The seasons of the year

Just as almost everybody else, I am sensitive for the changes in the seasons, and it would be strange if I would not occasionally write about it in my online diary. There is one weather phenomena about which I wrote a lot, so much even, that I made a separate page for it, namely snow. Sightings of rainbows are listed separately.

Below a list of entries containing remarks about weather phenomena and such.

February 20, 1995: First leaves are appearing.
March 1, 1995: Sun, rain, sun.
December 21, 1995: A frozen car.
October 24, 1996 : Exceptional warm weather.
Sunday, March 29, 1998: Spring.
November 30, 1999: Red evening sky.
May 29, 2000: Thunder storm with hail.
July 7, 2000: Surprised by lighting.
July 19, 2000: A mushroom on the grass.
August 1, 2000: Thunder storm with fog.
August 30, 2000: Autumn is coming.
September 16, 2000: leaves on the car.
December 8, 2000: Extremely soft weather.
December 19, 2000: Ice on the car for the first time this winter.
December 24, 2000: Black ice.
April 19, 2001: Winter weather with some hail.
September 8, 2001: Typical authum weather.
February 23, 2002: Hail!
June 6, 2003: Thunderstorm.
February 20, 2004: Cold.
April 1, 2004: Magnolia.
May 3, 2004: Wet.
February 28, 2005: Very cold.
April 3, 2005: Magnolia.
April 7, 2005: Hail in sun light and some rainbows.
May 1, 2005: First summer day.
May 26, 2005: Hot.
May 27, 2005: Tropical birthday.
October 29, 2005: Extremely warm weather.
March 25, 2006: Spring.
April 21, 2006: Magnolia.
October 16, 2006: Gloves.
November 16, 2006: Extremely soft weather.
November 25, 2006: Again extremely soft weather.
November 30, 2006: Warmest Fall in 300 years.
January 10, 2007: Spring has come.
January 18, 2007: Storm.
January 19, 2007: Storm.
January 23, 2007: Cold.
February 1, 2007: January warmest on record.
February 8, 2007: Weather alarm: Heavy snowfall.
February 12, 2007: Thunder from a clear sky.
March 1, 2007: Warmest winter on record.
March 12, 2007: Sitting outside.
March 25, 2007: Magnolia.
April 14, 2007: Summer has started.
April 15, 2007: Hottest day in April ever.
April 25, 2007: Where is the rain?
Monday, May 7, 2007: Rain graph.
June 11, 2007: De Puntmuts.
August 21, 2007: Cold.
January 20, 2008: Cold in China.
February 9, 2008: First day of the spring.
February 11, 2008: Sitting outside.
Saturday, March 22, 2008: Cold Easter.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008: First official summer day.
Sunday, May 11, 2008: Hot Pentecost.
Monday, June 2, 2008: Hot May month.
Sunday, June 22, 2008: Thunderstorm.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009: Sitting outside.
Friday, April 3, 2009: First day of Spring.
Friday, April 10, 2009: Magnolia.
Firday, July 3 2009: Drop in temperature.
Thursday, August 20, 2009: Hottest day.
April 6, 2010: Magnolia.
Saturday, April 17, 2010: Blue sky.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012: Magnolia.
Friday, May 24, 2013: Winter coat.
Friday, May 6, 2016: Temperature swing.
Thursday, August 11, 2016: Temperature at zero.
Monday, September 16, 2016: Chestnuts.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018: 13.7° Celsius.
