Van der Zwaag understands the confusion. “I sometimes hear that people find the different start dates of the summer confusing, but this is mainly because of what they read on social media and on the news,” says Van der Zwaag. “Then it says: ‘Summer has started again’, while they actually don’t know why June 1 is being held.”
Although it was chilly in our province today, good weather is coming in the coming days, the RTV Drenthe weatherman announces. “This weekend the weather will be fantastic, but there will be no real heat or heat,” predicts Van der Zwaag, who can explain why spring felt relatively cold. “We have had weak winters in recent years, which seems to be becoming more and more common. We notice the consequences of those weak winters in spring and summer. For example, there has been a northerly wind for a long time now, which brings cold with it.”