These facts will change, randomly, twice each day.

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.

Observations were made at a site along the London Road in central Reading until 31 December 1967, and at Whiteknights from 1 January 1968 onwards.

In Reading in January in ...

1940

1940 01 With a mean temperature of -0.9 C this was the second coldest January on record since 1908 in Reading. Ground frost occurred on 30 mornings.

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