Shown below are monthly weather summaries from the University of Reading (Berkshire, UK) climatological station. Observations are made each day at 0900 GMT.
Year | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 |
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Month | February | January | December | November |
Number of days with data used | 3 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
Average air temperature (C) | 7.9 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 10.0 |
Difference from average (degC) | +2.6 | +0.2 | -1.4 | +2.1 |
Average daily maximum temperature (C) | 10.8 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 13.0 |
Difference from average (degC) | +2.4 | +0.7 | -0.8 | +2.0 |
Highest air temperature (C) | 11.1 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 17.4 |
Average daily minimum temperature (C) | 6.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 7.0 |
Difference from average (degC) | +4.0 | -0.2 | -1.8 | +2.3 |
Lowest air temperature (C) | 4.1 | -6.4 | -6.9 | 2.5 |
Air frosts (days) | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 |
Difference from average (days) | -1.4 | +2.0 | +4.8 | -3.9 |
Lowest grass minimum temperature (C) | -3.5 | -12.9 | -13.6 | -4.0 |
Ground frosts (days) | 1 | 20 | 22 | 9 |
Difference from average (days) | -2.1 | +0.2 | +3.6 | -4.9 |
Precipitation total (mm) | 0.0 | 68.5 | 68.4 | 120.5 |
Percentage of average | 0 | 106 | 105 | 166 |
Greatest 24-hour total (mm) | 0.0 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 25.7 |
Rain days (0.2 mm or more) (days) | 0 | 16 | 12 | 17 |
Difference from average (days) | -2.4 | -0.4 | -3.7 | +1.2 |
Electronic sunshine total (KZ recorder) (h) | 1.8 | 88.1 | 67.1 | 84.1 |
Sunshine total (C/S recorder) (h) | 1.3 | 60.7 | 32.6 | 54.3 |
Percentage of average | 9 | 110 | 71 | 91 |
Greatest daily total (h) | 1.1 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
Number of sunless days | 0 | 14 | 15 | 6 |
Difference from average (days) | -1.4 | +2.6 | +2.0 | -2.9 |
Average daily solar irradiance (MJ/m2) | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
Difference from average (MJ/m2) | -0.7 | +0.4 | +0.1 | -0.1 |
Highest daily total (MJ/m2) | 3.32 | 6.17 | 5.86 | 6.61 |
Average mean sea level pressure (mb) | 1027.6 | 1014.9 | 1012.4 | 1007.8 |
Difference from average (mb) | +11.1 | -1.4 | -3.2 | -5.7 |
Average 10 cm soil temperature (C) | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 9.0 |
Difference from average (degC) | +1.4 | 0.0 | -0.9 | +2.1 |
Average 30 cm soil temperature (C) | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 10.9 |
Difference from average (degC) | -0.1 | +0.1 | -0.7 | +1.5 |
Average 100 cm soil temperature (C) | 6.4 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 12.8 |
Difference from average (degC) | -0.5 | +0.6 | 0.0 | +1.5 |
Days with snow/sleet falling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.6 | -2.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
Days with 50% snow cover at 0900 GMT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.3 | -1.0 | -1.2 | 0.0 |
Days with thunder heard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 |
Days with fog at 0900 GMT | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.4 | +1.0 | -0.3 | -1.4 |