Remarkably cloudy December gives Netherlands longest stretch of sunless days in 31 years
The Netherlands is in the midst of the gloomiest period in 31 years. It has been eight days with no sunshine in De Bilt, the longest sunless period since 1993, Weeronline reported. The coming days will also be cloudy, with the first solid chance for sunshine expected on Friday.
Though there is a chance of the sun briefly showing its face on Tuesday and Thursday. Tomorrow morning will start with clear-ish skies, though cloud cover will quickly return. Maximums will range between 8 and 10 degrees, with a moderate to strong southwesterly wind.
Wednesday will be mostly dry and extremely mild for the time of year, with maximums climbing to 14 degrees in the southwest. From Thursday, there will be more showers, but also more chance of sunshine. Maximums will hover around 10 degrees Celsius.
In 1993, the national weather station in De Bilt saw no sunshine for ten days, from February 2 to February 11. “If it remains sunless on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week, we will end up with 11 sunless days this year. That would be the gloomiest period since 1990.”
The record for the longest series of gray skies and no sunshine is 14 days in 1959, from February 6 to 19.
