Reading, PA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 27.3°F in Reading, PA, the coldest January since 2015, 31st coldest of 132.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 27.3°F; Coldest since 2015; 31st coldest of 132
Precipitation: 2.67 in; Driest since 2025; 58th driest of 155

A normal January in Reading, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 30°F, between 24.9°F and 35.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.00 in of precipitation, between 2.03 in and 5.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Reading, PA since 1888: 27.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 15.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 24.9 to 35.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Reading, PA from 1870 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	27.3	102	35.3	98	19.3	102	2.67	97	0
2025	27.5	100	35.2	100	19.9	97	1.00	150	0
2024	34.6	25	41.2	32	28	20	6.14	9	0
2023	40.7	4	47.8	5	33.6	3	3.45	65	0
2022	27.9	95	36.1	88	19.7	99	2.83	90	0
2021	33.8	31	40.8	37	26.8	29	1.92	128	0
2020	36	16	44	14	28.1	19	2.88	89	0
2019	30.1	74	37.6	73	22.6	75	3.68	56	0
2018	28.6	89	37.9	67	19.3	102	3.46	63	0
2017	35.3	21	41.9	24	28.7	17	2.47	109	0
2016	29.7	81	38.8	56	20.6	90	4.65	23	0
2015	26.2	107	33.8	107	18.5	109	2.97	85	0
2014	24.1	119	33.1	114	15.2	121	3.82	50	0
2013	33.7	32	41	36	26.5	33	3.56	59	0
2012	34.9	22	43.5	16	26.4	36	2.58	103	0
2011	26.2	107	33.4	113	18.9	106	2.62	101	0
2010	30.9	68	38.4	61	23.4	63	1.66	134	0
2009	25	112	32.6	116	17.5	114	2.14	125	0
2008	32.9	40	41.5	28	24.2	54	1.33	144	0
2007	34.6	25	42.1	23	27.1	26	2.94	87	0
2006	38	10	47.2	7	28.9	16	4.17	33	0
2005	28.7	88	35.8	90	21.7	82	4.27	29	0
2004	23.2	122	29.8	126	16.6	118	2.30	117	0
2003	25	112	31.6	119	18.5	109	1.92	128	0
2002	35.4	19	44.1	12	26.6	31	3.02	83	0
2001	28.9	85	36.2	87	21.5	83	3.17	75	0
2000	28.5	90	36.6	82	20.4	92	2.98	84	0
1999	32.5	47	40.3	43	24.8	49	7.23	4	0
1998	39	6	45.8	8	32.2	6	5.63	12	0
1997	29.9	77	36.8	81	23	69	3.46	63	0
1996	26.5	105	35.3	98	17.7	113	8.00	3	0
1995	34.7	23	41.9	24	27.5	24	3.91	43	0
1994	22	124	30.2	125	13.7	125	6.80	5	0
1993	34.2	27	41.2	32	27.1	26	2.49	107	0
1992	31.9	50	40.6	39	23.2	68	2.34	115	0
1991	29.1	84	38	66	20.2	93	2.04	127	0
1990	35.9	17	43.9	15	27.8	22	4.27	29	1
1989	32.9	40	41.4	31	24.3	53	2.25	120	0
1988	21.3	128	31.1	122	11.6	128	2.67	97	0
1987	28	93	36.6	82	19.3	102	3.05	81	0
1986	30	76	40	47	20.1	94	3.08	80	0
1985	26.2	107	34.5	105	17.9	112	1.01	149	0
1984	24.2	118	33.8	107	14.6	123	1.74	131	0
1983	30.5	70	39	55	22.1	79	3.29	70	0
1982	20.8	130	30.4	123	11.3	131	3.95	40	0
1981	21.9	125	32.5	117	11.4	130	0.55	154	0
1980	29.4	83	38.4	61	20.5	91	1.22	145	0
1979	27.5	100	35.4	95	19.7	99	10.27	1	0
1978	24.8	114	34.9	102	14.8	122	8.38	2	0
1977	15.8	132	24.3	132	7.3	132	1.39	143	0
1976	24.7	116	33.7	110	15.7	120	6.38	7	0
1975	31.6	52	41.9	24	21.3	85	4.88	19	0
1974	31.7	51	40.1	45	23.3	66	4.10	36	0
1973	32.6	45	43.4	17	21.9	81	3.92	42	0
1972	32	49	41.1	34	23	69	2.66	99	0
1971	25.6	111	34.4	106	16.8	117	2.79	92	0
1970	21.8	126	32.1	118	11.5	129	0.48	155	0
1969	31.1	63	37	79	25.3	44	1.02	148	0
1968	26.9	104	33.8	107	19.9	97	1.51	139	0
1967	37.1	12	44.1	12	30.1	10	1.46	141	0
1966	29.5	82	35.4	95	23.5	62	4.18	32	0
1965	28.5	90	35.7	91	21.3	85	2.38	114	0
1964	33.3	35	41.1	34	25.5	43	4.78	20	0
1963	27.8	96	35.4	95	20.1	94	2.50	105	0
1962	30.3	73	37.7	71	22.8	74	2.79	92	0
1961	26.5	105	33.7	110	19.3	102	2.82	91	0
1960	34.7	23	40.3	43	29.2	14	3.40	69	0
1959	31.2	59	39.1	54	23.3	66	2.07	126	0
1958	31.5	53	37.4	76	25.6	41	4.54	26	0
1957	28.8	86	35.7	91	22	80	1.49	140	0
1956	32.6	45	38.4	61	26.9	28	1.54	137	0
1955	31	67	37.1	77	24.8	49	0.57	153	0
1954	30.6	69	38.2	65	23	69	1.61	135	0
1953	37	13	43.4	17	30.7	9	5.76	11	0
1952	36.1	14	42.8	22	29.5	11	4.76	21	0
1951	35.4	19	43.2	19	27.6	23	3.84	48	0
1950	41.1	2	48.4	3	33.9	2	2.54	104	0
