Weather data
The University of Reading Atmospheric Observatory
Daily weather observations at the University of Reading date back to 1901. Here are a selection of weather news stories for Reading since they began - with one or two earlier, newsworthy, items. They will be updated each day. Please let us know if you have any other snippets of news/information.
Any mention of a record refers to observations at the University of Reading - elsewhere in the United Kingdom values may have been higher or lower.
In Reading on 29 March in ...
- 1929
- One of the warmest March days on record with a maximum temperature of 21.8 C. A large area of high pressure brought good weather to many parts of the British Isles.
- 1952
- A return to winter took place with a maximum temperature of 1.2 C; the pocket register says 'Snow blizzards 6.30 a.m. onwards' and by the next morning 10 cm of snow was lying. The Reading Co-operative Society choir were victims of the snowstorm; after giving a concert to the inmates of Broadmoor they left by coach in the evening and soon got stuck in snow. Eventually they trudged home to Reading from Wokingham.
- 1965
- The warmest March day on record as the temperature reached 22.8 C. It was part of a three-day warm spell with 9.0 h of bright sunshine today helping to lift the temperature from a low minimum value of 1.7 C.
- 2005
- One of the wettest March days on record with a rainfall total of 23.5 mm - the result of a shallow but wet area of low pressure over S England for much of the day.