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Belgian weather blog January 2009
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| 1 | Happy New Year. Tmin garden -5,0°C. Tmax garden -1,0°C. Freezing fog lifted by 0300, remaining very cloudy to overcast with St, by sunrise only Sc. | ||
| 2 | Tmin garden -2,3°C. Tmax garden 1,1°C. Snow flurries 1030-1100 turning the landscape a bit white, and some snowgrains around 1400 in a furthermore Sc overcast day. | os 4,1 | 0,6 |
| 3 | Tmin garden -7,0°C. Tmax garden -2,1°C. Cloudiness broke after midnight, freezing fog 0600-1700, sometimes a weak sun was visible. A broken Sc layer arrived from the north from 1700 on. | bl 3,9 | -2,3 |
| 4 | Tmin garden -2,0°C. Tmax garden 0,8°C. Very cloudy to overcast with Sc, sometimes slight snowgrains. | os 2,7 | 0,5 |
| 5 | Tmin garden -0,5°C. Tmax garden 0,5°C. Light snow 0030-1100 giving 7 cm afterwards some snowgrains or light flurries till 1700, then gradually clearing skies and by midnight -8,5°C. Some snow heights: Mont Rigi 12 cm, Kleine Brogel, Beauvechain & Elsenborn 10 cm, Diest & Florennes 9 cm, Liège & Charleroi 8 cm, Ukkel & Zaventem 7 cm, Deurne 4 cm. | fn, os 3,0 | 0,3 |
| 6 | Tmin garden -13,5°C. Tmax garden -7,1°C. Gardens snow height: 6 cm. Besides some Ci, clear skies. Top snow: Mont Rigi 12 cm. Lowest Tmin: Ernage -14,0°C, lowest Tmax: Charleroi -9,8°C. Towards midnight Tgarden reached an incredible -16,7°C ! | fn -0,1 | -7,2 |
| 7 | Tmin garden -17,6°C. Tmax garden -0,4°C. Gardens snow height: 6 cm. By the morning becoming Sc overcast with some snow flurries 0700-1000. Around 1845 briefly a combination of light snow, ice pellets and freezing rain. Small breaks afterwards. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 10 cm. A grip of the lowest Tmin of this morning: Ernage -21,9°C, Elsenborn -21,4°C, Diepenbeek -20,7°C, Retie -19,7°C, Kleine Brogel -19,0°C, Dourbes -18,6°C, Diest -17,0°C, Liège -15,5°C, Florennes -15,1°C, Chièvres -14,8°C, Deurne & Charleroi -14,7°C, Zaventem -14,1°C. Lowest Tmax: Liège -4,2°C. | os 4,9 | -1,3 |
| 8 | Tmin garden -5,6°C. Tmax garden -2,0°C. Gardens snow height: 6 cm. Just after midnight freezing fog lasting till noon, afterwards remaining misty with lots of St, sometimes the sun vaguely visible. Top snow cover: Kleine Brogel 9 cm. Lowest Tmin: Elsenborn -12,3, lowest Tmax: Ernage -4,6°C. | uk 0,3 | -3,5 |
| 9 | Tmin garden -9,4°C. Tmax garden -4,3°C (reached just after midnight, during the day not higher than -5,9°C). Gardens snow height: 5 cm. Freezing fog 0100-1030, afterwards sunny but misty with a beautiful rimed landscape. Top snow cover: Kleine Brogel 9 cm. Top 5 lowest Tmin: Ernage -17,4°C, Elsenborn -16,9°C, Charleroi -15,0°C, Kleine Brogel -14,9°C, Liège -14,4°C. Lowest Tmax: Deurne -6,6°C. | lb, mr 2,2 | -5,1 |
| 10 | Tmin garden -16,2°C. Tmax garden -3,8°C. Gardens snow height: 5 cm. Sunny, towards the evening some Ci. Top snow cover: Kleine Brogel 9 cm. Top 6 lowest Tmin: Kleine Brogel -16,7°C, Ernage -16,4°C, Elsenborn -14,6°C, Deurne -13,7°C, Chièvres -13,5°C, Zaventem -13,4°C. Lowest Tmax: Ernage -3,5°C. | lb 3,0 | -3,4 |
| 11 | Tmin garden -11,4°C. Tmax garden 3,9°C. Gardens snow height: 4 cm. Sunny with some (thick) Ci. Top snow cover: Kleine Brogel 8 cm. Top 5 lowest Tmin: Elsenborn -11,1°C, Kleine Brogel -11,0°C, Diest -10,3°C, Chièvres -10,0°C, Deurne -9,9°C. | uk 5,3 | 4,1 |
| 12 | Tmin garden -0,3°C. Tmax garden 5,8°C. Gardens snow height of 4 cm dwindled to traces by midnight. Cloudy to very cloudy Ac, later towards sunset also Sc. Light rain from 1900 on. Top snow cover: Kleine Brogel & Mont Rigi 6 cm. This one week winter pleasure has been described in a pictorial report. | uk 6,9 | 5,7 |