1949	38.6	9	45.3	9	31.9	7	6.36	8	0
1948	24.8	114	31.5	121	18	111	4.13	35	0
1947	37.2	11	45	10	29.5	11	3.88	47	0
1946	32.9	40	40.5	42	25.3	44	1.40	142	0
1945	24.3	117	31.6	119	17	116	3.71	55	0
1944	34.2	27	41.5	28	26.8	29	2.90	88	0
1943	31.3	56	37.5	75	25.2	47	2.46	110	0
1942	30.1	74	37.9	67	22.4	77	2.49	107	0
1941	29.9	77	35.9	89	23.9	57	3.53	61	0
1940	23.4	121	30.4	123	16.5	119	0.66	152	0
1939	33	39	39.9	49	26.2	37	3.44	66	0
1938	32.2	48	39.4	52	24.9	48	2.19	121	0
1937	38.8	7	44.9	11	32.7	5	5.05	17	0
1936	27.1	103	33.5	112	20.7	88	5.29	13	0
1935	28.4	92	35.5	93	21.4	84	3.05	81	0
1934	34.1	30	40.7	38	27.5	24	2.64	100	0
1933	40.8	3	48.5	2	33	4	1.21	146	0
1932	42.9	1	48.6	1	37.3	1	3.56	59	0
1931	33.2	37	39.8	50	26.5	33	2.16	122	0
1930	31.2	59	37.9	67	24.5	52	2.29	118	0
1929	31.1	63	38.6	59	23.7	60	3.57	58	0
1928	33.2	37	40.6	39	25.7	40	3.10	77	0
1927	29.9	77	36.4	85	23.4	63	2.40	112	0
1926	31.2	59	38.4	61	24.1	56	3.67	57	0
1925	27.6	99	35.1	101	20.1	94	3.83	49	0
1924	31.3	56	39.2	53	23.4	63	4.62	25	0
1923	31.1	63	36.6	82	25.6	41	3.52	62	0
1922	27.8	96	34.6	103	21	87	2.16	122	0
1921	32.9	40	40	47	25.8	39	2.79	92	0
1920	23	123	29	130	17.1	115	2.74	96	0
1919	34.2	27	41.7	27	26.6	31	3.24	71	0
1918	19.9	131	26.4	131	13.3	126	4.64	24	0
1917	31.4	54	38.7	58	24.2	54	4.14	34	0
1916	35.7	18	43.2	19	28.3	18	1.73	132	0
1915	33.3	35	40.1	45	26.5	33	6.51	6	0
1914	31.2	59	37.7	71	24.7	51	3.89	46	0
1913	39.3	5	47.5	6	31	8	3.81	51	0
1912	21.3	128	29.3	128	13.3	126	1.53	138	0
1911	33.4	33	40.6	39	26.2	37	2.96	86	0
1910	29.8	80	37.1	77	22.5	76	3.24	71	0
1909	31.4	54	38.8	56	23.9	57	2.34	115	0
1908	31.1	63	38.5	60	23.7	60	2.39	113	0
1907	30.5	70	37.9	67	23	69	3.20	73	0
1906	36.1	14	43.2	19	29.1	15	3.10	77	0
1905	25.9	110	33.1	114	18.6	108	3.44	66	0
1904	21.6	127	29.3	128	13.8	124	3.09	79	0
1903	28.8	86	35.5	93	22.2	78	3.93	41	0
1902	27.7	98	34.6	103	20.7	88	3.16	76	0
1901	30.5	70	37	79	23.9	57	2.29	118	0
1900	31.3	56	39.8	50	22.9	73	2.50	105	0
1899	28	93	36.3	86	19.7	99	3.72	54	0
1898	32.8	44	37.6	73	28	20	3.91	43	0
1897							1.69	133	31
1896							1.08	147	31
1895							3.90	45	31
1894							1.61	135	31
1893							2.15	124	31
1892							5.94	10	31
1891							5.15	15	31
1890	38.8	7	48.1	4	29.5	11	3.18	74	0
1889	33.4	33	41.5	28	25.3	44	3.74	53	0
1888	24.1	119	29.5	127	18.7	107	4.66	22	0
1887							4.24	31	31
1886							4.10	36	31
1885							4.41	28	31
1884							5.25	14	31
1883							4.42	27	31
1882							5.09	16	31
1881							3.78	52	31
1880							1.82	130	31
1879							2.42	111	31
1878							5.01	18	31
1875							2.61	102	31
1874							3.41	68	31
1873							4.03	38	31
1872							0.96	151	31
1871							2.79	92	31
1870							3.97	39	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	42.9
1950	41.1
1933	40.8
2023	40.7
1913	39.3
1998	39
1937	38.8
1890	38.8
1949	38.6
2006	38

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	15.8
1918	19.9
1982	20.8
1988	21.3
1912	21.3
1904	21.6
1970	21.8
1981	21.9
1994	22
1920	23

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	10.27
1978	8.38
1996	8.00
1999	7.23
1994	6.80
1915	6.51
1976	6.38
1949	6.36
2024	6.14
1892	5.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1970	0.48
1981	0.55
1955	0.57
1940	0.66
1872	0.96
2025	1.00
1985	1.01
1969	1.02
1896	1.08
1933	1.21

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 55°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: -1°F; 21 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.50 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.67 in of precipitation in Reading, PA, the driest January since 2025, tied 58th driest of 155 (with 1988).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Reading, PA: 55°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Reading, PA: a low of -1°F on Wednesday 21 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Reading, PA: 1.50 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.