Discover the Wettest Place in Belgium: Hautes Fagnes and its Abundance of Rain

2023-07-28 14:09:04

Despite the summer, the rain has been abundant in Belgium in recent days. The opportunity to look at the place where it rains the most in our country. The last news reports that the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI) has analyzed a series of data over the past 30 years to find the wettest place in Belgium.

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“The normal annual amounts of precipitation in Belgium vary from one to two on Belgian territory: from 700 mm/year for the northern part of Hesbaye to almost 1400 mm/year for the Hautes Fagnes region. »says the MRI.

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In Belgium, a total of 910 mm of rain falls per year. The rainiest region is the Hautes Fagnes. For what ? The terrain that is more rugged. “The orientation of the slopes in relation to the directions of the winds bringing the majority of the rains (SW) also plays a role”, explains the IRM.

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