HOORN-A

EHQE · North Holland, Netherlands

Climate HOORN-A 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of De Kooy Airfield (EHKD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.1 39 36 40 51 38
February 49.2 34 41 53 57 53
March 56.2 53 45 70 50 70
April 68.4 56 66 72 88
May 69.5 53 74 61 89
June 69.9 71 74 64 77
July 70.2 64 73 59 70
August 71.9 60 84 60 80
September 71.1 67 81 61 70
October 60.3 45 69 65 59
November 53.4 53 44 51 61
December 42.6 37 47 34 43
Average 61.5 42.3 54.0 66.8 58.5 69.6

21st 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 81.8 89 83 84 89 63
February 80.6 72 82 89 70 88
March 85.1 85 78 89 84 95
April 88.6 79 89 98 98
May 89.5 80 95 91 98
June 90.4 93 95 84 94
July 92.1 90 94 87 89
August 96.1 96 96 96 96
September 93.3 94 98 92 90
October 89.7 84 90 87 91
November 83.7 89 81 85 84
December 74.2 75 85 66 71
Average 87.6 81.8 85.9 91.2 86.9 89.9

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.7 7 8 8 6 9
February 7.5 9 9 9 6 9
March 9.1 11 9 11 9 9
April 11.9 11 12 10 14
May 15.4 15 16 13 16
June 19.3 21 19 19 19
July 20.7 20 21 20 19
August 21.2 20 23 19 23
September 18.8 21 19 20 19
October 15.2 16 17 15 14
November 10.5 11 11 11 12
December 7.8 9 5 8 8
Average 13.1 9.0 14.1 14.5 12.9 14.1

14th 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 3.1 3 5 4 2 5
February 3.1 6 4 4 1 5
March 4.0 6 4 4 4 4
April 5.8 6 6 4 6
May 9.2 10 10 8 9
June 13.3 15 12 13 13
July 14.4 15 14 14 13
August 15.1 15 16 15 17
September 12.7 14 12 13 12
October 10.4 11 11 10 9
November 6.1 6 7 7 7
December 3.8 5 0 4 4
Average 8.0 4.8 9.0 8.6 7.9 8.7

13th 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 20.7 19 22 22 19 18
February 20.5 26 6 35 18 29
March 16.9 20 23 13 15 8
April 13.5 16 21 17 4
May 9.7 9 15 20 4
June 9.3 4 14 9 12
July 11.9 23 7 7 12
August 14.1 22 8 19 12
September 20.4 18 35 5 12
October 22.9 31 12 25 34
November 31.2 55 27 32 12
December 23.9 34 15 23 27
Average 17.1 21.5 20.9 17.8 16.0 13.7

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 13.1 13 14 12 12 14
February 13.8 14 11 18 12 18
March 12.3 11 13 9 12 14
April 11.1 12 12 11 11
May 9.8 9 10 11 10
June 9.4 10 10 8 9
July 10.4 13 10 9 11
August 10.0 11 8 10 10
September 9.7 9 8 9 10
October 12.3 13 12 12 13
November 12.0 14 13 10 12
December 11.8 14 9 10 10
Average 11.2 12.6 11.7 10.8 10.3 11.4

14th 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 243° 233° 260° 248° 224°
February 213° 266° 238° 151° 232°
March 211° 227° 076° 254° 198°
April 023° 341° 351° 044°
May 016° 260° 255° 328°
June 008° 272° 360° 284°
July 244° 275° 270° 251°
August 261° 355° 278° 249°
September 203° 280° 233° 235°
October 219° 218° 210° 201°
November 223° 194° 253° 212°
December 238° 123° 206° 186°

Prevailing wind direction

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