The weather in Europe this July is, effectively, a tale of two halves. In the north of the continent, temperatures have been far below average, with significantly more rain than normal, while the south is battling heat waves and wildfires. In Belgium alone, June marked the ninth month in a row with more rain than usual – a new record for the country, the worst for 119 years. Mid-June saw a month’s worth of rain fall in just one week which led to floods in several regions. It was also a far less sunny month than an ordinary June, a sentiment shared across much of the rest of northern Europe, wh…