What Do You Mean by 'Extreme Heat', Wasn't It Hot in the Past Too? Five Questions About Heat

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Yesterday it was hot and today and tomorrow it will be even hotter. Due to the extreme heat, today North Brabant, Limburg and Gelderland are even on code orange for dangerous weather, something that has only happened four times before and never so early in the year. But how special is that, this "extreme heat"? It is only July, summer has started and summer weather means high temperatures, right? Climate researcher Hylke de Vries of the KNMI ans…