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 August in ...

2004

2004 08 136.3 mm made this the wettest August on record. Over half the rain fell on two days (30.6 mm on the 5th and 44.2 mm on the 9th) while from the 19th to 22nd another 39.3 mm fell so much of the month was relatively dry. There were six days with thunder this month.

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