| 13 | Overcast with intermittent (light) rain & drizzle giving 10 mm by midnight. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 5 cm. | lg 6,0 | 5,1 |
| 14 | Very cloudy to overcast with St, during the afternoon lifting to Sc. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 4 cm. | bl 5,0 | 4,4 |
| 15 | Around 1100 the Sc layer moved NW-wards leaving Ci, afternoon tempo lots of them. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 4 cm. | be 6,7 | 6,0 |
| 16 | Tmin garden -1,4°C. Very cloudy with Ac, As, Cs, towards sunset lowering to Sc later also St. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 3 cm. | aw 4,6 | 4,3 |
| 17 | Very cloudy with St, light rain 1200-1500 = 1 mm. Afterwards breaks. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 3 cm disappearing during the day. | fn 9,8 | 7,8 |
| 18 | Very cloudy to overcast with (light) rain 0400-0530 & showery rain 1030-1330. Total amount 9 mm. Breaks from 1530 on. Today, during the afternoon, weak thunderstorms over provinces Liège, Luxembourg & Hainaut. | gh 8,0 | 7,0 |
| 19 | Rainy 0630-1100. Breaks from 1400 on, but also showers 1600-1900. Total rain:7 mm. Top gust Koksijde 49 kt, Ostend & Beitem 45 kt, Zaventem & Chièvres 43 kt, Diest, Gent & Beauvechain 41 kt. | dt 11,0 | 10,1 |
| 20 | Partly cloudy with Cu, Sc. From sunset on very cloudy with a couple of showers giving 5 mm. | dt 7,9 | 7,2 |
| 21 | Tmin -0,6°C. Mostly very cloudy with St, Sc. | bl 6,3 | 4,5 |
| 22 | Very cloudy to overcast with light intermittent rain or drizzle 0700-1800 giving 4 mm. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 3 cm. | fn 9,1 | 5,3 |
| 23 | Very cloudy to overcast, rainy 0100-0930, 1100-1200 & 1400-2030 giving 24 mm. Couple of breaks around noon & from 2200 on. Top gust: Koksijde 49 kt, Ostend, Beitem, Chièvres & Ernage 47 kt, Mont Rigi 43 kt, Elsenborn & Florennes 41 kt. Rest between 35-39 kt. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 9 cm. | aw, dt 9,4 | 9,3 |
| 24 | Tmin garden -0,1°C. Cloudy to very cloudy with Ci, Ac, afternoon also some Sc. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 8 cm. | bl 6,8 | 5,5 |
| 25 | Tmin garden -0,3°C. Forenoon partly cloudy with Ci, Ac, afternoon very cloudy with Ac, As. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 8 cm. | bl 7,1 | 5,3 |
| 26 | Tmin garden -1,7°C. Very cloudy with Cs, As, Sc, break from 2300 on. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 8 cm. | fn 7,8 | 4,5 |
| 27 | Tmin garden -2,5°C, Tmax garden -0,6°C. Freezing fog 0700-1700, afterwards remaining misty and St overcast. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 8 cm. | fn 5,0 | -1,3 |
| 28 | Tmin garden -3,4°C. From 0800 the St disappeared, leaving lots of Ci. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 8 cm. | bl 5,7 | 4,0 |
| 29 | Tmin garden -3,4°C. Sunny, but with lots of thin Ci. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 7 cm. | uk 4,0 | 2,5 |
| 30 | Tmin garden -6,0°C. Sunny, but with some Ci. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 7 cm. | uk 7,4 | 4,6 |
| 31 | Tmin garden -3,2°C. Sunny with in the west trailing Ci. Top snow cover: Mont Rigi 7 cm. | gh 3,4 | 2,2 |
Note: all times are Central European Time
| Legend: TxBE (°C) = Top Tmax Belgium, TxBR (°C) = Tmax Zaventem. aw = Deurne, be = Beauvechain, bl = Kleine Brogel, br = Zaventem, bt = Beitem, ci = Charleroi, cv = Chièvres, dt = Diest, er = Ernage, fn = Koksijde, fs = Florennes, gh = Ghent, lb = Elsenborn, lg = Bièrset, mr = Mont-Rigi, os = Ostend, sh = Saint-Hubert, sp = Spa, sz = Semmerzake, uk = Ukkel. |