Drachten Airfield

EHDR · Friesland, Netherlands

Climate Drachten Airfield 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Leeuwarden Air Base (EHLW) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 39.4 38 41 33 37 54
February 45.2 26 38 48 55
March 54.1 44 47 67 44
April 66.2 56 53 64 73
May 66.8 57 57 68 57
June 68.5 67 70 72 60
July 65.9 53 59 69 59
August 72.4 69 60 79 60
September 69.8 64 68 78 61
October 56.8 45 41 64 63
November 47.4 37 50 41 46
December 34.4 20 29 36 32
Average 58.7 38.0 50.2 51.7 62.8 56.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 73.2 65 82 74 76 83
February 76.5 64 73 85 74
March 82.2 72 75 84 88
April 90.8 91 81 91 98
May 90.1 83 86 91 93
June 91.1 94 91 95 79
July 91.6 91 88 92 86
August 94.5 93 93 96 94
September 90.8 92 93 93 94
October 83.2 74 78 84 85
November 73.9 66 82 70 69
December 62.1 52 61 67 54
Average 83.6 65.3 81.4 82.4 86.9 84.9

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.1 5.9 5.9 7.4 7.2 5.2
February 7.3 9.3 8.4 8.5 5.7
March 9.5 10.6 8.9 11.3 8.9
April 12.7 13.1 11.9 12.4 9.6
May 16.8 19.8 15.8 17.0 13.5
June 20.1 18.5 22.1 19.8 21.0
July 21.2 20.8 21.1 21.1 21.8
August 21.9 22.8 20.6 23.8 19.6
September 19.0 19.6 21.6 18.8 19.6
October 14.8 14.9 15.0 16.0 14.5
November 9.8 9.5 10.1 10.5 9.8
December 7.0 8.0 7.9 4.0 6.7
Average 13.0 5.8 14.4 14.2 14.5 13.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.7 0.9 1.5 3.2 3.2 0.3
February 2.0 5.0 1.9 3.3 -1.8
March 2.8 5.0 3.2 1.9 2.3
April 4.4 6.0 4.0 4.2 1.7
May 8.0 10.5 7.7 7.5 6.7
June 11.8 11.1 12.0 11.0 12.0
July 13.5 13.5 13.9 12.9 14.9
August 13.9 14.5 13.0 13.8 14.0
September 11.3 11.9 12.6 11.1 12.1
October 9.1 8.4 10.0 10.0 8.5
November 4.7 4.0 5.2 5.4 5.9
December 2.9 4.2 3.9 -2.8 2.0
Average 6.5 0.8 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 21.4 37 22 25 13 17
February 20.4 26 12 35 15
March 15.5 14 28 13 11
April 13.8 29 16 17 12
May 9.7 14 10 15 18
June 11.1 15 8 17 6
July 14.6 23 27 12 8
August 11.3 11 15 8 14
September 16.8 24 16 29 6
October 18.8 14 32 15 17
November 25.3 29 50 22 13
December 22.2 25 25 22 19
Average 17.2 37.1 20.0 21.3 17.4 12.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 11.5 11 12 13 12 10
February 12.3 12 11 17 10
March 11.6 11 13 9 12
April 11.1 13 11 13 11
May 9.2 8 9 10 10
June 9.0 10 9 9 8
July 9.2 9 11 9 8
August 8.9 9 9 8 10
September 8.7 10 8 8 8
October 10.2 9 11 10 10
November 9.8 9 12 10 9
December 10.6 12 12 8 10
Average 10.1 11.3 10.2 10.6 10.0 9.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 213° 242° 231° 262° 234°
February 221° 270° 243° 137°
March 231° 237° 079° 264°
April 251° 007° 303° 348°
May 079° 013° 272° 261°
June 273° 352° 270° 347°
July 251° 244° 286° 295°
August 231° 264° 347° 291°
September 217° 200° 288° 237°
October 189° 223° 210° 211°
November 232° 215° 184° 238°
December 228° 244° 160° 210°

Prevailing wind direction

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