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 31 July in ...

1917

The equal coldest July day on record with the maximum temperature only reaching 13.3 C after dropping to 11.7 C overnight.

2015

July 2015 ended on a cool note; on the 31st the minimum air temperature was 5.0 C and there was a slight ground frost - one of the coolest July nights on record.

2020

The maximum temperature reached 35.7 C, the second highest July temperature on record to date and the fourth highest in any summer month. The very hot conditions were short-lived; today was 7 degC warmer than yesterday and tomorrow would be 11 degC cooler than today.