[Watser?]

When I left in mid-December the river Waal (basically the main branch of the Rhine) was at a very unseasonable low. Two weeks later I heard it was overflowing its banks, which in itself is not unusual, but it is definitely very unusual for it to rise so fast. We had a very unseasonably warm (and dry) September and October after the wettest Summer in recent history (even by Dutch standards). So yeah, pretty unusual weather all year round.