The Netherlands records hottest September 6 in its history
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The KNMI expects the weather in the next week to remain "sunny, dry, and very warm for this time of year," with the maximum on Thursday reaching 29 degrees Celsius.
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A central station and harbor in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on Oct. 26, 2021. (AP)
Dutch newspaper NL Times reported on Wednesday that The Netherlands recorded the hottest September 6 temperature in the history of meteorological measurements.
The temperature jumped to 28.3 degrees Celsius at 2:20 PM local time in Utrecht, where the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) is located, surpassing the September 6, 1958 record of 28.2 degrees Celsius.
A month ago, exactly on August 6, in the same city, the lowest-ever temperature was registered at 15.8 degrees Celsius.
The KNMI expects the weather in the next week to remain "sunny, dry and very warm for this time of year," with the maximum on Thursday reaching 29 degrees Celsius.
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