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Reading
United States · 29 August 2020
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Average
24.6°C
low 21.5°C · high 29.1°C
Rainfall
16.3mm
rain recorded
Wind
3.2m/s
daily average
Humidity
80.1%
daily average
Cloud
65%
cover
Pressure
1003hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 21.5°C around 06:00 to 29.1°C around 16:00. Rain was recorded across 15 hours, from around 03:00 to 18:00 (16.3mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
61th percentile
Low temperature
84th percentile
Rainfall
97th percentile
Wind
90th percentile
A percentile of 100 means this was the hottest/wettest/windiest of the comparable days on file; 50 is right in the middle. This window's average temperature was 22.7°C, versus 24.6°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:29
Sunset
19:39
Day length
13h 10m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/New_York.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 04:00 | 22.7°C | 24.2°C | 0 | 3.2 | SSW | 85 | 1009 |
| 01:00 | 05:00 | 22.9°C | 24°C | 0 | 3.7 | SSW | 84 | 1008 |
| 02:00 | 06:00 | 22.8°C | 23.8°C | 0.02 | 3.6 | SSW | 82 | 1008 |
| 03:00 | 07:00 | 22.4°C | 23.9°C | 1.16 | 2.7 | SW | 83 | 1007 |
| 04:00 | 08:00 | 22.1°C | 24.5°C | 1.68 | 1.7 | S | 87 | 1006 |
| 05:00 | 09:00 | 22.1°C | 24.6°C | 0.61 | 1.5 | S | 87 | 1005 |
| 06:00 | 10:00 | 21.5°C | 24°C | 0.49 | 1.9 | SSE | 92 | 1005 |
| 07:00 | 11:00 | 21.9°C | 24.4°C | 0.53 | 2.1 | SSW | 93 | 1005 |
| 08:00 | 12:00 | 22.2°C | 24.5°C | 0.54 | 2.8 | SW | 94 | 1005 |
| 09:00 | 13:00 | 22.7°C | 24.9°C | 1.03 | 3.3 | SW | 94 | 1004 |
| 10:00 | 14:00 | 23.2°C | 25.5°C | 1.03 | 3.3 | SSW | 92 | 1004 |
| 11:00 | 15:00 | 24.4°C | 26.6°C | 1.12 | 3 | SSW | 82 | 1003 |
| 12:00 | 16:00 | 25.3°C | 28.2°C | 2.02 | 3 | SSW | 85 | 1002 |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | 25.4°C | 28.6°C | 2.52 | 3.2 | SSW | 88 | 1002 |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | 26.3°C | 29.9°C | 2.98 | 3.2 | SSW | 87 | 1001 |
| 15:00 | 19:00 | 28°C | 31.9°C | 0.13 | 3.4 | SW | 82 | 999 |
| 16:00 | 20:00 | 29.1°C | 32.5°C | 0.03 | 3.4 | SW | 74 | 999 |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | 28.9°C | 31.1°C | 0.12 | 3.6 | SW | 67 | 999 |
| 18:00 | 22:00 | 28.3°C | 31.4°C | 0.14 | 2.9 | WSW | 72 | 999 |
| 19:00 | 23:00 | 27.6°C | 30.3°C | 0.09 | 3.1 | WSW | 73 | 999 |
| 20:00 | 00:00 | 26.4°C | 28°C | 0.05 | 3.5 | W | 71 | 1000 |
| 21:00 | 01:00 | 26.1°C | 26.1°C | 0 | 4.1 | WNW | 62 | 1001 |
| 22:00 | 02:00 | 25.6°C | 24.1°C | 0 | 4.7 | WNW | 55 | 1002 |
| 23:00 | 03:00 | 23.6°C | 21°C | 0 | 5.1 | NW | 51 | 1003 |
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Data source & coverage — ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 (10 years)details
- Source
- ERA5 reanalysis, accessed via the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
- Data type
- Reanalysis — a physically consistent reconstruction combining a forecast model with historical observations, not a live station reading or a forecast
- Coverage
- 2016–2025 (10 years) for United States
- Location
- Reading — 40.250°, -76.000°, ERA5 grid cell center, 11.4 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 29 August 2020 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Reading climate overview for typical conditions.
- Spatial resolution
- 0.25° (~25 km) distributed grid — ERA5's native model resolution is finer; this is the publicly distributed regridded product
- Version / refreshed
- Methodology v2026.07 · data last refreshed December 31, 2025
- Limitations
- A model reconstruction, not a station observation — hyper-local extremes (a single storm cell, an urban heat pocket) can differ from a nearby gauge. See the full methodology.
- Attribution
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information
Cite this data
PastClimate (2026-07-19). Historical climate data for Reading, United States (40.25°N, 76.00°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Reading, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 19, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Reading, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 19, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Reading, United States},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-19},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.