Woensdrecht Air Base

EHWO · North Brabant, Netherlands

Climate Woensdrecht Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Woensdrecht Air Base (EHWO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.6 44 31 34 52 32
February 51.0 32 36 55 68 54
March 60.2 52 42 79 64 75
April 71.9 52 74 75 88
May 75.6 63 76 74 96
June 79.0 82 79 70 85
July 76.1 63 80 66 73
August 76.0 62 78 75 80
September 73.3 64 70 76 77
October 64.6 59 67 66 65
November 52.3 47 53 48 56
December 38.3 27 35 37 42
Average 64.5 43.0 53.6 67.7 66.4 72.4

20th 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 77.3 83 77 73 82 68
February 81.7 76 75 85 80 91
March 86.6 82 80 95 89 91
April 91.4 84 93 95 96
May 92.2 86 93 96 100
June 94.2 97 95 89 96
July 93.2 85 96 91 93
August 91.3 84 91 91 93
September 90.9 85 91 90 92
October 88.7 81 88 91 94
November 81.1 81 83 80 78
December 71.1 68 74 59 76
Average 87.6 80.1 82.4 89.4 87.9 90.4

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 7 6 9
February 8.9 11 9 10 8 10
March 11.4 13 11 14 11 11
April 14.5 13 15 11 18
May 18.6 18 20 16 19
June 23.0 25 22 23 22
July 23.2 23 24 22 22
August 23.5 22 26 21 26
September 20.3 23 19 21 21
October 16.1 17 18 16 15
November 10.5 10 12 10 12
December 7.6 9 4 8 8
Average 14.7 10.1 15.6 16.3 14.4 16.0

6th 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 1.7 1 3 2 1 4
February 2.4 6 2 4 1 4
March 3.0 5 4 1 2 3
April 3.9 4 4 1 5
May 7.4 8 8 6 6
June 12.2 13 12 12 12
July 12.9 14 12 14 12
August 13.2 13 14 13 15
September 10.3 12 10 11 10
October 8.8 10 9 8 8
November 4.3 5 6 3 5
December 2.8 5 -2 3 4
Average 6.5 3.9 7.7 6.7 6.3 7.3

4th 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 19.2 26 32 10 13 13
February 19.4 38 5 31 11 23
March 19.7 29 40 3 7 12
April 11.5 24 16 8 3
May 8.4 15 8 14 4
June 8.5 10 16 8 7
July 10.2 25 5 9 11
August 10.9 23 8 10 5
September 13.8 15 32 3 6
October 17.8 31 15 18 19
November 21.1 38 21 13 11
December 20.5 33 12 16 21
Average 14.8 30.9 24.1 14.5 10.4 10.0

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 8.7 9 10 8 8 8
February 9.7 9 8 13 8 14
March 8.8 7 9 7 9 10
April 8.3 9 10 8 8
May 7.6 7 8 9 8
June 7.2 7 7 6 8
July 7.5 9 7 7 8
August 7.2 8 7 7 7
September 6.7 6 6 7 7
October 7.7 8 7 7 9
November 7.3 9 7 6 7
December 8.0 10 5 7 7
Average 7.9 8.4 8.4 7.4 7.4 8.3

6th 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 232° 227° 248° 235° 224°
February 220° 261° 240° 138° 235°
March 224° 238° 076° 263° 204°
April 305° 014° 356° 063°
May 010° 272° 248° 359°
June 026° 263° 324° 256°
July 241° 283° 270° 260°
August 263° 002° 274° 245°
September 203° 258° 224° 259°
October 217° 220° 221° 217°
November 221° 195° 245° 207°
December 230° 095° 216° 201°

Prevailing wind direction

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