The opening of the Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel was officially opened, linking France and Britain under the sea. The weather and the sky over Coquelles that day.

The weather that day

• 10.9 to 11.6 °C, rain, 6.9 mm of rain.
• A southwest wind, 21 km/h on average, and pressure from 1017 to 1018 hPa.

The sky

• Sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 21:22.
• The moon: waning crescent, 16% lit.

Its name

Hyetance Sweep: Rain, 6.9 mm of it, and wind from the southwest: spring in Coquelles.

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