L5-C

EHMF · Friesland, Netherlands

Climate L5-C 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of L9-FF-1 (EHMG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.5 52 39 52 49 35
February 54.1 46 58 54 63 44
March 59.4 58 51 65 47 66
April 74.8 66 79 80 86
May 72.7 58 82 53 88
June 72.4 70 82 62 73
July 78.1 80 81 61 78
August 83.1 79 87 72 85
September 77.3 77 91 61 73
October 67.7 54 72 71 64
November 60.9 60 58 55 58
December 48.6 45 61 36 43
Average 67.1 52.7 63.8 75.0 60.4 69.8

13th 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 80.4 84 87 84 87 66
February 78.6 72 83 77 79 78
March 82.3 77 79 84 85 87
April 89.2 82 94 97 96
May 86.7 75 96 77 97
June 88.2 94 95 80 84
July 92.8 92 94 87 90
August 96.2 96 95 97 96
September 93.6 97 99 90 90
October 89.3 85 93 88 90
November 82.7 91 76 85 82
December 73.9 74 93 62 73
Average 86.2 77.0 86.6 91.2 85.3 87.5

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 7.6 7 9 8 7 9
February 7.2 9 8 8 5 9
March 7.8 9 8 9 7 8
April 9.6 10 10 8 10
May 12.7 12 13 11 13
June 16.5 17 16 16 16
July 18.4 18 19 18 17
August 19.4 18 21 18 20
September 17.8 20 18 18 18
October 15.2 16 16 16 15
November 11.3 12 12 12 12
December 8.6 9 7 9 9
Average 12.1 8.4 13.0 13.2 12.0 12.9

21st 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 4.9 5 6 6 4 7
February 4.7 7 6 5 2 6
March 5.3 7 5 6 5 6
April 7.0 7 7 5 8
May 10.0 10 11 8 10
June 13.8 14 14 13 14
July 15.9 16 16 16 15
August 17.0 17 18 16 18
September 15.2 17 15 16 16
October 12.5 12 14 13 12
November 8.7 9 10 9 9
December 6.0 6 4 6 6
Average 9.6 5.9 10.4 10.7 9.5 10.3

21st 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 9.6 13 9 4 14 11
February 11.6 19 3 14 11 21
March 8.9 8 12 5 11 1
April 5.1 6 5 2 3
May 5.4 6 6 12 1
June 6.7 5 6 7 8
July 4.6 11 5 4 5
August 5.4 7 3 6 6
September 7.7 5 7 5 3
October 10.9 15 5 10 18
November 10.8 25 8 10 5
December 12.1 17 7 13 11
Average 8.2 13.1 9.2 5.8 7.9 6.8

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 22.0 23 24 22 20 24
February 22.7 21 19 29 24 28
March 19.6 18 22 15 20 20
April 17.7 18 18 17 17
May 15.7 15 15 16 13
June 15.3 16 14 14 16
July 15.6 19 16 15 16
August 15.8 16 13 17 18
September 16.7 15 17 15 17
October 21.9 21 21 22 23
November 21.3 23 24 20 21
December 21.5 23 18 20 21
Average 18.4 20.3 18.4 17.6 17.6 18.6

21st 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 245° 235° 266° 261° 232°
February 224° 276° 240° 164° 231°
March 198° 233° 107° 253° 221°
April 080° 038° 344° 078°
May 027° 245° 241° 305°
June 056° 240° 003° 174°
July 235° 267° 275° 242°
August 243° 054° 287° 207°
September 201° 322° 224° 227°
October 222° 214° 217° 204°
November 001° 200° 275° 215°
December 288° 164° 218° 196°

Prevailing wind direction

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