Record Summer Heat Not Your Imagination

This summer was the hottest on record in many parts of the area, according to the National. Weather Service.
Data show the hottest summer in Lakeland and Winter Haven at 84.8 and 85.1 degrees respectively. Bartow had the sixth warmest summer at 83.6 degrees.
Meanwhile, summer rainfall was pretty close to long-term averages, despite the rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby.
The storm’s rainfall swelled river flows, leading to flooding advisories on the upper Peace River, but since then the flow has dropped significantly and flow is about half of average flow for this time of year.
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