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