You maty have read about record heat records somewhere in the world, but in this part of the world, it just was not happening, according to figures compiled by the National Weather Service for November in particular and autumn in general.
Lakeland tied for the 14th warmest fall and the recorded the 22nd warmest November. The warmest was in 1986 and most of the top records occurred mostly within the past 40 years except for a heat spell in 1941.
Winter Haven tied for the 41st coolest fall and recorded the 40th coolest November. The picture in Winter Haven was similar except for hear records in 1946 and 1958..
Bartow recorded the 31st warmest fall and the 32nd warmest November. Bartow had historic records similar to Winter Haven.
This would all probably make an interesting chart.