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United States · 31 August 2024

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Average

22.3°C

low 19.9° · high 25.9°

Rainfall

2.6mm

rain recorded

Wind

1.8m/s

daily average

Humidity

81.9%

daily average

Cloud

97%

cover

Pressure

1018hPa

daily average

The temperature ranged from 19.9°C around 04:00 to 25.9°C around 15:00. Rain was recorded across 5 hours, from around 09:00 to 23:00 (2.6mm total).

How unusual was this day?

Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.

High temperature

28th percentile

Low temperature

61th percentile

Rainfall

80th percentile

Wind

28th 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 22.9°C, versus 22.3°C on this specific day.

Sun & daylight

Sunrise

06:31

Sunset

19:36

Day length

13h 5m

Hour by hour

Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/New_York.

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Cumulative rainfall through the day.

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Local timeUTCTemp °CFeels °CRain mmWind m/sDirHumidity %Pressure hPa
00:0004:0020.421.70.021.8SE831022
01:0005:0020.221.60.011.6ESE851022
02:0006:0020.121.40.011.9ESE861022
03:0007:002021.50.011.7SE861021
04:0008:0019.921.30.011.7SE871021
05:0009:0019.921.30.011.8SE871020
06:0010:002021.901.2E871020
07:0011:0020.222.30.010.8ESE861020
08:0012:002022.10.071.1ESE881020
09:0013:0020.522.70.541.2SSE891020
10:0014:0021.624.20.221S861020
11:0015:0022.124.51.061.6S851020
12:0016:0023.525.40.062.3S781019
13:0017:0025.226.802.5S701018
14:0018:0025.827.602.3SSW691018
15:0019:0025.927.80.062.2SSW681017
16:0020:0025.427.30.022.4S711016
17:0021:0024.926.90.022.4S751015
18:0022:0024.72701.9S761015
19:0023:0024.226.402.2S781015
20:0000:0023.325.20.022.8SSW831015
21:0001:002325.20.062.3SSW851015
22:0002:0022.324.90.171.7SSW881015
23:0003:0022.124.60.21.9SSW901015

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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 31 August 2024 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

Plain text
PastClimate (2026-07-17). 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/
APA
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Reading, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
MLA
"Historical Climate Data for Reading, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 17, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
BibTeX
@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 2026-07-17},
  url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}

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