Reading, PA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 63.5°F in Reading, PA, the warmest May since 2024, tied 39th warmest of 130 (with 1943).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 63.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 39th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 2.66 in; Driest since 2023; 43rd driest of 150

A normal May in Reading, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 62.3°F, between 58.3°F and 67.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.69 in of precipitation, between 1.76 in and 4.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Reading, PA since 1889: 63.5°F in 2026; the highest is 68.3°F, in 1944.

Normal range, 58.3 to 67.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	63.5	39	74.2	49	52.8	37	2.66	108	0
2025	63.4	41	72.6	69	54.1	28	10.00	3	0
2024	66.1	12	75.4	36	56.8	3	3.27	89	0
2023	61.4	77	74.6	41	48.2	111	0.09	150	0
2022	65.7	16	76	25	55.4	14	5.66	20	0
2021	62.2	62	74.1	50	50.3	85	3.40	85	0
2020	60.7	94	70.8	95	50.6	78	2.46	111	0
2019	64.7	27	73.9	55	55.6	10	9.72	4	0
2018	66.5	9	76.7	18	56.2	6	4.64	43	0
2017	60.6	95	70.2	103	51	68	3.72	66	0
2016	61.1	86	70.8	95	51.5	56	4.38	48	0
2015	67.7	3	80.1	2	55.3	15	1.66	131	0
2014	63.1	46	74	51	52.2	45	3.50	79	0
2013	62.9	49	73.8	56	51.9	48	3.46	82	0
2012	67.8	2	78	7	57.6	1	4.70	42	0
2011	65.5	17	75.6	32	55.5	12	5.34	28	0
2010	65.5	17	75.7	30	55.2	17	4.40	47	0
2009	62.5	55	72.5	70	52.6	40	4.85	38	0
2008	58.1	121	69.9	107	46.3	124	3.55	75	0
2007	64.1	33	77.5	9	50.6	78	2.45	112	0
2006	62	64	74	51	50	92	1.41	138	0
2005	57.3	125	69.3	115	45.4	130	0.99	145	0
2004	67.1	6	77.2	14	57	2	3.65	72	0
2003	58	122	66.6	127	49.4	101	3.22	92	0
2002	59.3	109	70.4	101	48.2	111	4.88	37	0
2001	61.7	68	72.8	65	50.7	75	3.74	65	0
2000	62.5	55	73.2	59	51.8	50	4.38	48	0
1999	61.2	84	72.9	62	49.4	101	1.77	128	0
1998	66.3	11	77.3	12	55.3	15	5.68	19	0
1997	58.3	119	70.2	103	46.4	123	3.33	88	0
1996	60	101	71.1	89	48.9	107	3.46	82	0
1995	60.9	91	72.5	70	49.3	104	3.51	78	0
1994	58.8	116	71.9	82	45.6	128	4.15	53	0
1993	63.3	42	76.4	21	50.2	89	1.94	124	0
1992	58.8	116	70.5	100	47.2	119	4.63	44	0
1991	67.1	6	79.2	4	55.1	18	4.51	45	0
1990	59	113	68.1	122	49.8	96	5.87	16	0
1989	59.5	107	69.2	118	49.8	96	11.64	2	0
1988	61.3	83	71.3	86	51.3	61	8.60	8	0
1987	62.5	55	73.2	59	51.8	50	3.02	96	0
1986	64.6	28	77.9	8	51.3	61	2.41	114	0
1985	63	48	76	25	50	92	4.92	35	0
1984	58.4	118	69.6	110	47.1	120	6.97	10	0
1983	59.3	109	71.5	83	47.1	120	5.14	31	0
1982	62	64	75.5	34	48.5	110	4.38	48	0
1981	61	87	74	51	48	113	3.62	73	0
1980	62.9	49	75.5	34	50.3	85	3.01	97	0
1979	62	64	72.9	62	51.2	65	5.07	32	0
1978	59	113	70.2	103	47.9	115	6.21	14	0
1977	61.7	68	77.3	12	46.1	126	1.54	135	0
1976	57.7	123	69.2	118	46.3	124	4.16	52	0
1975	63.3	42	75.9	27	50.7	75	3.93	62	0
1974	60	101	72.4	74	47.6	116	4.07	57	0
1973	57.2	127	67.7	124	46.7	122	5.71	17	0
1972	60.8	93	72.8	65	48.7	108	5.01	33	0
1971	57.7	123	69.5	112	45.8	127	5.69	18	0
1970	64.9	25	78.5	6	51.3	61	2.39	116	0
1969	63.7	36	76.5	19	51	68	1.56	134	0
1968	59.2	112	68.4	121	50	92	5.52	24	0
1967	56.6	128	65.9	128	47.4	117	4.49	46	0
1966	60.5	96	70.7	98	50.2	89	1.50	137	0
1965	67.4	4	78.7	5	56	7	2.16	121	0
1964	65.2	20	76.9	16	53.5	31	0.85	147	0
1963	61.5	74	72.5	70	50.4	83	2.13	122	0
1962	65.2	20	75.8	29	54.6	22	5.43	25	0
1961	60	101	69.6	110	50.4	83	3.38	86	0
1960	60.9	91	70.3	102	51.5	56	5.32	29	0
1959	66.9	8	77.5	9	56.3	5	1.29	142	0
1958	61	87	70.7	98	51.4	60	3.00	99	0
1957	63.2	44	74	51	52.3	44	1.71	129	0
1956	60.1	100	70.9	93	49.3	104	2.95	101	0
1955	65.8	15	76.5	19	55	19	1.54	135	0
1954	60.3	98	70	106	50.6	78	3.16	93	0
1953	65.1	23	74.6	41	55.6	10	9.49	6	0
1952	61.4	77	71.1	89	51.8	50	4.75	41	0
1951	63.6	37	74.5	47	52.7	38	1.92	125	0
