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Belgian weather blog December 2010
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| 1 | Tmin = Tmax garden -4,8°C. During the night very cloudy with Sc with a few snowflakes. Sc broke up in forenoon leaving Cs Ac. From 1400 again Sc overcast with light snow starting 1500 onwards. Total snow in garden 3 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 13 cm, Kleine Brogel & Liège 5 cm, Zaventem & Koksijde 3 cm, Forennes 2 cm. See also pictorial report. | ||
| 2 | Light snow till 0900, total in garden 5 cm. Tmin -7,0°C, Tmax -3,0°C. Very cloudy with St, Sc. From 1700 on, light snow adding <1 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 15 cm, Kleine Brogel 13 cm, Elseborn 8 cm, Liège & Diest 7 cm, Deurne 6 cm, rest 5 cm or less. | lg -3,5 | -4,8 |
| 3 | Light snow eased of 0300. Total snow garden 6 cm. Tmin -9,2°C, Tmax -2,0°C. Very cloudy with St, sometimes the sun briefly visible. Between 1600-1900 freezing fog, clearing skies fterwards with some Ci. Around 2000 T dropped to -9,7°C, then rising due to picking up winds. Top snow: Mont Rigi 17 cm, Kleine Brogel 13 cm, Diest 8 cm, Zaventem 7 cm, Liège 6 cm, rest 5 cm or less. | fs -0,6 | -2,0 |
| 4 | A few rays of morning sunshine, soon very cloudy with Sc, Ac, Ci. Light to moderate snow 1200-1430 = 1 cm. Remaining Sc overcast, again light to moderate snow 1600-2030 = 3 cm. Then light to moderate rain. Snow in garden maximum 8 cm, dwindled tot 5 cm by midnight. Top snow: Mont Rigi 18 cm, Kleine Brogel 11 cm, Zaventem 8 cm, rest 5 cm or less. The rain ended a five day cold wave and is described in this pictorial report. | gh 1,2 | 0,3 |
| 5 | Overcast with rain, from morning onwards mixed with some wet snow till 1500 = 11 mm. Clearing skies from 2330. In morning many snow patches left, by evening fewer patches. Top snow: Mont Rigi 38 cm, Florennes 17 cm, Liège & Charleroi 7 cm. | fn 4,8 | 2,4 |
| 6 | Tmin garden -1,8°C. Forenoon some Sc fields, disappearing but with trailing thick Ci overhead. Top snow: same as yesterday. | fn 4,8 | 1,6 |
| 7 | Tmin garden -5,1°C, Tmax garden -1,0 reached towards midnight. By 0500 St overcast lasting the whole period. Top snow: Mont Rigi 35 cm. | fn 0,0 | -1,5 |
| 8 | Tmin garden -1,2°C, Tmax garden -0,1°C. St overcast with a few snow grains late forenoon. Clearing skies after 1900. A feeble snow showers around 2300. Top snow: Mon Rigi 35 cm. | fn 4,5 | -0,8 |
| 9 | Tmin garden -3,2°C. Some light rain showers around 0500 afterwards cloudy to partly cloudy with Sc, clearing skies from 2000. Top snow: Mont Rigi 38 cm, Elsenborn 30 cm. | aw 5,3 | 3,6 |
| 10 | Sc overcast from midnight onwards, later also St with sometimes light rain drizzle till noon = 3 mm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 40 cm, Elsenborn 32 cm. | fn 7,6 | 5,5 |
| 11 | Very cloudy to overcast with St, later Sc with some minor breaks in afternoon. Top snow: Mont Rigi 36 cm. | aw 7,7 | 6,8 |
| 12 | Cloudy to very cloudy with Sc, in the afternoon a few light rain showers = <1 mm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 28 cm. | sz 7,8 | 6,5 |
