The Netherlands recorded its first local tropical day of the year in Ell, Limburg, where temperatures reached 30.0 degrees Celsius at 2:40 p.m. Saturday, WeerOnline reports. In the meantime, the warm weather also drove heavy crowds to the coast, filling parking areas in Zandvoort and Scheveningen.A local tropical day is defined as a day when at least one official measurement station in the country reaches 30 degrees.

The Netherlands recorded its first local tropical day of the year in Ell, Limburg, where temperatures reached 30.0 degrees Celsius at 2:40 p.m. Saturday, WeerOnline reports. In the meantime, the warm weather also drove heavy crowds to the coast, filling parking areas in Zandvoort and Scheveningen.A local tropical day is defined as a day when at least one official measurement station in the country reaches 30 degrees.