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3 unusual facts about Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute


Den Haan Rotterdam B.V.

The part of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute that approved and certified the nautical lights, compasses and instruments in Rotterdam closed in 1988.

Rotterdam Marathon

The 2007 event was stopped after the three and a half hours because of extreme weather conditions; the KNMI meteorological institute described conditions as "unseasonal" and race day was the warmest ever recorded in the city for the month of April, with temperatures reaching a high of 34 °C.

Sylvia Barlag

Between 1983 and 1989 she worked as a researcher at CERN, and then between 1989 and 2006 at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.


Cyclone Quimburga

The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute headquarters in De Bilt has a courtyard which features a representation of the pressure map of the Quimburga storm.


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