Today has been the warmest November day ever recorded at De Bilt in the
Netherlands - max. temp. 18.7°C. Records started in 1901.
19°C was exceeded at Eindhoven and Maastricht
http://www.knmi.nl/voorl/weer/reindex.html?extreem.html
October 2005 was the second warmest at De Bilt in a record going back to
1706 - average temp. 13.3°C. Only October 2001 was warmer - average temp.
14.2°C. Third warmest was October 1969 - average 13.0°C
On 30th October this year De Bilt reached 21.1°C - the latest date in the
year that 20°C has been exceeded there.
Colin Youngs
Brussels