Lakeland, FL Weather Forecast
Polk County, Florida
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lakeland, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in overnight
It is 66° with a dew point of 62°, which is noticeable for this time of year. The sky is partly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
Pressure is easing down, 0.03 inHg over the last hour. The wind backs into the west around 1 AM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. The first rain arrives between 2 AM and 3 AM.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
One wet spell, dry either side of it
There is one wet stretch in the window, near 2 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.02 in.
It tapers off after 3 AM. The overnight low settles near 63°. Tomorrow reaches 77°, 12° warmer than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
47–80°F across the weekThe week runs between 46° and 77°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tuesday is the wettest day, peaking near 30%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Lakeland, FL at a glance
Lakeland is home to about 122,264 people in Polk County, across 67 square miles. It ranks 18th by population of 275 places in Florida with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Auburndale, 10 miles away.
- County
- Polk County
- Population
- 122,264 2023 est.
- Land area
- 67 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,837
- Forecast point
- 28.0555°N, 81.9548°W
How well can the network see Lakeland?
The nearest Doppler radar is KTBW (Tampa, FL), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,300 ft above Lakeland. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Lakeland is closer to its radar than 61% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLAL (Lakeland/Linder Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lakeland
- Auburndale, FL10 mi
- Plant City, FL10 mi
- Mulberry, FL11 mi
- Polk City, FL12 mi
- Eagle Lake, FL13 mi
- Winter Haven, FL14 mi
- Bartow, FL14 mi
- Lake Alfred, FL15 mi
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