Kempen Airport

EHBD · North Brabant, Netherlands

Climate Kempen Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kleine Brogel Air Base (EBBL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.0 42 32 31 38 39
February 61.5 46 44 61 69 65
March 71.8 69 57 82 73 79
April 79.7 65 75 78 88
May 82.9 75 83 81 96
June 83.5 86 79 78 89
July 83.2 76 89 73 77
August 82.4 71 85 74 89
September 78.1 71 75 76 83
October 73.7 74 76 70 72
November 58.6 52 65 40 67
December 41.0 36 33 39 47
Average 71.1 54.2 64.2 73.2 69.1 77.5

9th best VFR conditions of Belgium

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.2 76 72 62 64 67
February 85.0 80 77 86 80 90
March 88.6 90 81 94 90 90
April 91.4 84 91 91 95
May 94.4 90 94 95 99
June 91.9 92 86 90 97
July 93.9 89 97 88 93
August 92.1 87 92 89 96
September 89.1 80 89 91 93
October 89.7 89 89 86 93
November 79.8 83 85 65 86
December 70.7 70 64 69 78
Average 87.6 83.0 83.8 87.6 85.4 91.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.9 6 7 6 5 8
February 8.8 11 9 10 8 10
March 11.7 13 11 14 11 11
April 15.2 13 14 12 19
May 19.6 20 21 16 20
June 24.2 26 23 24 23
July 24.3 24 25 22 23
August 24.0 23 27 21 27
September 20.7 24 19 21 22
October 16.2 17 18 16 14
November 10.2 10 12 9 12
December 7.1 9 3 8 8
Average 14.9 9.7 15.9 16.5 14.4 16.2

1st highest temperature of Belgium

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.3 0 3 2 1 3
February 2.0 6 2 3 1 4
March 3.0 5 4 1 3 3
April 4.0 4 4 1 5
May 8.1 8 9 7 7
June 12.7 14 12 13 13
July 13.0 13 13 13 12
August 13.0 14 14 13 15
September 10.4 13 9 11 10
October 8.8 10 10 7 9
November 4.0 5 6 3 5
December 2.7 5 -2 3 3
Average 6.5 3.8 7.8 7.0 6.3 7.2

3rd lowest temperature of Belgium

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.0 21 23 13 20 11
February 14.7 23 13 22 15 19
March 12.7 13 27 4 8 10
April 7.3 14 12 8 3
May 5.2 8 5 10 2
June 5.5 4 10 7 5
July 6.4 16 2 10 7
August 6.7 12 4 9 4
September 8.0 8 19 3 4
October 12.7 18 12 14 13
November 13.6 21 14 15 3
December 17.1 27 9 15 16
Average 10.3 18.1 14.9 9.7 10.2 7.4

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.7 9 9 7 7 8
February 8.7 8 7 12 7 13
March 7.9 7 9 6 8 9
April 6.8 7 8 6 7
May 6.5 7 6 9 7
June 6.1 6 6 5 7
July 6.3 8 5 6 7
August 5.9 6 5 6 6
September 5.8 5 6 5 6
October 7.2 7 6 7 8
November 6.6 9 6 6 6
December 7.3 10 5 5 6
Average 6.9 7.7 7.4 6.4 6.5 7.3

1st highest wind speed of Belgium

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 233° 229° 238° 241° 221°
February 219° 252° 233° 126° 231°
March 219° 235° 071° 253° 225°
April 320° 020° 353° 054°
May 020° 254° 236° 009°
June 042° 259° 292° 237°
July 235° 281° 249° 250°
August 246° 014° 255° 227°
September 207° 235° 209° 236°
October 218° 220° 215° 214°
November 222° 206° 232° 212°
December 233° 092° 215° 209°

Prevailing wind direction

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