Saturday, March 17, 2018: Snow and cold.
Thurday, April 19, 2018: Almost 30°.
Monday, May 28, 2018: 29.4°.
Monday, July 9, 2018: first rain in many days.
Saturday, July 21, 2018: Thunder.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018: Dark cloud.
Friday, August 3, 2018: Record regional heat wave.
Thursday, August 9, 2018: 29 day long heat wave.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018: Last summer day.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018: 18.1° Celsius.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019: 19.2° Celsius.
Sunday, June 2, 2019: First hot day.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019: 35.3° Celsius.
Thursday, July 4, 2019: -1.6° Celsius.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019: 37.6° Celsius.
Wednesday, July 25, 2019: 40.2° Celsius.
Wednesday, July 31, 2019: Super heatwave
Thursday, August 29, 2019: heatwave
Sunday, September 22, 2019: Spring?
Thursday, December 19, 2019: 15° Celsius.
Friday, January 31, 2020: 12.3° Celsius.
Sunday, February 16, 2020: 17.4° Celsius.
Monday, March 30, 2020: -5.6° Celsius
Monday, April 6, 2020: 23.3° Celsius
Friday, May 15, 2020: -1.8° Celsius
Monday, June 1, 2020: Sunniest spring
Sunday, August 9, 2020: 32.2° Celsius
Monday, August 10, 2020: 32.9° Celsius
Tuesday, August 11, 2020: 34.6° Celsius
Thursday, August 13, 2020: Eight tropical days
Monday, August 17, 2020: Heat wave
Tuesday, September 15, 2020: 32.1° Celcius
Monday, November 2, 2020: 19.4° Celcius
Sunday, February 21, 2021: 18.0° Celsius
Monday, February 22, 2021: 16.7° Celsius
Tuesday, February 23, 2021: 18.3° Celsius
Wednesday, February 24, 2021: 18.5° Celsius
Wednesday, March 31, 2021: 24.4° Celsius
Sunday, May 9, 2021: Suddenly warm
Wednesday, June 16, 2021: 30.2° Celsius
Thursday, June 17, 2021: 33.6° Celsius
Thursday, December 30, 2021: 14.1° Celsius
Friday, December 31, 2021: 13.8° Celsius
Saturday, January 1, 2022: 13.5° Celsius
Sunday, April 3, 2022: -5.8° Celsius
Thursday, June 23, 2022: 32.1° Celsius
Tuesday, July 19, 2022: 37.7° Celsius
Sunday, August 14, 2022: 32.1° Celsius
Tuesday, August 23, 2022: 30.6° Celsius
Wednesday, August 24, 2022: 32.3° Celsius
Wednesday, August 25, 2022: Local heat wave
Thursday, September 1, 2022: Sunny, dry hot summer
Tuesday, September 9, 2022: Small chestnuts
Sunday, September 18, 2022: 12.1° Celsius
Friday, October 28, 2022: 22.7° Celsius
Saturday, October 29, 2022: 22.1° Celsius
Saturday, November 12, 2022: 15.3° Celsius
Saturday, December 31, 2022: 16.2° Celsius
Sunday, January 1, 2023: 15.7° Celsius
Tuesday, April 4, 2023: -3.7° Celsius
Sunday, June 11 4, 2023: 30.2° Celsius
Monday, June 12, 2023: 29.7° Celsius
Sunday, June 18, 2023: Some rain
Tuesday, June 20, 2023: Rain!
Saturday, July 8, 2023: 32.8° Celsius
Thursday, September 7, 2023: 30.0° Celsius
Friday, September 8, 2023: 29.8° Celsius
Sunday, September 10, 2023: Regional heat wave
Tuesday, December 26, 2023: Flooding
Monday, Janaury 1, 2024: Wettest and hottest
Thursday, January 11, 2024: -9.4° Celsius
Saturday, April 6, 2024: 25.3° Celsius

