Vlieland Heliport

EHVL · Friesland, Netherlands

Climate Vlieland Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vlieland Heliport (EHVL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.1 35 33 31 48 24
February 44.7 26 36 48 58 44
March 54.6 48 41 61 44 73
April 69.1 53 68 75 84
May 68.5 53 70 60 85
June 69.4 66 74 64 77
July 69.3 59 72 61 71
August 74.0 61 80 66 81
September 69.7 62 76 64 73
October 59.2 43 64 65 62
November 53.7 53 44 54 61
December 39.6 28 53 26 44
Average 59.9 36.6 50.6 64.1 58.9 68.6

25th 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 77.9 84 80 78 88 61
February 79.0 65 82 83 74 87
March 83.2 79 75 83 83 95
April 89.5 80 91 99 95
May 85.8 74 92 88 94
June 88.0 89 91 80 89
July 90.5 83 91 88 91
August 96.1 96 97 95 95
September 91.0 88 95 94 88
October 88.2 84 88 89 93
November 82.3 89 79 86 79
December 72.3 74 86 54 72
Average 85.6 76.0 83.2 88.6 86.2 88.2

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 6.8 7 8 8 6 8
February 7.1 9 8 8 5 8
March 8.9 10 9 10 8 9
April 11.7 11 12 9 13
May 15.0 15 16 13 15
June 18.9 20 19 19 19
July 20.2 20 21 20 18
August 21.1 20 23 19 23
September 18.6 21 19 19 19
October 14.8 15 16 15 14
November 10.3 11 11 11 11
December 7.6 9 6 8 8
Average 12.8 8.6 13.8 14.2 12.6 13.6

15th 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 3.5 3 5 5 2 6
February 3.3 6 4 5 1 5
March 4.3 6 5 4 4 4
April 5.9 6 6 4 6
May 9.1 9 9 8 8
June 12.8 12 13 13 13
July 14.0 13 15 15 12
August 15.4 15 16 15 16
September 12.9 14 12 13 12
October 10.7 11 12 11 11
November 6.6 7 8 8 7
December 4.2 5 1 4 4
Average 8.1 5.0 8.8 9.0 8.1 8.6

15th 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 14.1 19 16 12 18 8
February 15.1 22 8 24 13 17
March 14.0 22 24 11 11 2
April 9.5 18 11 6 3
May 7.4 7 11 13 4
June 8.3 4 13 9 8
July 7.6 17 8 3 7
August 8.1 13 5 8 6
September 12.7 12 22 5 5
October 14.5 21 9 14 22
November 17.2 32 18 12 5
December 18.1 24 21 18 18
Average 11.8 20.9 15.9 12.8 9.9 7.9

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.0 19 19 18 16 18
February 17.7 16 15 25 15 23
March 15.9 15 18 12 16 18
April 14.6 15 17 15 13
May 13.4 13 14 14 13
June 13.1 13 13 12 14
July 13.9 17 14 12 14
August 13.7 14 12 15 15
September 13.8 13 14 12 13
October 17.2 18 17 17 18
November 16.9 20 18 15 14
December 16.6 20 14 15 15
Average 15.2 16.8 15.9 15.1 14.1 15.3

15th 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 265° 239° 271° 263° 230°
February 218° 274° 245° 140° 236°
March 223° 230° 078° 258° 206°
April 043° 329° 348° 046°
May 011° 269° 263° 329°
June 010° 276° 360° 273°
July 249° 285° 286° 255°
August 262° 338° 296° 254°
September 202° 315° 240° 239°
October 226° 219° 214° 203°
November 232° 197° 276° 219°
December 248° 148° 212° 185°

Prevailing wind direction

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