It is even warmer in the countryside. In Woensdrecht, Brabant, it will be 30.5 degrees on Sunday. At a temperature above 32.5 degrees, the date heat record for all weather stations also falls. “This date has been an odd one out since the measurements started in De Bilt.
Over 30 degrees
It was the only day in the first half of August with a record maximum temperature below 30 degrees. It is expected that it will eventually be more than 30 degrees today,” says meteorologist Rico Schröder.
It is the fifth tropical day in a row of the current heat wave. Saturday it also came to a record in De Bilt: already the third date heat record for De Bilt in 2022. Previously, it came to an official heat record on January 1 and March 22. Today’s record is number four of 2022.
Heat records are a lot more common than cold records, according to Schröder. “On average, a year has nine times more heat records than cold records. A date heat record, such as today, is not in itself attributable to climate change, but the ratio is one to nine. If there were no warming, the number of heat and cold records per year would be about the same.”
Expectation
Good news for those who are getting too hot underfoot. It looks like it will get a little warmer in the next few days. Schröder: “The heat wave will continue, but without tropical temperatures in De Bilt. Records are then out of sight.”