Climate D12-B 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of D15-FA-1 (EHDV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	61.0	59	66	65	63	51
February	64.6	53	65	80	68	64
March	61.8	60	58	67	49	85
April	71.5		65	77	74	73
May	63.5		58	86	63	47
June	69.8		70	79	71	71
July	69.5		80	85	57	77
August	64.6		75	88	64	72
September	73.8		79	85	61	71
October	68.0		62	78	70	68
November	62.9		61	63	60	66
December	58.6		63	79	51	41
Average	65.3	57.3	67.6	78.9	62.9	66.9

8th best VFR conditions of Netherlands

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	90.1	92	91	91	90	85
February	85.0	72	82	93	81	89
March	81.0	78	81	87	80	96
April	87.6		85	94	98	81
May	75.6		70	97	81	53
June	88.5		97	88	94	83
July	84.9		90	97	83	95
August	81.0		96	97	97	91
September	91.8		95	97	94	90
October	90.2		88	94	92	93
November	89.4		87	90	96	89
December	84.1		90	97	80	58
Average	84.5	79.8	87.5	93.5	89.0	83.4

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	7.4	7	8	8	7	9
February	6.8	8	8	6	6	8
March	6.7	8	7	4	7	8
April	8.0		8	7	7	9
May	10.7		11	9	10	11
June	14.5		16	13	15	15
July	17.0		17	17	17	16
August	17.9		17	19	17	19
September	16.5		18	17	17	16
October	14.2		14	15	15	14
November	11.1		11	13	11	12
December	8.7		9	8	9	9
Average	11.1	7.6	11.9	11.3	11.4	11.9

27th highest temperature of Netherlands

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	5.4	5	6	6	5	7
February	4.8	6	6	4	3	6
March	5.0	6	5	3	5	6
April	6.2		7	4	5	7
May	9.0		9	8	8	10
June	12.8		14	11	13	13
July	14.9		15	13	16	14
August	16.2		16	18	16	16
September	14.7		16	15	16	14
October	12.0		11	14	13	11
November	8.9		8	10	10	9
December	6.6		7	6	7	7
Average	9.2	5.8	9.9	9.3	9.7	10.0

16th lowest temperature of Netherlands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.2	13	9	8	12	6
February	14.4	22	10	11	15	20
March	10.7	12	16	3	21	4
April	6.1		11	5	3	2
May	8.4		12	8	10	0
June	7.3		3	9	6	12
July	6.0		14	6	3	9
August	5.8		10	2	5	7
September	7.4		6	10	5	6
October	12.0		19	7	8	17
November	11.1		19	13	3	6
December	12.5		16	12	17	3
Average	9.4	15.3	11.3	7.2	8.2	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	21.0	23	22	21	19	22
February	21.6	20	19	24	23	26
March	19.1	19	20	16	19	20
April	16.3		16	12	16	16
May	15.0		14	14	15	13
June	14.6		14	14	13	16
July	15.0		17	15	13	15
August	15.4		15	13	16	18
September	16.9		15	18	16	16
October	20.8		19	20	23	21
November	20.2		21	22	20	20
December	20.8		23	18	19	21
Average	17.8	20.2	17.2	16.4	16.8	17.8

27th 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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	264°	256°	274°	290°	240°
February	229°	281°	241°	150°	237°
March	169°	253°	081°	261°	206°
April		123°	360°	345°	105°
May		020°	224°	258°	277°
June		059°	206°	321°	162°
July		239°	269°	270°	256°
August		272°	219°	314°	188°
September		195°	348°	218°	275°
October		213°	224°	227°	217°
November		250°	189°	292°	221°
December		226°	352°	232°	193°

Prevailing wind direction

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