Lakeland, FL 33809 Weather

Polk County5:59 PM EDT28.18°N, 81.96°W

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
79°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 80°
High 81°·Low 58°
WindNE 9 mph
Humidity54%
Dew point61°
Pressure30.01 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover22%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:33 AM
Sunset6:54 PM

Observed at Zephyrhills Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 58. North northeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 80. North northeast wind 8 to 12 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 80°
  2. 6 PM Mostly Clear 79°
  3. 7 PM Mostly Clear 75°
  4. 8 PM Mostly Clear 72°
  5. 9 PM Clear 70°
  6. 10 PM Clear 69°
  7. 11 PM Clear 67°
  8. Thu12 AM Clear 65°
  9. 1 AM Clear 63°
  10. 2 AM Clear 62°
  11. 3 AM Clear 62°
  12. 4 AM Clear 61°
  13. 5 AM Clear 60°
  14. 6 AM Sunny 59°
  15. 7 AM Sunny 58°
  16. 8 AM Sunny 59°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 63°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 68°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 73°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 75°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 77°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 78°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 79°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 79°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny58°81°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny57°80°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny62°81°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny66°81°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny11%64°81°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny62°80°
  7. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny61°81°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny0.03 in67°82°
  9. ThuOct 29 Light showers Light showers0.03 in69°86°
  10. FriOct 30 Light showers Light showers0.04 in68°85°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

50
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedModerate
  • ThuModerate
  • FriModerate

Lakeland, FL reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:33 AM
Sunset 6:54 PM
Daylight 11 h 21 min (−1 min 34 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 80% lit
Moonrise 4:08 PM Moonset 3:03 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low85° / 65°
Record high92° (2025)
Record low42° (1989)
Wettest0.46 in (2005)
Yesterday82° / 60°
Month to date5.04 in (normal 2.17 in)

Lakeland Area, records since 1948. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in TBW, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Hazardous marine conditions over the eastern Gulf waters over the next several days, mainly during the evening and overnight hours.

- A cooler and drier airmass with below average temperatures will continue through most of the week.

Discussion

Issued at 220 PM EDT Wed Oct 21 2026 The pattern aloft this afternoon features ridging over the southern U.S./Mexico with a low off the mid-Atlantic coast and troughing extending southward over Florida. At the surface, high pressure is settled north of the state with low pressure moving up the eastern seaboard. This setup will keep relatively cool and dry conditions in place through the next few days.

For Friday into the weekend, a cutoff low tries to form south of the region before opening up and moving northeast while a surface low attempts to organize along an old frontal boundary near the Bahamas. This pattern shift will allow northeast winds to increase once again as the pressure gradient tightens and will also lead to an increase in moisture for the southern part of the state. For the local forecast area, this will mean a slight uptick in rain chances mainly over southwest Florida and parts of the interior this weekend into early next week along with an increase in humidity. Highs will continue a few degrees below normal (closer to normal for southwest Florida) and lows will remain below normal as well but then increase by a few degrees for the latter half of the forecast period.

Aviation

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 220 PM EDT Wed Oct 21 2026 VFR conditions are expected through the forecast period.

Marine

Issued at 220 PM EDT Wed Oct 21 2026 Northeast winds will continue over the waters for the next few days. Wind speeds will generally remain around 15 knots during the daytime, but will increase to exercise caution and close to advisory criteria each night. Starting Friday afternoon, winds will once again increase to advisory levels, with some gusts to gale force expected, and remain elevated into next week.

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