| 13 | Tmin garden -6,6°C, Tmax garden -1,1°C (till 1900, but afterwards before midnight rising to 0,6°C). Starting with some sun, but from onwards invading Ac, thickening in afternoon with some feeble snow 1800-1900 & around 2300 some flurries as well = < 0,5 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 26 cm and new is Kleine Brogel with 1 cm. | sz 1,5 | -0,7 |
| 14 | Just after midnight temperature 0,9°C, afterwards descending to Tmin garden -3,8°C and staying below 0°C rest of period. By sunrise clearing Sc, from 1130 again very cloudy with Sc. Top snow: Mont Rigi 32 cm, Elsenborn 22 cm. | fn 0,4 | -1,5 |
| 15 | Tmin garden -4,9°C. After some large breaks between 0600-0800 light snow = < 0,5cm, afterwards turning into rain showers till 1400. Top snow: Mont Rigi 34 cm, Elsenborn 23 cm and new Liège & Florennes 3 cm, Charleroi & Kleine Brogel 2 cm, Deurne 1 cm. | fn 5,2 | 2,5 |
| 16 | Tmin garden -1,8°C. From 0400 Sc overcast with light to moderate rain = 8 mm. Tmax was reached between 1615-1745 with 3,8°C, but from 1800 rapid descending with abrupt veering winds to NNE and precipitation turning to ice pellets and a few minutes later to snow which eased off 2100 = 2 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 49 cm, Elsenborn 36 cm, Florennes 10 cm, Beauvechain 5 cm, Liège and Zaventem 3 cm, Diest & Deurne 2 cm, Kleine Brogel 1 cm. Check also pictorial report. | fn 6,4 | 3,9 |
| 17 | Tmin garden -3,8°C, Tmax garden -0,2°C. After some nightly breaks a snow shower 0715-1830 adding 1 cm to the present 2 cm in garden. Afterwards very cloudy with As, Cs, clearing from noon with nice blue skies giving color on the nice winter landscape. Top snow: Mont Rigi 51 cm, Florennes 10 cm, Elsenborn 37 cm, Beauvechain 7 cm, Deurne 5 cm, Zaventem & Liège 4 cm, Kleine Brogel, Charleroi & Diest 3 cm, Semmerzake 2 cm. | fn 1,0 | -1,1 |
| 18 | Tmin garden -6,2°C. Tmax -1,1 late evening. After large breaks between 0300-0700 snow which at first was briefly moderate adding 2 cm to the already present 3 cm in garden. After sunrise clearing skies leaving some Ci. Towards evening increasing Cs, later Ac, Sc. Some feeble snow from 1730 onwards but adding only traces. Top snow: Mont Rigi 51 cm, Elsenborn 36 cm, Florennes 12 cm, Zaventem 7 cm, Kleine Brogel 5 cm, Koksijde & Ostend 3 cm. Check also pictorial report. | bt -0,9 | -2,0 |
| 19 | Tmin garden -4,0°C. Tmax -0,1°C. Some light snow 0330-0600 adding 1 cm to the present 5 cm. Staying very cloudy with As, Ac, later Sc. From 1230 till midnight light to moderate snow adding 5 cm: total gardens snow = 11 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 74 cm, Elsenborn 53 cm, Florennes 36 cm, Liège 18 cm, Kleine Brogel & Ghent 12 cm, Zaventem 10 cm, Ostend & Koksijde 5 cm. Check also pictorial report. | ci 1,5 | -0,4 |
| 20 | Tmin garden -5,4°C. Tmax garden -2,7°C. St overcast till 0300 then Sc, then As, late forenoon clearing giving way to blue skies on a beautiful winter landscape. After 2200 invading Cs. Snow in garden dwindled to 10 cm. Top snow: same as yesterday adding Beauvechain 15 cm, Diest 13 cm, Chievres & Semmerzake 9 cm, Deurne 7 cm. | sz 3,5 | 0,0 |
| 21 | Tmin garden -7,2°C. Tmax garden 1,7°C. Light to moderate snow 0030-0300 adding 4 cm to the present 10 cm. Afterwards light freezing rain &drizzle till 0400. Entire period St overcast misty and sometimes drizzle. Snow height garden dwindled to 8 cm by midnight. Top snow: Mont Rigi 70 cm, Elsenborn 54 cm, Florennes 36 cm, Beauvechain 20 cm, Liège 18 cm, Charleroi 15 cm, Diest 13 cm, Deurne & Kleine Brogel 12 cm, Ukkel 9 cm, Semmerzake 7 cm, Koksijde 6 cm, Ostend & Chièvres 5 cm. | be 2,1 | 1,7 |