Rainbows

Sightings of rainbows:

July 16, 1999: Rainbow.
April 15, 2000: Many complete double rainbows.
October 11, 2000: Complete double rainbow.
October 17, 2000: Complete rainbow.
April 10, 2001: Rainbow behind me.
August 16, 2001: Rainbow while biking to my office.
July 21, 2002: Rainbow from home.
May 1, 2003: Rainbows.
July 4, 2003: Faint rainbow.
November 3, 2003: Rainbow.
May 3, 2004: Complete rainbow.
June 12, 2004: Rainbow in a cloud.
June 23, 2004: Rainbow low at the horizon.
September 21, 2004: Faint rainbow.
November 5, 2004: Fragment of a rainbow.
April 7, 2005: Hail in sun light and some rainbows.
May 8, 2005: A fragment of a rainbow.
July 20, 2005: In the evening a fragment of a rainbow.
October 4, 2006: Almost complete rainbow.
December 9, 2006: A complete double rainbow.
February 12, 2007: Thunder with double rainbow.
March 18, 2007: Fragment of a rainbow.
May 11, 2007: Beautiful double rainbow.
October 18, 2007: Rainbow.
November 9, 2007: Faint partial rainbow.
November 11, 2007: Very bright double partial rainbow.
December 7, 2007: An almost complete double rainbow.
February 2, 2008: Fragment of a rainbow.
June 13, 2008, around 21:05: A complete double rainbow.
Juli 11, 2008, around 21:05: A complete, but slightly faint, rainbow.
June 21, 2009, from 19:03 till 19:17: Several rainbows, including one bright, complete double rainbow.
September 13, 2009, around 19:59: A partial, slightly faint rainbow.
March 28, 2010, around 18:26: A fragment of a rainbow near the horizon.
March 31, 2010: Two rainbows.
July 12, 2010: Rainbow in mid-air
September 17, 2010 at 9:04: Partial rainbow while turning from A1 to A50.
April 12, 2011, 8:33-36: For a second a complete single rainbow.
June 23, 2011, 18:15-20: A (almost) complete double rainbow.
September 18, 2011, 16:47: Single complete rainbow.
October 8, 2011, 8:09: Partial double rainbow.
January 5, 2012, 12:53: Partial double rainbow from back-garden.
January 6, 2012, 15:11-15:15: Full double rainbow while driving in Hengelo.
February 19, 2012: Full single rainbow.
April 11, 2012, 17:07-09: Partial single rainbow.
June 8, 2012, 19:18-20: Complete single rainbow (before and after: partial).
August 26, 2012: Four partial rainbows around 18:02, 18:17, 18:59 and 19:12.
September 18, 2012, 17:42: Fragment of a rainbow.
October 2, 2012, 18:58: Small fragment of a rainbow during sunset.
October 26, 2012, 13:32: Circumzenithal arc
February 3, 2013, 10:51: Faint, possible complete single rainbow.
May 11, 2013, 18:25: Complete single/partial double rainbow.
September 6, 2013: Small fragment after thunder storm passes over.
November 25, 2013, 14:00: Small fragment.
April 8, 2014: Complete, double for a moment, rainbow.
May 9, 2014, 20:14-18: Double rainbow (only saw part).
August 18, 2014, 18:08-10: Partial, vague, double rainbow.
August 22, 2014, 19:30-33: Complete single, partial double rainbow.
August 23, 2014, 18:33: Partial single rainbow.
October 16, 2014, around 16:25: Complete single, faint rainbow. (Picture).
November 12, 2014, around 16:46: Complete single, partial double, almost half round, slightly orange rainbow.
December 24, 2014, 12:35: Partial single rainbow.
April 2, 2015, 17:47: Faint, partial single rainbow.
June 21, 2015, 17:08: Top of the rainbow, very faint, just above the field.
July 29, 2015, 20:37: Bright, partial double rainbow.
August 10, 2015, 20:40-21:10: Bright, double, round rainbow.
September 16, 2015, 19:19-23: Partial, not very bright rainbow.
September 22, 2015, 16:50-51: Complete, single, not very bright raibow. (Picture).
October 6, 2015, 18:44: Partial, partially double, rainbow. (Seen while driving.)
October 26, 2015, 15:27: Small circumzenithal arc.
December 21, 2015, 9:07: Partial rainbow.
March 28, 2016, 17:12: Sunlit hail.
April 23, 2016, 19:03: Possibly complete, single rainbow. Gone very quickly.
December 2, 2016, 15:27-38: First a partial single rainbow, then after a break, a bright, double partial changing into a fully single rainbow.
February 28, 2017, between 17:50 and 18:00: Complete rainbow at sunset
July 9, 2017 around 20:45: Two sun dogs
September 19, 2017, 19:10-20: A partial (right side) single rainbow.
October 20, 2017, 16:08: A half (right side) single rainbow.
November 26, 2017, 11:14: A half (left side) single rainbow.
February 3, 2018, 16:36: Full single rainbow.
