It is official: second heat wave in one summer in Belgium.
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standaard.bePosted Aug 4, 2018, 5:06 PM UTC
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standaard.beToday, a temperature was measured of 30°C in Uccle, which makes a second heat wave in the summer of 2018 official. This has only happened in three other years: 1911, 1995 and 2006.
Source in French: Le Soir
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So for Uccle it's the second heat wave. For most of the country it's probably been one continuous heat wave.
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You could indeed argue that other regions in Belgium experienced more or fewer heat waves due to differences in the measured temperatures in the various weather stations. Nonetheless, on a national level - in order to see whether or not the country is currently undergoing a heat wave - Uccle is the reference point.
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Thank god we're not the size of Russia. Imagine picking a single point that represents the entire country.
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"It's allright guys, still fairly cool at the Kara Sea!"
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You can just pick multiple points if you want and then take the average.
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I do recall in 2006 it was a continuous heatwave of just over 30 days in Limburg; the average high temperature in Kleine Brogel for that month was over 30°C for the whole month of July.
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Funny to see lots of people complaining about the heat. Within a few weeks notice, the same people’ll be nagging about the rain. Enjoy it while we can! 🙂
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No they won't
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No, we will nag about the start of the school and the traffic that it beholds.
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It also means we've never spent more days in a heatwave than we have this year. 22 days. 15+7. It'll probably go up to 25 or 26.
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OMG it’s official ? My life will never be the same again.
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Because the first heat wave was over? I didn't know, thought we were in a heat wave since half-June/beginning of July.
There was one day where the temperature in Ukkel didn’t go over 25C. That ended the heatwave officially. The day after that day it exceeded 25C again. If it weren’t for that “cold” day, the heatwave would have continued.