Winter coldest in 12 years

This winter has been the coldest in 12 years, with an average temperature of just 2.1 Celsius compared with an average of 3.3, says weather bureau KNMI.


The winter was also dry (135mm of rain compared with an average 194mm) and sunny (230 hours of sunshine compared with 172 hours in a normal year).

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