January 2025 Weather Report Card

January 2025 was an unusually wet month in Reading — 1.7× the typical January rainfall

Temperature

High: 12.3°C · Low: -4.4°C

Mean: 3.7°C (average for January: 4.1°C)

Rainfall

Total: 97.2mm (average: 56.5mm)

Wettest day: Sunday 5 January (17.1mm)

Sunshine

Total: 104.3h (average: 120.2h)

Sunniest day: Thursday 30 January (8.4h sun)

The month at a glance

Most common condition: cloudy

Longest streak: 13 consecutive dry days

Notable days

87 years of records

  • Hottest day: 14.6°C — Saturday 1 January, 2022
  • Coldest day: -14.8°C — Wednesday 23 January, 1963
  • Wettest day: 23.1mm — Tuesday 9 January, 1968

Weather conditions are sourced from ERA5 reanalysis data and should be treated as an approximate guide only

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