Tue Jul 25, 7:59 AM ET>

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - July 2006 is on track to be the hottest month in> the Netherlands since temperatures were first measured in 1706, the> Dutch meteorological institute KNMI said on Tuesday.>

Average daily temperatures in the first 24 days of July were a record> of 22.3 degrees Celsius (72.14F) compared with the previous record of> 21.4 degrees in July 1994 and normal average temperatures of 17.4, the> KNMI said.>

"July 2006 is the hottest month ever," it said in a statement.>

Dutch temperature records, launched in the beginning of the 18th> century, are among the oldest in the world. Methodical> thermometer-based records began on a more global basis around 1850.>

Dutch meteorologists say they cannot make a direct link between global> warming and the heatwave in Europe, although the KNMI has forecast a> clear warming trend in the next 50 years and an increasing number of> heatwaves.>

Temperatures in the Netherlands rose as high as 36-37 degrees last> week, when two people died during a walking event which was later> canceled.>

See http://news.yahoo.c­om/s/nm/20060725/sc_­nm/weather_dutch_dc

So the weather in the Netherlands is world news... amazing ­

It is raining today. Gonna enjoy my vacation.