Lake Wales, FL Weather Forecast
Polk County, Florida
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lake Wales, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
A sticky afternoon, mostly cloudy
It is 73° with a dew point of 68°, which is sticky for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy.
The wind turns to the north-northwest around 3 AM. Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Quiet through the next day and a half
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 62°. Tomorrow tops out near 73°.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
48–80°F across the weekThe week runs between 48° and 77°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Every day in the outlook stays dry.
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Lake Wales, FL at a glance
Lake Wales is home to about 16,681 people in Polk County, across 19 square miles. It ranks 137th by population of 275 places in Florida with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Dundee, 7 miles away.
- County
- Polk County
- Population
- 16,681 2023 est.
- Land area
- 19 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 879
- Forecast point
- 27.9207°N, 81.5995°W
How well can the network see Lake Wales?
The nearest Doppler radar is KTBW (Tampa, FL), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,700 ft above Lake Wales. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KBOW (Bartow Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lake Wales
- Dundee, FL7 mi
- Eagle Lake, FL10 mi
- Winter Haven, FL12 mi
- Frostproof, FL13 mi
- Haines City, FL13 mi
- Bartow, FL14 mi
- Lake Alfred, FL15 mi
- Fort Meade, FL17 mi
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