Reading weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Reading, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Osage City, 19 km from Reading; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 38.9 in987 mm
- Snow a year
- 10 in26 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 5,185
- Cooling degree days
- 1,317
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Reading in January
Highs average 40°5° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2015)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 1111
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Reading in February
Highs average 45°7° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1932)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 892
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Reading in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 32°0°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 660
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Reading in April
Highs average 65°19° and lows 42°6°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1910)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 350
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Reading in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 54°12°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 128
- Cooling degree days
- 97
Reading in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 63°17°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1918)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 263
Reading in July
Highs average 89°32° and lows 67°20°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 118°48° (1936)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 414
Reading in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 65°18°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 348
Reading in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 56°13°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1947)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 64
- Cooling degree days
- 152
Reading in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°20° and lows 44°7°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1939)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 293
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Reading in November
Highs average 54°12° and lows 32°0°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1924)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 660
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Reading in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2021)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1018
- Cooling degree days
- 0