First natural ice of the season: skaters in Winterswijk on ice 2.5 millimetres thick
The first local frost of the autumn came later than usual. Winterswijk opened its natural-ice rink for about two and a half hours, and the weekend stays chilly.
Skaters got the first natural ice of the season in Winterswijk on Friday morning. The rink opened at 7:30 and closed around 10:00. The ice was only 2.5 millimetres thick, and the sun soon melted it.
The first frost of the autumn
It was the first local frost day of the autumn, later than usual. It froze in parts of Brabant, Limburg and Zeeland. The lowest reading was minus 1.2 degrees in Woensdrecht. In De Bilt it stayed just above zero.
The weekend
The weekend stays chilly, according to the KNMI forecast. Tonight it can freeze again inland, with mist in places. Saturday reaches about 6 degrees. Sunday is milder, around 10 degrees, with a few showers, mainly near the coast. Monday looks mostly dry. There are no weather warnings.