March 12, 2018, around 15:46: Faint, partial single rainbow.
April 4, 2018, around 17:59: Complete, but not very bright, single rainbow.
April 4, 2018, 19:52-54: Complete single rainbow (bright at the edges). At 19:45 and 19:48 also saw partial single rainbow.
October 1, 2018, 11:42: A partial (top) single rainbow.
October 18, 2018, 8:35-38: Complete, but not very bright, single rainbow (with sun at 4 degrees above horizon).
October 24, 2018, 16:57: Faint, small part (right side) single rainbow.
November 29, 2018, 16:11: Single rainbow.
March 24, 2019, 9:31-33: Single complete rainbow.
April 24, 2019, 9:48: A half (right side) single rainbow.
June 8, 2019, 17:05: Rather difuse fragment in a far away cloud.
July 6, 2019, 21:32-42: A half (right side) single rainbow as sunset. (Picture).
September 5, 2019, 18:44-51: Bright double (full) rainbow.
December 8, 2019, 14:59: Partial (left) faint rainbow.
December 8, 2019, 15:10-13: Partial (left) double rainbow.
December 8, 2019, 14:16: Partial (right) rainbow.
December 8, 2019, 14:20-21: Complete faint rainbow.
January 28, 2020, 13:43: Small fragment (right side) of single rainbow.
February 18, 2020, 15:25-27: Partial (left) rainbow. (Picture).
March 3, 2020, 14:47-51: Complete single rainbow. (Picture).
March 4, 2020, 16:57: Small fragmen (righ side) of single rainbow.
March 9, 2020, 17:20-25: Partial rainbow, first right, then also left, ending in full single rainbow.
March 9, 2020, 17:29: Full (barely visible) single rainbow.
March 9, 2020, 17:33: Partial rather bright, right, double rainbow.
March 9, 2020, 17:36-37: Bright right single rainbow fragment.
March 9, 2020, 17:39-40: Bright left single rainbow fragment.
March 12, 2020, 8:56: Partial (left) single rainbow.
March 12, 2020, 17:41-42: Complete single rainbow.
June 15, 2020, 21:56-22:00: Complete single 'red' rainbow.
August 1, 2020, 5:56-6:00: Complete single 'red'rainbow. (Picture).
September 23, 2020, 17:04-17:10: Complete single rainbow, also a bit double on the right side. Rather bright with some supernumerary bands. (Picture).
September 23, 2020, 17:31-17:38: Partial (right) rainbow, which started as a full rainbow.
October 9, 2020, 18:15-20: Complete single rainbow, also for some time double on the right side and some supernumerary bands.
October 22, 2020, 17:37: Flash of a fragment of a rainbow at the horizon.
November 12, 2020, 13:52: Almost complete, single rainbow.
November 18, 2020, 14:45-48: Complete (shifting from left to right) single rainbow.
January 10, 2021, 15:14 - 15:27: Cloud bow (Picture).
March 14, 2021, 13:48: Single rainbow low at the horizon.
March 14, 2021, 15:08: Fragments of a rainbow in the sunlit rain showers of a cloud.
March 15, 2021, 17:20: Partial (left) single rainbow.
May 4, 2021, 17:28: Complete, faint single rainbow.
May 21, 2021, 18:57 - 19:01: Complete single rainbow.
June 18. 2021, 20:42: Faint (probably) complete single rainbow.
September 27, 2021, 19:00 - 19:02: Complete single rainbow.
October 22, 2021, 9:33: Complete, faint single rainbow.
January 5, 2022, 13:37 - 13:39: Almost complete rainbow, starting left, moving to right.
January 9, 2022, 14:09: Faint, almost complete rainbow.
February 14, 2022, 14:21-26: Complete double rainbow.
September 9, 2022, 18:13-20: Complete double rainbow
September 16, 2022, 17:41-46: Complete single rainbow, which became quickly fragmented, but right side remained visible.
September 17, 2022, 18:57 - 19:00: Partial (left) rainbow.
September 17, 2022, 19:07 - 19:09: Double (possibly complete) rainbow.
September 18, 2022, 18:57: Single rainbow.
March 27. 2023, 15:53: Partial (top), not very bright single rainbow.
March 31, 2023, 17:17-17:19: Single complete rainbow.
April 21, 2023, 20:00-20:20: Bright, double complete rainbow.
September 13, 2023, 9:40-47: Single, complete rainbow.
October 28, 2023, 16:11-13: Single, faint, complete rainbow, while driving through light rain and sunshine.
November 24, 2023, 8:30-31,33: Partial (right) rainbow at some distance.
November 25, 2023, 14:27-29: Double complete rainbow.
January 1, 2024, 14:32-34: Single, complete rainbow.
February 25, 2024, 15:50-51: Single, complete rainbow barely visible for the larger part.
April 9, 2024, 19:20: Single partial (left) rainbow.

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