University of Reading manual climatological observations

31.3 C on 17 June was the highest temperature reached in 2022 before 18 July.

Before 2022, the highest temperatures in the University of Reading record were:

2003 August 10: 36.4 C - provisionally beaten on 19 July 2022
1911 August 09: 36.0 C - ditto
2019 July 25: 36.0 C - ditto
2020 July 31: 35.7 C - ditto
1990 August 03: 35.5 C - ditto
2006 July 19: 35.3 C - ditto
2020 August 07: 35.0 C - ditto

University of Reading METFiDAS weather observations, 2022

Some air temperatures reported recently (some may be averages over the preceding 5 minutes):

Clock time is UTC plus one hour

19th July
1530 UTC 36.1 C
1500 UTC 35.6 C
1430 UTC 36.7 C
1400 UTC 36.8 C
1350 UTC 37.4 C
1330 UTC 36.8 C
1320 UTC 37.5 C
1316 UTC 37.7 C the highest temperature of the day so far
1300 UTC 37.3 C
1230 UTC 37.0 C
1200 UTC 36.3 C
1155 UTC 37.0 C
1130 UTC 36.7 C
1125 UTC 36.9 C
1100 UTC 36.5 C
1030 UTC 35.4 C
1000 UTC 34.4 C
0930 UTC 33.2 C
0900 UTC 32.0 C
0232 UTC 19.1 C the lowest temperature of the night (20.1 C in the manual obs)
18th July
1620 UTC 34.0 C
1600 UTC 34.4 C
1530 UTC 34.7 C
1500 UTC 34.1 C
1450 UTC 34.4 C
1430 UTC 33.8 C
1400 UTC 33.8 C
1330 UTC 34.3 C
1300 UTC 33.7 C
1230 UTC 34.0 C
1200 UTC 33.8 C (a slight drop due to advancing cloud?)
1155 UTC 35.0 C the highest temperature of the day (35.1 C in the manual obs)
1130 UTC 33.8 C
1100 UTC 33.2 C
1030 UTC 32.0 C
1000 UTC 31.3 C
0930 UTC 29.7 C
0900 UTC 28.1 C
17th July
1600 UTC 28.8 C
1530 UTC 28.8 C
1500 UTC 28.2 C
1430 UTC 29.5 C the highest temperature of the day (29.5 C also in the manual obs)
1400 UTC 28.8 C
1335 UTC 29.1 C
1330 UTC 28.7 C
1315 UTC 28.8 C
1300 UTC 28.1 C
1214 UTC 28.5 C
1210 UTC 28.0 C
1100 UTC 27.5 C
1053 UTC 27.9 C