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Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. | The European Heat Wave of 2006 is a period of exceptionally hot weather that arrived in early to mid July 2006 in certain European countries. The UK, Benelux, and Germany are most affected. Several records were broken. The extreme weather conditions lead to discomforts such as dehydration, cooling of powerplants, increased energy consumption, and drought in those countries. The period of hot weather is expected to continue, although not as extreme. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Satellite image of the Benelux countries Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Benelux Benelux (or Bénélux) is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring monarchies, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. ...
Dehydration (hypohydration) is the removal of water (hydor in ancient Greek) from an object. ...
A drought or an extreme dry periodic climate is an extended period where water availability falls below the statistical requirements for a region. ...
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Belgium Belgium is also experiencing the second heat wave of the season, the third in the north-eastern province of Limbourg. It's not unusual for Belgium to see through two heatwaves, but both of them occuring before mid-summer is. On July 19, 2006, temperatures in the whole country rose to 36°C which makes it the hottest day in almost 60 years, while the station of Kleine Brogel measured up to 37.5°C and in Genk to 38.3°C Limbourg is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. ...
July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Peer is a municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. ...
Genk is a city located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. ...
On July 20, the Belgian Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI [1]) reports that the mid july heat wave will continue for at least 5 more days, with a tropical 30°C and higher expected in most of the south and north east of the country. There have been 27 consecutive days of warm weather above 25°C on July 21 in the sandy region of the Campine(Dutch : de Kempen) July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ...
RMI is a TLA that can refer to: The Remote Method Invocation in the Java programming language. ...
July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ...
Campine (Dutch and Flemish Kempen) is a moor of swamp and sandy peat to the east of Antwerp, a coal-producing region with Turnhout as its main town. ...
France Heat in France has destroyed many crops just days before the harvest period, while French officials say at least 9 people have already been killed by the heat thusfar, but this number is expected to rise as the heat is expected to continue, with temperatures of 40°C in Paris and Bordeaux.[2] Look up crop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Ireland Ireland had the sunniest June in over 40 years (and temperatures reached or exceeded 25°C in some places every day for over two weeks, 29°C was the highest recorded) and experienced the warmest temperatures in over a decade (since the heat wave of 1995) when 31.5°C was recorded at Kilkenny Castle on 18 July 2006, and temperatures reached 29°C in most places. On 19 July 2006, 31°C was recorded at Baldonnel Aerodrome, just outside Dublin. Previously, the 30°C mark had only been reached in recent times in 1976, 1983 and 1995. The warmest ever recorded in Ireland was 33.3°C recorded in 1887. It is thought that temperatures will remain above average for the next few weeks, with temperatures expected in the mid-to-late twenties everyday. The daily maximum averages in Ireland in July only vary from 18°C-23°C. RTÉ News Look up June in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...
July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ...
Baldonnel Aerodrome is an airfield to the south west of Dublin, Ireland situated off the N7 main road route to the south and south west. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...
Netherlands The Netherlands are experiencing the second heat wave of the year since July 19, 2006, which is the first time since the summer of 1948 according to the Dutch Meteorogical Service (KNMI). [3]. Only July 21, the KNMI statistics showed that the month of july is the warmest July on record for the Netherlands up until now. Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...
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July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
Short for Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute). ...
July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ...
Earlier, a 4-day walking event had been cancelled after only one day as several people collapsed during the first day and two of them eventually died due to a fatal heat stroke. Forecasts showed even higher temperatures to 36°C for the next day, and so the organization decided the cancel the remainder of the event. [4] Entry The International Four Day Marches Nijmegen (or Vierdaagse) is the largest marching event in the world. ...
Hyperthermia is an acute condition resulting from excessive exposure to heat, it is also known as heat stroke or sunstroke. ...
United Kingdom At 14:32pm BST on Wednesday 19th July 2006, it was confirmed that the previous highest July maximum temperature (36.0 C at Epsom in 1911) had been beaten at Charlwood, near Gatwick Airport with a temperature of 36.3°C. Later it was confirmed that Wisley had recorded a temperature of 36.5°C. This confirmed that the period of prolonged warm weather was a true heatwave. However, despite some predictions, the United Kingdom's all-time temperature high of 38.5C (101.3F) attained at Faversham, Kent, on 10 August 2003 was not reached. Charlwood is a small village in southeastern Surrey, on the northwest perimeter of Gatwick Airport. ...
Gatwick Airport (IATA Airport Code: LGW, ICAO Airport Code: EGKK) is Londons second airport and the second largest airport in the UK after Heathrow. ...
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