1950	60.5	96	69.5	112	51.5	56	4.92	35	0
1949	63.6	37	74.8	38	52.5	41	3.56	74	0
1948	62.1	63	71.1	89	53	35	8.50	9	0
1947	61.6	72	72.4	74	50.9	71	5.58	22	0
1946	62.5	55	72.5	70	52.5	41	5.30	30	0
1945	59.9	104	69.5	112	50.3	85	4.79	40	0
1944	68.3	1	79.9	3	56.8	3	2.39	116	0
1943	63.5	39	72.8	65	54.2	26	4.36	51	0
1942	65.9	13	76.2	24	55.7	9	9.29	7	0
1941	65.3	19	77.5	9	53.1	34	1.57	133	0
1940	61.7	68	71.2	88	52.2	45	2.70	107	0
1939	65.9	13	76.3	22	55.5	12	1.39	139	0
1938	61.4	77	69.9	107	52.9	36	2.24	120	0
1937	64.2	30	74.6	41	53.7	30	2.61	109	0
1936	65.2	20	75.7	30	54.7	21	1.35	141	0
1935	59.3	109	68.5	120	50.2	89	0.99	145	0
1934	64.5	29	74.8	38	54.3	25	3.03	95	0
1933	64.1	33	73.2	59	54.9	20	5.42	26	0
1932	61.7	68	71.5	83	51.9	48	4.94	34	0
1931	62.5	55	72.7	68	52.4	43	3.66	70	0
1930	63.9	35	74.6	41	53.2	33	3.69	68	0
1929	61.4	77	72	80	50.8	72	3.48	80	0
1928	61	87	71.3	86	50.8	72	2.76	105	0
1927	59.4	108	67.9	123	50.8	72	2.73	106	0
1926	61.5	74	73.3	58	49.7	99	2.07	123	0
1925	58.9	115	69.8	109	48	113	2.99	100	0
1924	57.3	125	65.5	129	49	106	5.36	27	0
1923	61.6	72	72	80	51.2	65	2.43	113	0
1922	65.1	23	75.6	32	54.6	22	3.23	91	0
1921	61.4	77	71	92	51.8	50	3.34	87	0
1920	59.6	106	69.3	115	49.8	96	1.39	139	0
1919	62.4	60	72.2	77	52.7	38	3.55	75	0
1918	66.5	9	77.2	14	55.8	8	4.00	58	0
1917	56	130	64.7	130	47.3	118	3.01	97	0
1916	63.1	46	72.1	78	54.2	26	2.82	104	0
1915	58.3	119	67.2	125	49.4	101	3.46	82	0
1914	64.9	25	75.9	27	53.8	29	1.20	143	0
1913	61	87	71.5	83	50.5	81	2.85	103	0
1912	63.2	44	74.8	38	51.7	54	2.39	116	0
1911	67.4	4	80.2	1	54.6	22	3.55	75	0
1910	59.8	105	70.8	95	48.7	108	2.33	119	0
1909	61.4	77	72.3	76	50.5	81	3.66	70	0
1908	62.7	52	72.1	78	53.3	32	5.96	15	0
1907	56.3	129	67	126	45.5	129	1.69	130	0
1906	62.6	54	74.6	41	50.7	75	3.92	63	0
1905	62.4	60	73.8	56	51	68	1.90	126	0
1904	64.2	30	76.3	22	52.2	45	5.64	21	0
1903	64.2	30	76.8	17	51.6	55	0.55	149	0
1902	61.5	74	72.9	62	50	92	1.12	144	0
1901	60.3	98	69.3	115	51.3	61	4.85	38	0
1900	62	64	74.4	48	49.6	100	3.72	66	0
1899	62.9	49	74.6	41	51.2	65	3.24	90	0
1898	61.2	84	70.9	93	51.5	56	6.58	12	0
1897							9.70	5	31
1896							4.00	58	31
1895							2.41	114	31
1894							13.34	1	31
1892							4.00	58	31
1889	62.7	52	75.2	37	50.3	85	4.10	55	0
1888							4.14	54	31
1886							6.26	13	31
1885							3.15	94	31
1884							3.96	61	31
1883							1.81	127	31
1882							6.62	11	31
1881							3.69	68	31
1880							0.66	148	31
1878							3.48	80	31
1875							1.65	132	31
1874							2.51	110	31
1873							5.58	22	31
1872							2.86	102	31
1871							4.10	55	31
1870							3.91	64	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	68.3
2012	67.8
2015	67.7
1965	67.4
1911	67.4
2004	67.1
1991	67.1
1959	66.9
2018	66.5
1918	66.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	56
1907	56.3
1967	56.6
1973	57.2
2005	57.3
1924	57.3
1976	57.7
1971	57.7
2003	58
2008	58.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1894	13.34
1989	11.64
2025	10.00
2019	9.72
1897	9.70
1953	9.49
1942	9.29
1988	8.60
1948	8.50
1984	6.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	0.09
1903	0.55
1880	0.66
1964	0.85
2005	0.99
1935	0.99
1902	1.12
1914	1.20
1959	1.29
1936	1.35

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 4 May 2026, 1 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.72 in; 20 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.66 in of precipitation in Reading, PA, the driest May since 2023, 43rd driest of 150.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Reading, PA: 97°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Reading, PA: a low of 40°F on Monday 4 May 2026 and Friday 1 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Reading, PA: 0.72 in on Wednesday 20 May 2026.