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Belgium on Track to Record Its Driest Year Since 1976
(MENAFN) Belgium is poised to experience its most parched year in nearly five decades, the Royal Meteorological Institute (KMI) announced Friday, a dramatic reversal from 2024, which registered as the wettest year on record.
Precipitation totaled just 615.9 millimeters in Uccle through December 18, 2025, positioning the year to claim the driest status since 1976 even if late-month rainfall materializes, a Flemish broadcaster reported.
Rain fell on only 143 days throughout the year—significantly beneath the historical norm of 190 days. By contrast, Uccle recorded approximately double that precipitation volume in 2024, underscoring increasingly erratic weather behavior.
"This kind of extreme weather will occur more frequently in the coming years due to climate disruption," meteorologist Sabine Hagedoren stated.
An extraordinarily arid spring fueled the deficit, ranking as the second driest since record-keeping commenced in 1833. Multiple nature reserves entered red alert status by late March over elevated wildfire danger, prompting officials to implement water conservation protocols amid supply concerns.
The year is simultaneously emerging as among Belgium's hottest on record. Uccle's average temperature currently registers 12.3 degrees Celsius (54.14 Fahrenheit), marginally surpassing previous peaks from 2020 and 2023.
With days remaining, the KMI anticipates the final average will stabilize near 12 degrees Celsius, positioning 2025 as joint-fourth warmest since 1833.
Though overall temperature records may survive, 2025 established a new milestone for the earliest summer conditions ever documented. Temperatures climbed to 25.3 degrees Celsius on April 12—the earliest such heat wave since measurements began.
July 1 delivered the year's peak temperature of 35.9 degrees Celsius in Uccle. The coldest reading came January 14, when mercury plunged to minus 4 degrees Celsius.
Sunshine duration exceeded typical levels, with nearly 1,800 hours logged in Uccle, securing fourth-sunniest ranking across the past 35 years.
Precipitation totaled just 615.9 millimeters in Uccle through December 18, 2025, positioning the year to claim the driest status since 1976 even if late-month rainfall materializes, a Flemish broadcaster reported.
Rain fell on only 143 days throughout the year—significantly beneath the historical norm of 190 days. By contrast, Uccle recorded approximately double that precipitation volume in 2024, underscoring increasingly erratic weather behavior.
"This kind of extreme weather will occur more frequently in the coming years due to climate disruption," meteorologist Sabine Hagedoren stated.
An extraordinarily arid spring fueled the deficit, ranking as the second driest since record-keeping commenced in 1833. Multiple nature reserves entered red alert status by late March over elevated wildfire danger, prompting officials to implement water conservation protocols amid supply concerns.
The year is simultaneously emerging as among Belgium's hottest on record. Uccle's average temperature currently registers 12.3 degrees Celsius (54.14 Fahrenheit), marginally surpassing previous peaks from 2020 and 2023.
With days remaining, the KMI anticipates the final average will stabilize near 12 degrees Celsius, positioning 2025 as joint-fourth warmest since 1833.
Though overall temperature records may survive, 2025 established a new milestone for the earliest summer conditions ever documented. Temperatures climbed to 25.3 degrees Celsius on April 12—the earliest such heat wave since measurements began.
July 1 delivered the year's peak temperature of 35.9 degrees Celsius in Uccle. The coldest reading came January 14, when mercury plunged to minus 4 degrees Celsius.
Sunshine duration exceeded typical levels, with nearly 1,800 hours logged in Uccle, securing fourth-sunniest ranking across the past 35 years.
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