Saturday would be the warmest Oct. 18 in the Netherlands since the temperatures were measured and tracked in 1901, weather agency weeronline declared on Saturday.
Around 4:30 p.m. the temperature was 23 degrees Celsius in the town of De Bilt. The former record for Oct. 18 was measured in 1921 at 22.9 degrees.
The night from Saturday to Sunday will also be warm, with the temperature expected to stay above 15 degrees, while the records for highest minimum temperature for Oct. 18 and 19 stand at 13.8 and 14.1 degrees respectively.
Sunday will be a warm day as well with temperatures of 20 degrees or higher.
After Sunday the late summer weather ends. According to weeronline, Monday is a day with rain, followed by two real autumnal days.