watch David Dehenauw’s weather analysis for this afternoon on the RTL Info 1 p.m.

Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 4:40 p.m.

The month of July, which is about to end, was the seventh driest month of the year since 1885, meteorologist David Dehenauw told the 1:00 p.m. newspaper of RTL Info on Sunday noon.

There was barely 5 mm of rain recorded in Uccle, the reference station of the Royal Meteorological Institute, against 3 mm in 1885. The normal average in July is around 70 mm of rain, explained David Dehenauw.

Check out David Dehenauw’s analysis in the video below:

On the other hand, we did not beat a drought record, because the measurements then relate to 90 days. For the moment, it is still the period May-July 1976 which holds it.

According to other elements of the climatological report of the IRM, the absolute temperature record recorded in Belgium was also not beaten this month. It still dates back to July 25, 2019, when there were 41.8 degrees in Begijnendijk, Flemish Brabant.