Statistics Lelystad Airport 2019-2022

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lelystad Airport (EHLE) between 2019 and 2022.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	38.2	32	49	34
February	56.4	59	59	51
March	71.6	85	59	72
April	79.2	76	71	90
May	82.5	86	73	89
June	80.9	88	73	81
July	72.7	84	63	72
August	80.6	90	70	82
September	73.3	85	68	67
October	69.7	76	70	63
November	56.6	60	48	61	58
December	39.5	38	32	31	56
Average	66.6	76.4	63.5	69.9	56.7

11th best VFR conditions of The 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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	77.0	80	82	70
February	87.6	91	77	95
March	92.8	93	91	94
April	96.7	96	97	97
May	96.2	96	95	98
June	95.5	99	91	96
July	92.1	97	89	90
August	95.4	99	94	94
September	90.8	96	89	88
October	91.4	92	89	94
November	82.2	87	77	82	83
December	71.8	76	61	71	80
Average	88.4	93.6	87.9	90.6	81.5

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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.9	7	5	8
February	8.6	10	7	9
March	10.8	13	10	10
April	13.3	13	10	17
May	16.9	18	15	18
June	21.7	21	22	22
July	21.6	23	22	21
August	23.3	25	20	25
September	19.7	19	20	20
October	15.2	17	15	14
November	10.2	11	10	12	8
December	6.7	4	7	8	8
Average	13.0	15.4	13.6	15.1	7.9

10th highest temperature of The Netherlands

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.6	3	1	4
February	2.7	4	0	4
March	1.9	1	3	3
April	3.3	4	2	4
May	7.4	9	7	7
June	12.2	11	13	13
July	12.7	13	14	12
August	13.9	14	13	15
September	10.6	10	12	10
October	8.0	9	8	8
November	4.7	6	5	5	3
December	2.2	-1	3	3	3
Average	6.0	6.9	6.5	7.4	3.0

7th lowest temperature of The Netherlands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	15.7	15	17	16
February	21.3	20	12	31
March	8.9	5	11	11
April	10.7	13	17	3
May	13.2	10	26	5
June	9.9	9	7	14
July	11.9	7	11	18
August	10.2	4	14	13
September	13.4	21	8	12
October	20.8	13	21	29
November	12.5	12	12	14	12
December	15.9	11	16	26	10
Average	12.6	10.8	14.1	14.7	10.8

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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	10.1	10	10	11
February	13.7	16	10	16
March	10.5	8	11	13
April	10.0	11	10	9
May	9.2	9	10	9
June	8.0	8	7	9
July	8.2	8	8	9
August	8.3	8	9	8
September	7.4	7	7	8
October	9.6	9	10	10
November	9.0	10	8	9	9
December	8.8	7	9	9	10
Average	9.2	8.9	8.9	9.8	9.3

10th highest wind speed of The Netherlands

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	252°	234°	216°
February	237°	145°	230°
March	085°	266°	218°
April	020°	343°	049°
May	279°	249°	332°
June	288°	340°	258°
July	292°	283°	258°
August	003°	281°	238°
September	266°	214°	225°
October	207°	204°	196°
November	184°	230°	200°	177°
December	150°	204°	188°	208°

Prevailing wind direction

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