The mercury climbed to 13.3 ° C this Sunday at midday, at the Uccle weather station, thus signing a fourth consecutive daily record, said on Twitter the meteorologist David Dehenauw (IRM).
The previous record for January 2 was in 2003, with 13.1 ° C.
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The first day of the year had meanwhile seen the thermometer exceed 14 ° C.
The month of February 2021 had also seen a series of four daily records. The current series should end on Monday, with an expected cooling below 10 ° C.