It can’t have gone unnoticed: after last week’s heat wave, it has rained heavily in recent days. Amstelland and Haarlemmermeer take the cake: around 40 millimeters has fallen there in the past 24 hours.
A lot of rain has fallen throughout the country, but especially in the Randstad since last night. from a map of Buienradar it appears that most precipitation fell in Amstelland and Haarlemmermeer (and therefore also Schiphol).
It also shows that Aalsmeer and Schiphol have had the largest amount of rainwater at their disposal: 42.5 millimetres. In the rest of Amstelland and Haarlemmermeer, the counter stopped at around 40 millimeters.
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A relatively large amount of rain has also fallen in the Noordkop with about 37 millimeters. In Hoorn and Hilversum, the umbrella had to be used the least, where only about 10 millimeters fell.
That is far too little to solve the precipitation deficit, but that also applies to the ‘generous’ rainfall in Haarlemmermeer and Amstelland. Earlier today NH Nieuws published a map which shows that the precipitation deficit at the measuring station in Hoofddorp is currently 206 millimeters, and at the measuring station in Lijnden a shortage of 200 millimeters.
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Except for a report of flooding at the Du Perronlaan in Uithoorn, the rainfall has not caused any significant problems. And while for some the sun can’t return soon enough, others seem to welcome the cooling showers with open arms.