Statistics De Peel Air Base 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Volkel Air Base (EHVK) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	35.6	26	26	45	32	41
February	55.5	35	50	68	58	62
March	63.9	43	81	69	77	60
April	73.4	53	71	73	90	87
May	80.4	70	83	75	94	76
June	81.6	86	80	78	88	88
July	77.1	64	82	67	74	84
August	77.3	65	80	71	84	85
September	75.4		73	78	76	78
October	67.5		68	68	64	63
November	53.5		59	45	56	52
December	38.1		26	39	39	51
Average	68.9	56.8	68.7	66.9	73.3	72.2

18th best VFR conditions of 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	75.6	83	68	74	68	73
February	84.3	76	87	79	92	85
March	87.8	80	92	91	93	90
April	92.6	85	95	93	97	97
May	94.7	91	97	93	99	92
June	94.4	97	94	90	96	96
July	93.3	88	95	88	92	97
August	92.7	89	94	89	96	97
September	91.1		90	93	90	92
October	87.9		84	85	92	85
November	79.4		83	72	80	83
December	71.0		70	68	74	70
Average	89.0	86.5	89.0	86.2	90.8	90.1

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.2	8	7	6	8	5
February	8.4	9	10	8	10	11
March	11.3	11	13	11	11	12
April	14.6	13	14	11	18	17
May	19.2	19	21	16	20	17
June	23.6	26	23	24	23	25
July	24.0	23	25	23	22	25
August	24.2	23	27	21	27	25
September	20.0		20	21	21	20
October	16.1		18	16	15	15
November	10.2		12	9	12	9
December	7.0		3	8	8	8
Average	15.6	16.4	16.3	14.4	16.1	15.6

5th highest temperature of Netherlands

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	1.5	3	2	1	3	0
February	1.3	2	3	0	4	1
March	2.5	4	1	2	3	4
April	4.1	4	4	1	5	5
May	8.1	9	9	7	6	6
June	12.6	14	12	13	12	13
July	13.1	13	13	14	12	13
August	13.3	13	15	13	15	13
September	10.0		10	11	10	10
October	8.3		9	8	8	9
November	3.6		4	3	5	3
December	2.1		-3	3	3	3
Average	6.8	7.7	6.8	6.2	7.1	6.7

5th lowest temperature of Netherlands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	19.4	33	16	14	11	22
February	18.2	21	32	15	22	9
March	18.8	42	6	8	13	19
April	10.9	26	14	8	2	3
May	7.9	13	7	15	3	7
June	7.4	9	15	6	6	5
July	10.1	22	8	11	11	5
August	10.0	25	6	10	6	6
September	12.1		25	6	6	10
October	13.8		12	16	17	23
November	11.5		11	11	6	16
December	16.6		16	7	20	18
Average	11.9	24.0	13.4	10.3	9.2	10.3

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.1	11	8	9	9	8
February	9.9	8	13	8	14	8
March	9.2	9	7	9	11	10
April	8.0	8	9	7	8	8
May	7.0	7	7	9	7	7
June	6.6	7	7	5	7	7
July	6.9	9	6	6	7	6
August	6.7	7	6	7	7	8
September	6.9		6	6	7	8
October	8.2		7	8	9	9
November	7.6		8	7	8	7
December	8.1		5	8	8	9
Average	7.7	8.2	7.3	7.2	8.3	7.7

5th highest wind speed of Netherlands

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	223°	241°	227°	213°	252°
February	256°	230°	138°	225°	214°
March	230°	087°	250°	188°	243°
April	212°	010°	338°	068°	083°
May	015°	253°	231°	344°	288°
June	030°	236°	317°	224°	207°
July	230°	277°	242°	242°	271°
August	242°	343°	249°	214°	224°
September		222°	198°	212°	227°
October		206°	205°	202°	199°
November		192°	225°	199°	184°
December		154°	207°	194°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

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