Climate averages 1991–2020

Reading weather
in February.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 7.7°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 2.1°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 44 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in Reading: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bracknell (16 km away). In February its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Reading, with 45 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Reading ranks joint 35th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 24th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Reading is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 44 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Reading climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Reading, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.2°C2.3°C	2.3°C	55	11.0	8.48 h
February, selected	7.7°C2.1°C	2.1°C	44	9.3	9.910 h
March	10.2°C3.3°C	3.3°C	44	10.1	11.812 h
April	13.1°C5.0°C	5.0°C	52	10.9	13.814 h
May	16.2°C8.0°C	8.0°C	57	10.6	15.616 h
June	19.1°C11.0°C	11.0°C	54	9.7	16.517 h
July	21.3°C13.2°C	13.2°C	56	10.6	16.116 h
August	20.9°C13.1°C	13.1°C	61	10.3	14.615 h
September	18.2°C10.9°C	10.9°C	51	8.8	12.713 h
October	14.3°C8.3°C	8.3°C	62	11.4	10.711 h
November	10.2°C5.0°C	5.0°C	64	11.4	8.99 h
December	7.5°C2.9°C	2.9°C	59	10.8	7.98 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

February in nearby cities

Distance from Reading

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Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Reading) is explained once on the Reading year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.