.8°F
10 1969 80.8°F

Wettest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1988 14.26"
2 2017 12.65"
3 1957 11.80"
4 2015 11.80"
5 2016 11.68"
6 2024 11.04"
7 1949 10.88"
8 1960 10.86"
9 2012 10.69"
10 1993 10.37"

Driest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1954 2.72"
2 1997 3.02"
3 1963 3.11"
4 1965 3.26"
5 1984 4.53"
6 1972 4.67"
7 1990 4.73"
8 1974 4.89"
9 1973 5.17"
10 1958 5.20"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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