Saturday night was the coldest night of the year so far with temperatures at the Royal Meteorological Institute’s headquarters in the Brussels municipality of Ukkel falling to almost -7°C. Saturday night’s minimum temperatures were just below the previous record lows for 2022 that were recorded earlier this week.
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Coldest night of the year so far as temperatures fell to -6.8°C at the Ukkel Weather Centre
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As the week has worn on it has been getting colder and colder. On Saturday night temperatures fell lower that they have done all year. The -6.8°C recorded at Ukkel was the lowest temperature recorded this year.
Not only in Ukkel, but also a numerous other locations across the country was Saturday night the coldest night so far this year.
The VRT’s weatherman Frank Debossere told VRT News that "In Diepenbeek, in Limburg Province, for example it was -11°C. The freezing temperature mean that once again we’re being asked to be carefull as there will not doubt be patches of ice and black ice.
Where in Flanders was it the couldest?
· West Flanders: Beitem, -7.1°C
· East Flanders: Melle -8.6°C
· Antwerp Province: Sint-Katelijne-Waver -8.9°C
· Flemish Brabant: Zaventem -7.2°C
· Limburg Province: Diepenbeek -11°C
Frank Debossere says that the temperatures will gradually start to rise and it will start raining in the late afternoon. Temperatures will continue to rise and by Monday afternoon will should they reached around +10°C.