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Second regional heatwave declared as more records fall

The Netherlands officially had a regional heatwave on Thursday, with temperatures topping 30 degrees in parts of the south and east and record-breaking temperatures in De Bilt. It was officially the hottest August 25 on record, with Thursday’s temperature hitting a high of 31.6 degrees in De Bilt, near Utrecht, breaking the 2019 high of 31.3. For warm weather to be considered a national heatwave, the temperature in De Bilt, home of the national weather service KNMI, must reach 25 degrees for five days in a row, with three of those days hitting 30 degrees. De Bilt hit these highs on August 13, but the recent rise did not last long enough to qualify for a second national heatwave.

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