NL Breaks 1947 Heat Record with 31 Tropical Days in a Year - DutchNews.nl
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31 days over 30°C breaks record set in 1947; Heat Plan in effect for 36°C expected today
On Wednesday, temperatures climbed to 31.5 degrees in Maastricht, marking the 31st local tropical day in the Netherlands this summer and breaking the record from 1947. Today and tomorrow will also be very hot, with maximums of 36 and 37 expected, respectively. So the most tropical days record will not be the only heat record broken this week. The RIVM’s National Heat Plan is in effect.
Since measurements began, it has never been as warm in the Netherlands on August 14 as in 2026, Weeronline reports. In Westdorpe and Gilze-Rijen, the 2025 record of 34.2 degrees was broken on Friday. Friday also officially marked the warmest August 14 ever recorded.
The weather station in Gilze-Rijen measured a temperature of over 30 degrees on Thursday. This officially marks the start of a fifth heatwave. A heatwave is defined as having at least five consecutive summer days (25 degrees or higher), of which at least three are tropical days (30 degrees or higher). This equals the record from 1947. At that time, only Maastricht also recorded five regional heatwaves. Are more heatwaves on the way? According to…
The mercury continues to rise in the south of the country. For the fifth time this year, there is a regional heatwave, reports Weeronline. This equals a very old heat record from 1947.
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bndestem.nlThe heat is persisting strongly in Brabant. Now that temperatures have risen well above 30 degrees at multiple KNMI weather stations on Thursday, the fifth regional heatwave of 2026 is a fact. This equals a record from 1947.
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