The temperature on December 14, 1997 was between 2.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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Day of cremation December 18, 1997
The temperature on December 18, 1997 was between 0.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
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