Statistics Hilversum Aerodrome 2019-2023

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 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	57.1	53	50	67	47	58
February	64.5	55	71	65	66	66
March	75.2	63	91	73	82	66
April	85.0	75	88	83	93	90
May	85.3	80	92	82	97	80
June	86.1	88	93	78	92	87
July	85.7	83	89	77	80	85
August	90.3	86	96	85	91	94
September	83.8	81	94	80	80	82
October	78.1	73	86	76	79	75
November	67.3	71	69	58	72	69
December	55.6		47	46	58	71
Average	79.1	75.6	84.4	74.7	81.0	79.0

3rd 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	81.9	84	86	91	71	85
February	84.5	83	92	80	92	84
March	92.0	87	97	92	98	88
April	95.7	89	98	97	99	98
May	95.4	94	97	98	100	90
June	96.1	98	98	92	98	97
July	96.1	93	98	93	93	99
August	98.0	97	99	98	98	99
September	95.1	96	98	96	92	94
October	94.4	90	95	93	97	92
November	87.4	92	91	83	89	91
December	76.8		82	65	82	86
Average	92.7	92.0	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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.8	8	8	6	9	6
February	8.1	9	10	8	9	10
March	10.5	10	13	10	10	11
April	13.7	12	13	10	16	16
May	17.7	17	18	15	18	16
June	21.9	24	21	22	21	22
July	22.4	22	23	22	21	23
August	22.6	21	25	21	25	23
September	19.7	23	20	21	20	19
October	15.6	16	17	15	14	15
November	10.4	11	11	10	12	9
December	7.4		4	8	8	8
Average	14.9	15.6	15.5	13.9	15.2	14.8

9th 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	2.2	4	3	1	4	2
February	2.3	3	4	1	5	3
March	3.4	4	3	3	4	5
April	5.5	5	6	3	6	7
May	8.9	9	9	7	8	7
June	13.3	14	13	13	13	13
July	14.1	15	14	14	13	14
August	14.4	14	16	14	16	14
September	11.8	14	12	13	11	12
October	9.5	11	10	9	9	9
November	5.3	6	6	5	6	4
December	2.9		-1	3	3	4
Average	7.9	9.1	8.1	7.1	8.2	7.7

12th 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	21.1	22	19	21	17	34
February	22.7	19	26	21	36	16
March	16.1	31	5	14	13	23
April	12.5	17	12	16	7	9
May	11.1	10	10	25	5	12
June	9.7	4	10	12	15	9
July	13.9	22	9	13	21	13
August	14.6	22	5	19	14	17
September	16.8	12	26	7	11	26
October	25.1	30	12	30	33	36
November	27.8	50	23	28	16	28
December	28.5		22	32	26	25
Average	16.8	19.7	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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	11.5	13	11	11	12	11
February	12.9	11	18	11	18	10
March	11.9	13	9	12	13	14
April	10.2	10	12	10	9	10
May	9.3	9	9	11	10	10
June	9.1	9	9	7	9	9
July	9.4	12	9	9	10	9
August	9.3	10	8	10	10	10
September	9.0	8	8	8	9	11
October	11.1	11	11	11	12	11
November	10.4	13	12	9	10	9
December	10.5		8	10	10	11
Average	10.2	10.6	9.8	9.6	10.8	10.2

9th 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	229°	258°	245°	216°	273°
February	256°	237°	139°	232°	214°
March	227°	092°	260°	208°	255°
April	025°	014°	348°	051°	078°
May	018°	268°	250°	331°	305°
June	023°	275°	341°	255°	226°
July	245°	281°	275°	255°	279°
August	260°	356°	274°	240°	232°
September	180°	249°	219°	226°	236°
October	205°	207°	206°	199°	200°
November	213°	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.