| 22 | St overcast with fog and some drizzle. Temperature <0°C from 1900 on. Light snow from 2130 onwards adding 1 cm to the present 4 cm. Top 5 snow: Mont Rigi 66 cm, Elsenborn 53 cm, Florennes 34 cm, Liège 18 cm, Charleroi 13 cm. | sp 3,1 | 0,3 |
| 23 | Tmin garden -2,4°C, Tmax -0,3°C. Snow eased off around 0330. Total in garden 7 cm. Sc overcast, from 1500 light to moderate snow adding 3 cm to the present 7 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 62 cm, Florennes 36 cm, Charleroi 24 cm (more presumable 14 cm), Kleine Brogel 20 cm, Zaventem 8 cm. | fn 2,3 | -0,7 |
| 24 | Tmin garden -2,2°C, Tmax -1,4°C. Snow eased off around 0930. Total in garden 16 cm. Very cloudy with Sc. Top snow: Mont Rigi 69 cm, Liège 32 cm, Diest 30 cm, Kleine Brogel 26 cm, Beauvechain & Charleroi 25 cm (more presumable 15 cm), Ukkel 16 cm, Zaventem 14 cm. Check also the pictorial weather report. | fn 2,5 | -1,3 |
| 25 | Cloudy with Sc, clearing late forenoon with some Ci. Between 1930-2130 light snow shower adding 1 cm to the present 15 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 69 cm, Liège 30 cm, Kleine Brogel 25 cm, Ukkel 16 cm, Charleroi 15 cm (was corrected), Zaventem 12 cm. | sz 2,2 | 0,4 |
| 26 | Tmin garden -6,4°C which was reached before midnight of previous evening. Tmax 3,3°C! Some sleet showers in forenoon, afterwards cloudy to very cloudy with St. Temperature again below 0°C from 2230 onwards, so snow height in garden dwindled to 13 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 67 cm, Liège 30 cm, Kleine Brogel 23 cm, Charleroi 15 cm, Ukkel 14 cm, Deurne & Zaventem 12 cm. | aw 4,4 | 2,0 |
| 27 | Tmin garden -1,8°C. Tmax 0,8°C. Very cloudy with St, clearing by 1100, but then very cloudy with Ac, Cs. Snow in garden still 13 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 66 cm, Liège 25 cm, Kleine Brogel 21 cm, Charleroi 14 cm, Zaventem 8 cm, Deurne 7 cm. | gh 0,7 | -0,3 |
| 28 | Tmin garden -1,7°C. Tmax 1,4°C. Very cloudy to overcast with Ac, As later also Sc. Light rain 1100-1200. Some ice pellets 1300-1500. Light intermittent rain-drizzle afterwards. Snow in garden dwindled to 11 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 64 cm, Florennes 40 cm, Liège 23 cm, Kleine Brogel 21 cm, Zaventem 8 cm. Deurne 7 cm, Ghent 4 cm. | gh 2,2 | 1,2 |
| 29 | Whole period St overcast, misty and sometimes fog. Snow garden dwindled to 8 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 63 cm, Florennes 40 cm, Kleine Brogel 19 cm, Liège 16 cm, Ukkel 8 cm, Zaventem 6 cm. Deurne 5 cm. | fn 4,9 | 2,5 |
| 30 | Whole period misty or fog but the St layer broke from the afternoon onwards inducing freezing fog from sunset onwards. Snow garden dwindled to 6 cm. Top snow: Mont Rigi 62 cm, Florennes 33 cm, Kleine Brogel 15 cm, Liège 13 cm, Zaventem 4 cm. | bl, dt 4,9 | 2,1 |
| 31 | Tmin garden -3,7°C. Fog lifted from 0300 onwards. Whole period St overcast with from noon tempo slight drizzle. Snow garden dwindled to 5 cm. Top Snow: Mont Rigi 60 cm, Florennes 33 cm, Kleine Brogel 12 cm, Liège 8 cm, Charleroi 7 cm, Zaventem 2 cm. | fn, os 3,2 | 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. |