Shown below are monthly weather summaries from the University of Reading (Berkshire, UK) climatological station. Observations are made each day at 0900 GMT.

Observations up to 0900 GMT on 27 March 2024 are included in the table.

If the date above does not match today's date, then there are still observations to be added to the database. This will apply particularly at weekends or when the University is closed.

Anomalies refer to the "month so far" for the current month, otherwise to whole-month averages - in all cases using data for the period 1991-2020.

Note that the mean temperature (and its anomaly) will, until the end of the month, refer to the average of the mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures applicable up to the day before that shown above - and therefore may not agree exactly with the mean maximum and mean minimum values shown in the table.

Year2024202420242023
MonthMarchFebruaryJanuaryDecember
Number of days with data used27293131

Average air temperature (C)9.08.55.18.0
Difference from average (degC)+1.7+3.10.0+2.5
Average daily maximum temperature (C)12.611.78.210.7
Difference from average (degC)+1.5+3.1+0.2+2.3
Highest air temperature (C)16.616.813.314.9
Average daily minimum temperature (C)5.35.32.05.3
Difference from average (degC)+1.8+3.2-0.1+2.8
Lowest air temperature (C)-1.9-1.9-6.1-2.9
Air frosts (days)2395
Difference from average (days)-2.2-5.00.0-4.2
Lowest grass minimum temperature (C)-6.0-5.7-9.0-7.5
Ground frosts (days)661610
Difference from average (days)-9.4-11.6-3.8-8.4
Precipitation total (mm)55.4109.165.894.5
Percentage of average152242102145
Greatest 24-hour total (mm)14.921.725.213.6
Rain days (0.2 mm or more) (days)15201022
Difference from average (days)+4.0+6.7-6.4+6.3
Electronic sunshine total (KZ recorder) (h)60.591.431.9
Sunshine total (C/S recorder) (h)76.152.665.013.1
Percentage of average716711828
Greatest daily total (h)9.78.16.72.6
Number of sunless days 4121018
Difference from average (days)-1.1+4.1-1.4+5.0
Average daily solar irradiance (MJ/m2)8.04.23.11.7
Difference from average (MJ/m2)-0.6-0.5+0.5-0.4
Highest daily total (MJ/m2)15.968.686.023.15
Average mean sea level pressure (mb)1007.81010.01018.11011.4
Difference from average (mb)-8.7-6.7+1.8-4.2
Average 10 cm soil temperature (C)7.87.13.56.5
Difference from average (degC)+2.1+3.2-0.4+2.0
Average 30 cm soil temperature (C)9.08.46.48.3
Difference from average (degC)+1.9+2.8+0.8+1.6
Average 100 cm soil temperature (C)9.39.08.410.0
Difference from average (degC)+1.8+2.3+1.2+1.3
Days with snow/sleet falling0010
Difference from average (days)-1.6-3.1-1.3-1.5
Days with 50% snow cover at 0900 GMT0000
Difference from average (days)-0.4-1.5-1.0-1.2
Days with thunder heard1000
Difference from average (days)+0.6-0.2-0.3-0.3
Days with fog at 0900 GMT2201
Difference from average (days)+0.7-0.1-2.0-1.3