So here we are in July, with a few more days of school for the youngest before the real start of the holidays. And this year, no jealousy towards the Flemish, since this first week does not look very positive in terms of the sky. We will have to count on rain this Tuesday and Wednesday, and to a lesser extent until the end of the week.We will see typical Belgian weather, very changeable, with rain almost every day, but also large clearings.summarizes Pascal Mormal, meteorologist at the IRM. Temperatures will, however, struggle to exceed – or even reach – 20 degrees, but this will rise towards the weekend to return to around seasonal averages.“
So it is once again a north-westerly maritime flow that will dominate the Belgian weather in the coming days, after a nice episode of heat punctuated by quite violent storms. But, don’t panic, we don’t seem at all to be heading for a nine-month blockage.Next week will be milder and drier, with a new summer signal around July 10“, reassures Pascal Mormal.
In France, we are even pointing to the start of the Olympic Games (July 26) as entering a truly summery and hot phase.In Belgium too, the second half of July will potentially be hot, and August is expected to be even hotter and drier, in fact.“, says our meteorologist.
All this while the month of June ended with a cumulative rainfall slightly above average.This is the ninth consecutive month that this has been the case, he says. This is unprecedented since records began in 1892. However, we are wrapping up a relatively normal month with an average of 16 degrees, compared to 16.7 degrees for the 1911-2020 reference period. In fact, 16 degrees is warmer than the averages of the 70s or 80s. This helps put things into perspective.“, he concludes.
