SXUS71 KPHI 200613
RERRDG

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
0157 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AND WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT 
READING PA...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES WAS SET AT READING, PA 
YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 96 DEGREES SET IN 1962.

THIS ALSO TIES THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. THE 
OLD RECORD FOR MAY WAS 97 DEGREES, SET ON MAY 20, 1996.

A RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF 72 DEGREES WAS SET AT READING, 
PA YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 68 DEGREES SET IN 1962.

THIS ALSO TIES THE ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH OF MAY. THE OLD RECORD FOR MAY WAS 72 DEGREES, SET ON MAY 28 
AND 31, 1939 AS WELL AS MAY 31, 1991. 

TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE READING AREA DATE BACK TO JANUARY OF 
1888.

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MJL