YESTERDAY’S Groundhog Day saw Punxsutawney Phil predict winter would go on for another six weeks or so. And clever boffins made their weather forecast for August’s Reading Festival.
In years gone by, the popular music event has seen everything from heatwaves to torrential rain, causing Reading Festival goers to wear wellies, binikis and everything in between.
The 2022 line-up includes Arctic Monkeys, Dave, Rage Against The Machine, Halsey, Megan Thee Stallion and Bring Me The Horizon.
Announcing them last December, Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic said: “With so many amazing acts set to play, Reading and Leeds is set to return as the ultimate festival weekend of the summer: defining the sounds of modern groundbreaking music.
“I cannot wait.”
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But fans who have snapped up tickets to the event, at Reading’s Rivermead, will want to know if they need a brolly, an extra jumper or some suntan lotion.
Event discovery platform Skiddle says that its analysis of festival weather predicts most festivals taking place across the UK this year will do so in glorious sunshine.
BST Hyde Park London, Highest Point, Terminal V and Reading and Leeds Festival all expected to see no more than an hour’s worth of rain across the festival weekends.
And Skiddle says that BST Hyde Park outshines the majority of UK festivals, taking the top spot for the highest average temperature across its last five festivals (24°C), and has even seen highs of 33°C.
Closely followed were Camp Bestival, Boomtown and Reading Festival, who have seen average temperatures of 19°C across their festival weekends over the last few years.
This year’s Reading Festival, over the August bank holiday weekend of August 26-28, is expected to be dry, with just an hour of rain across the three-day event.
The average temperature is expected to be 19ºC.
Spare a thought for the Terminal V Festival attendees: Skiddle thinks it will be 8ºC when it takes place on April 16-17 in Edinburgh.
Jamie Scahill, head of marketing at Skiddle, said: “With missing so many of our favourite festivals and live events for the last two years, the 2022 festival season is going to be bigger than ever.
“We might not be able to control the UK weather, but the forecast looks promising, so we can’t wait to be basking in a field, enjoying live music once again.”
The company made the analysis based on weather over the past six festivals, so don’t blame it on the weatherman if it turns out to be a washout.
