Reading, PA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from READING SPAATZ FLD, PA US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Reading has an annual average temperature of 53.7°F with about 45.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 86.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.0°F). September is typically the wettest month (4.88 in) and February the driest (2.61 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
45.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,923
Cooling need
867

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

168 of 366 (45.9%) of Reading's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1940s
15
1950s
3
1990s
12
2000s
108
2010s
125
2020s
103

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 38.6°F 23.0°F 30.8°F 2.97 in 10
February 41.9°F 24.4°F 33.1°F 2.61 in 10
March 51.0°F 31.9°F 41.5°F 3.53 in 11
April 63.4°F 41.7°F 52.5°F 3.35 in 12
May 73.5°F 51.5°F 62.5°F 3.51 in 13
June 82.0°F 61.2°F 71.6°F 4.77 in 12
July 86.5°F 65.8°F 76.1°F 4.77 in 11
August 84.4°F 64.1°F 74.3°F 4.49 in 11
September 77.1°F 56.6°F 66.9°F 4.88 in 9
October 65.4°F 45.0°F 55.2°F 3.80 in 10
November 53.8°F 35.4°F 44.6°F 3.02 in 9
December 43.4°F 28.0°F 35.7°F 3.51 in 11

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