Reading, PA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 30.1°F in Reading, PA, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 33rd coldest of 130 (with 1984).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 30.1°F; Coldest since 2015; 33rd coldest of 130
Precipitation: 6.25 in; Driest since 2017; 15th driest of 150

A normal winter in Reading, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.3°F, between 28.5°F and 37.1°F in eight years of ten and 10.06 in of precipitation, between 7.60 in and 13.16 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Reading, PA since 1889: 30.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 22.9°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 28.5 to 37.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	30.1	97	38	94	22.2	96	6.25	136	0
2025	32.1	67	39.9	66	24.3	71	6.82	127	0
2024	38.1	5	45.7	6	30.4	5	16.04	4	0
2023	38.7	2	47.5	2	29.9	9	8.86	89	0
2022	35.2	24	44.2	16	26.2	44	6.78	128	0
2021	33.8	41	41	49	26.7	34	11.06	42	0
2020	36.8	15	44.7	12	28.9	14	8.87	87	0
2019	33.7	43	41.4	41	26.1	46	10.90	46	0
2018	32.7	55	41.2	46	24.2	74	10.68	48	0
2017	36.9	14	45	11	28.8	15	6.07	139	0
2016	37	13	45.5	8	28.5	18	11.75	34	0
2015	28.2	117	35.9	121	20.5	116	7.59	117	0
2014	28.5	114	37	109	19.9	120	13.10	18	0
2013	35.2	24	42.3	29	28.1	22	8.36	100	0
2012	37.6	7	46.6	4	28.6	17	7.73	115	1
2011	29.8	100	37.8	98	21.9	100	7.77	112	0
2010	31.6	78	38.6	83	24.6	66	12.03	29	0
2009	31.1	83	39.3	72	22.9	87	9.34	74	0
2008	33.1	50	41	49	25.3	57	13.69	15	0
2007	33.5	47	41.7	36	25.4	55	8.80	93	0
2006	33.7	43	42.1	33	25.4	55	10.95	45	0
2005	32	68	39.9	66	24.1	75	9.95	66	0
2004	29.5	106	37.3	105	21.7	102	10.17	61	0
2003	27.6	120	34.7	124	20.6	113	11.91	31	0
2002	37.5	9	46.8	3	28.2	20	5.44	143	0
2001	29.7	103	37.5	102	21.8	101	9.12	79	0
2000	32.6	59	40.7	53	24.4	68	7.60	116	0
1999	36.1	18	44.6	13	27.6	26	11.60	36	0
1998	38.3	4	45.3	9	31.2	2	12.04	28	0
1997	35	26	42.5	25	27.6	26	14.19	14	0
1996	29.2	109	37.2	108	21.3	107	13.02	19	0
1995	34	35	42.5	25	25.6	50	10.20	59	0
1994	27.4	122	36.1	118	18.6	122	16.54	3	0
1993	32.2	63	40	62	24.4	68	9.18	78	0
1992	34.2	30	43.1	22	25.2	58	8.85	90	0
1991	33.8	41	42.5	25	25.1	60	9.30	75	0
1990	30.8	88	39.6	70	22.1	98	7.83	111	1
1989	31.8	72	40.4	57	23.2	82	5.48	142	0
1988	28.8	111	37.7	99	20	118	8.12	104	0
1987	30.8	88	40	62	21.5	105	8.38	98	1
1986	29.4	108	38.2	91	20.6	113	10.25	57	0
1985	32	68	41.5	38	22.5	94	6.31	135	0
1984	30.1	97	39.2	75	21.1	108	14.78	11	0
1983	33.7	43	43.3	21	24.1	75	8.74	94	0
1982	27.6	120	36.3	117	18.9	121	10.23	58	0
1981	28.4	115	39.4	71	17.5	125	5.10	145	0
1980	30.7	90	40.4	57	20.9	110	4.56	149	0
1979	27.4	122	36.5	113	18.3	124	18.55	1	0
1978	25.2	126	35.6	122	14.8	129	15.51	5	0
1977	22.9	130	32	129	13.9	130	4.83	148	0
1976	30.5	95	40.5	55	20.6	113	10.83	47	0
1975	32.7	55	42.7	23	22.8	88	12.91	21	0
1974	32.2	63	41.9	35	22.6	92	12.59	23	0
1973	32.6	59	42	34	23.3	81	12.85	22	0
1972	31.9	71	40.7	53	23.1	84	7.76	113	0
1971	30.6	92	39	77	22.2	96	11.65	35	0
1970	27.9	118	37.3	105	18.5	123	8.38	98	0
1969	32.6	59	38.5	85	26.6	36	5.08	146	0
1968	31.6	78	38.7	82	24.4	68	7.76	113	0
1967	33.9	37	41.1	47	26.7	34	6.90	125	0
1966	33.7	43	40.2	59	27.1	30	10.41	54	0
1965	32.8	52	40	62	25.5	53	10.63	49	0
1964	31.2	82	38	94	24.3	71	9.70	71	0
1963	27.9	118	35.6	122	20.1	117	8.04	107	0
1962	31.7	75	38.4	88	24.9	61	10.28	55	0
1961	29.6	104	37.5	102	21.7	102	7.93	109	0
1960	35.8	19	42.2	31	29.5	11	11.92	30	0
1959	30.6	92	38.5	85	22.7	89	5.56	140	0
1958	32.8	52	39	77	26.6	36	14.40	12	0
1957	35.4	22	42.2	31	28.5	18	7.95	108	0
1956	32.9	51	39.1	76	26.6	36	6.59	130	0
1955	33.3	49	40.2	59	26.5	41	6.37	133	0
1954	36.6	17	44.5	14	28.7	16	8.63	95	0
1953	37.6	7	44.2	16	31.1	3	12.57	24	0
1952	36.8	15	43.7	19	30	8	12.06	27	0
