Sunday was the coldest September 23 in the Netherlands on record, with the temperature not rising about 10.9 degrees at the De Bilt weather station near Utrecht.

The temperature normally hovers around 18 degrees during the day and 10 degrees at night at this time of year, Amara Onwuka of weather website Buienradar said on Monday.

The temperature is set to rise a little this week, and Wednesday and Thursday will be dry and sunny with temperatures of around 20 degrees. It will, however, be chilly at night – as low as four degrees on Tuesday, the KNMI weather service said.