Statistics Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 2019-2022

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM) between 2019 and 2022.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	57.8	50	67	47	58
February	66.1	71	65	66	66
March	77.2	91	73	82	66
April	86.7	88	83	93	90
May	86.3	92	82	97	80
June	85.7	93	78	92	87
July	86.2	89	77	80	85
August	91.0	96	85	91	94
September	84.3	94	80	80	82
October	79.0	86	76	79	75
November	66.8	69	58	72	69
December	55.6	47	46	58	71
Average	79.6	84.4	74.7	81.0	79.0

3rd best VFR conditions of The Netherlands

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	81.6	86	91	71	85
February	84.7	92	80	92	84
March	92.9	97	92	98	88
April	96.8	98	97	99	98
May	95.6	97	98	100	90
June	95.8	98	92	98	97
July	96.6	98	93	93	99
August	98.3	99	98	98	99
September	95.0	98	96	92	94
October	95.1	95	93	97	92
November	86.6	91	83	89	91
December	76.8	82	65	82	86
Average	92.8	95.5	91.5	93.7	92.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.7	8	6	9	6
February	8.0	10	8	9	10
March	10.7	13	10	10	11
April	14.0	13	10	16	16
May	17.7	18	15	18	16
June	21.6	21	22	21	22
July	22.5	23	22	21	23
August	22.9	25	21	25	23
September	19.2	20	21	20	19
October	15.5	17	15	14	15
November	10.4	11	10	12	9
December	7.4	4	8	8	8
Average	14.8	15.5	13.9	15.2	14.8

9th highest temperature of The Netherlands

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.0	3	1	4	2
February	2.2	4	1	5	3
March	3.3	3	3	4	5
April	5.5	6	3	6	7
May	8.8	9	7	8	7
June	13.1	13	13	13	13
July	14.0	14	14	13	14
August	14.4	16	14	16	14
September	11.5	12	13	11	12
October	9.3	10	9	9	9
November	5.2	6	5	6	4
December	2.9	-1	3	3	4
Average	7.7	8.1	7.1	8.2	7.7

12th lowest temperature of The Netherlands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	20.9	19	21	17	34
February	23.4	26	21	36	16
March	13.6	5	14	13	23
April	11.8	12	16	7	9
May	11.4	10	25	5	12
June	10.7	10	12	15	9
July	12.5	9	13	21	13
August	13.4	5	19	14	17
September	17.6	26	7	11	26
October	24.4	12	30	33	36
November	24.0	23	28	16	28
December	28.5	22	32	26	25
Average	16.3	13.2	18.5	16.5	18.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	11.2	11	11	12	11
February	13.2	18	11	18	10
March	11.7	9	12	13	14
April	10.1	12	10	9	10
May	9.4	9	11	10	10
June	9.1	9	7	9	9
July	9.0	9	9	10	9
August	9.2	8	10	10	10
September	9.2	8	8	9	11
October	11.2	11	11	12	11
November	10.0	12	9	10	9
December	10.5	8	10	10	11
Average	10.1	9.8	9.6	10.8	10.2

9th highest wind speed of The Netherlands

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	258°	245°	216°	273°
February	237°	139°	232°	214°
March	092°	260°	208°	255°
April	014°	348°	051°	078°
May	268°	250°	331°	305°
June	275°	341°	255°	226°
July	281°	275°	255°	279°
August	356°	274°	240°	232°
September	249°	219°	226°	236°
October	207°	206°	199°	200°
November	181°	232°	200°	174°
December	126°	204°	183°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.