1951	34.2	30	41.5	38	26.9	32	11.86	32	0
1950	37.5	9	44.5	14	30.5	4	10.49	52	0
1949	37.7	6	45.2	10	30.2	7	14.98	9	0
1948	30	99	37.3	105	22.6	92	7.48	120	0
1947	34.5	28	42.3	29	26.8	33	8.52	97	0
1946	31.8	72	38.8	80	24.7	63	7.50	118	0
1945	29.5	106	36.4	115	22.5	94	10.11	62	0
1944	33.5	47	41	49	25.9	49	6.14	138	0
1943	31.7	75	38.6	83	24.9	61	9.28	76	0
1942	32.7	55	39.9	66	25.5	53	8.15	103	0
1941	32.7	55	39.3	72	26.1	46	8.87	87	0
1940	31	84	37.5	102	24.5	67	6.24	137	0
1939	35.3	23	42.5	25	28	23	9.97	65	0
1938	34.1	33	41.1	47	27.2	29	5.30	144	0
1937	37.3	12	44.2	16	30.4	5	11.26	39	0
1936	27.3	124	33.6	125	21.1	108	9.99	64	0
1935	31	84	38.2	91	23.8	77	7.91	110	0
1934	29.8	100	37.6	101	22	99	6.51	131	0
1933	37.4	11	45.6	7	29.2	12	6.33	134	0
1932	40	1	46.4	5	33.7	1	6.43	132	0
1931	33.9	37	40.5	55	27.3	28	6.67	129	0
1930	34.2	30	41.3	42	27	31	7.40	121	0
1929	34	35	41.3	42	26.6	36	8.09	106	0
1928	33.9	37	41.3	42	26.5	41	11.78	33	0
1927	32	68	38.4	88	25.6	50	7.50	118	0
1926	32.2	63	38.5	85	26	48	9.03	84	0
1925	32.5	62	39.7	69	25.2	58	8.11	105	0
1924	34.5	28	41	49	28	23	13.33	17	0
1923	30.4	96	36.5	113	24.3	71	9.08	82	0
1922	31.8	72	39	77	24.7	63	7.02	124	0
1921	34.7	27	41.3	42	28.2	20	10.20	59	0
1920	26.5	125	32.9	126	20	118	8.26	101	0
1919	35.8	19	42.6	24	29	13	11.21	41	0
1918	24.1	129	31.6	130	16.6	127	9.52	73	0
1917	30.9	87	37.9	96	23.8	77	9.95	66	0
1916	32.2	63	38.8	80	25.6	50	9.74	70	0
1915	32.8	52	39.3	72	26.4	43	17.58	2	0
1914	31.5	80	38.3	90	24.7	63	10.60	51	0
1913	35.7	21	43.5	20	27.9	25	10.44	53	0
1912	29.2	109	37	109	21.4	106	7.17	122	0
1911	30.7	90	37.7	99	23.6	80	7.09	123	0
1910	29.8	100	36.8	111	22.7	89	12.25	26	0
1909	34.1	33	41.7	36	26.6	36	9.28	76	0
1908	31	84	38.2	91	23.7	79	11.00	44	0
1907	28.4	115	36	120	20.7	112	9.86	68	0
1906	33.9	37	41.5	38	26.2	44	9.12	79	0
1905	25	127	32.6	127	17.3	126	6.85	126	0
1904	24.4	128	32.3	128	16.4	128	8.23	102	0
1903	30.6	92	37.9	96	23.2	82	15.37	6	0
1902	28.8	111	36.1	118	21.6	104	15.05	8	0
1901	29.6	104	36.6	112	22.7	89	5.50	141	0
1900	31.7	75	40.2	59	23.1	84	9.85	69	0
1899	28.6	113	36.4	115	20.8	111	11.23	40	0
1898							10.02	63	31
1897							5.03	147	90
1896							9.55	72	91
1895							9.06	83	90
1893							9.10	81	90
1890	38.7	2	47.7	1	29.8	10	10.28	55	0
1889	31.5	80	40	62	23	86	8.84	91	0
1888									31
1887							12.96	20	90
1886							11.41	37	90
1885							14.29	13	90
1884							13.50	16	91
1883							10.61	50	90
1882							14.79	10	90
1881							11.40	38	90
1879							9.00	85	90
1878							8.90	86	90
1875							8.82	92	90
1874							8.57	96	90
1873							12.57	24	90
1872							3.23	150	91
1871							11.01	43	90
1870							15.25	7	90

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	40
2023	38.7
1890	38.7
1998	38.3
2024	38.1
1949	37.7
2012	37.6
1953	37.6
2002	37.5
1950	37.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	22.9
1918	24.1
1904	24.4
1905	25
1978	25.2
1920	26.5
1936	27.3
1994	27.4
1979	27.4
2003	27.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	18.55
1915	17.58
1994	16.54
2024	16.04
1978	15.51
1903	15.37
1870	15.25
1902	15.05
1949	14.98
1882	14.79

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1872	3.23
1980	4.56
1977	4.83
1897	5.03
1969	5.08
1981	5.10
1938	5.30
2002	5.44
1989	5.48
1901	5.50

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: -1°F; 21 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.50 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.25 in of precipitation in Reading, PA, the driest winter since 2017, 15th driest of 150.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Reading, PA: 62°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Reading, PA: a low of -1°F on Wednesday 21 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Reading, PA: 1.50 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.