There’s no getting around it: It’s cold, Lakeland .
Even Central Florida couldn’t escape the cool blasts of Winter Storm Blair, so we’re staying inside and looking back at some of the headlines on the coldest days we’ve had here in Lakeland.
The day the cold set records
Lakeland’s first
took place on Dec. 13, 1962, when temperatures hit a record-breaking 20°. It wouldn’t reach that same low until 1985 when it had back-to-back cold days on Jan. 21 + 22.
That sure puts this weather in perspective, huh?
The closest we’ve come to that temperature in the past few days was when temps
on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
In January 1985, the Tampa Tribune covered the freeze affecting all of Florida.
Screenshot via Newspapers.com
What the headlines said
So, what else was going on in Lakeland the day after the freeze in 1962? Looking back, the Lakeland Ledger
on upcoming holiday events and Florida Southern’s next basketball game against Georgia State.