current run under 0.01" · longest ever 51 days (to Dec 5, 2016)
Wet Streak
1days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 22 days
Year to Date vs Normal
72%
20.69" of a normal 28.82" · wettest 51.5" (2018) · driest 16.49" (2000)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 76-year record (1949–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 51.86" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
2018
78.15in
2
2024
72.87in
3
1959
70.24in
4
1979
69.72in
5
2017
68.82in
Driest Years on Record
1
1961
35.83in
2
1954
36.3in
3
1985
37.36in
4
1967
37.8in
5
1962
38.06in
Rainfall by Month
The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Aug (~8.02") and driest in Nov (~1.32"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jul 2017, 20.07".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Lakeland — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Jul 28 ever
4.18in
set in 1988
Rain on Jul 28
49%
of 78 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 29 ever
5.69in
set in 1960
Rain on Jul 29
48%
of 77 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 30 ever
2.12in
set in 2000
Rain on Jul 30
62%
of 77 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 31 ever
4.91in
set in 2017
Rain on Jul 31
65%
of 78 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 1 ever
2.19in
set in 1985
Rain on Aug 1
67%
of 78 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 2 ever
3.58in
set in 1948
Rain on Aug 2
67%
of 78 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 3 ever
2.70in
set in 1952
Rain on Aug 3
65%
of 78 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
Lakeland's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Lakeland's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Lakeland's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
