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 30 April in ...
- 1939
- An unusually cold day for the time of year - the maximum temperature reached just 7.2 C in dull, wet conditions.
- 1942
- One of the lowest April relative humidities at 0900 GMT on record (37 %). High pressure brought cool E'ly winds to Reading,
- 1945
- The equal lowest April dew point at 0900 GMT (-6 C). Cold N'ly winds affected Reading; after a sharp frost a bright day ensued.
- 1984
- One of the lowest April relative humidities at 0900 GMT - 37 %. Similarly dry air was also reported on the previous two days.
- 1999
- One of the sunniest April days on record with 13.3 h of bright sunshine resulting in a temperature rise of 16.5 degC during the day on a day with light winds.
- 2005
- One of the warmest April nights on record; the first of five mild nights with minimum temperatures above 12 C on the following two nights.
- 2007
- One of the sunniest April days on record with a sunshine duration of 13.6 h; high pressure gave settled conditions and an E'ly flow to Reading