Shown below are monthly weather summaries from the University of Reading (Berkshire, UK) climatological station. Observations are made each day at 0900 GMT.
Year | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 |
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Month | April | March | February | January |
Number of days with data used | 2 | 31 | 28 | 31 |
Average air temperature (C) | 9.3 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 3.8 |
Difference from average (degC) | +0.8 | +0.6 | 0.0 | -1.3 |
Average daily maximum temperature (C) | 14.7 | 13.5 | 8.6 | 7.0 |
Difference from average (degC) | +2.0 | +2.3 | 0.0 | -1.0 |
Highest air temperature (C) | 14.7 | 20.4 | 14.9 | 12.9 |
Average daily minimum temperature (C) | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
Difference from average (degC) | +0.2 | -1.0 | 0.0 | -1.5 |
Lowest air temperature (C) | 3.9 | -3.8 | -3.1 | -6.8 |
Air frosts (days) | 0 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.1 | +5.3 | 0.0 | +3.0 |
Lowest grass minimum temperature (C) | -4.9 | -12.1 | -9.5 | -11.9 |
Ground frosts (days) | 2 | 21 | 17 | 21 |
Difference from average (days) | +1.0 | +3.9 | -0.6 | +1.2 |
Precipitation total (mm) | 0.0 | 8.2 | 60.6 | 93.4 |
Percentage of average | 0 | 20 | 134 | 144 |
Greatest 24-hour total (mm) | 0.0 | 5.4 | 13.9 | 19.6 |
Rain days (0.2 mm or more) (days) | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.8 | -7.2 | -0.3 | -1.4 |
Electronic sunshine total (KZ recorder) (h) | 11.9 | 206.0 | 81.0 | 67.8 |
Sunshine total (C/S recorder) (h) | 10.3 | 176.4 | 66.3 | 42.0 |
Percentage of average | 91 | 148 | 84 | 76 |
Greatest daily total (h) | 10.3 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 7.1 |
Number of sunless days | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.2 | -4.6 | +1.1 | +2.6 |
Average daily solar irradiance (MJ/m2) | 19.6 | 11.4 | 4.5 | 2.7 |
Difference from average (MJ/m2) | +8.5 | +2.7 | -0.2 | +0.1 |
Highest daily total (MJ/m2) | 19.61 | 18.98 | 11.1 | 6.46 |
Average mean sea level pressure (mb) | 1024.7 | 1017.9 | 1021.7 | 1013.3 |
Difference from average (mb) | +9.0 | +1.4 | +5.0 | -3.0 |
Average 10 cm soil temperature (C) | 10.2 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
Difference from average (degC) | +2.6 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.9 |
Average 30 cm soil temperature (C) | 9.4 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
Difference from average (degC) | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.6 |
Average 100 cm soil temperature (C) | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.2 |
Difference from average (degC) | +1.0 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +1.0 |
Days with snow/sleet falling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.0 | -1.8 | -2.1 | +1.7 |
Days with 50% snow cover at 0900 GMT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Difference from average (days) | 0.0 | -0.4 | -1.5 | +1.0 |
Days with thunder heard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.2 | +0.7 |
Days with fog at 0900 GMT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Difference from average (days) | -0.0 | -0.4 | -1.1 | -2.0 |