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 2 July in ...
- 1911
- The first day of a 25-day drought. Only 9 mm of rain fell this month, one of the driest on record at London Road between 1908 and 1967.
- 1987
- The first day of an 8-day spell with each day having at least 9 h of sunshine. 10.9 h were recorded today and the air pressure remained generally high throughout the period.
- 1999
- One of the wettest July days; 42.5 mm of rain fell in 1.5 hours (quite a heavy rainfall rate) but no thunder was heard at the University.