Maldens Vlak Glider field

NL-0023 · Gelderland, Netherlands

Climate Maldens Vlak Glider field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Volkel Air Base (EHVK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.5 41 26 26 45 32
February 51.4 35 35 50 68 58
March 62.8 58 43 81 69 77
April 72.5 68 53 71 73 90
May 75.9 57 70 83 75 94
June 79.3 68 86 80 78 88
July 74.4 62 64 82 67 74
August 76.8 74 65 80 71 84
September 71.4 60 66 73 78 76
October 63.2 53 56 68 68 64
November 50.1 39 59 45 56
December 35.4 27 26 39 39
Average 67.3 58.4 54.2 68.7 66.9 73.3

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 76.6 82 83 68 74 68
February 83.3 80 76 87 79 92
March 87.2 84 80 92 91 93
April 93.5 98 85 95 93 97
May 92.8 85 91 97 93 99
June 94.2 93 97 94 90 96
July 92.5 89 88 95 88 92
August 92.9 94 89 94 89 96
September 89.8 87 87 90 93 90
October 85.1 77 81 84 85 92
November 79.4 79 83 72 80
December 69.4 64 70 68 74
Average 88.5 87.4 84.1 89.0 86.2 90.8

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 6.2 6 8 7 6 8
February 8.6 11 9 10 8 10
March 11.4 13 11 13 11 11
April 14.6 15 13 14 11 18
May 19.3 20 19 21 16 20
June 23.2 21 26 23 24 23
July 23.8 23 23 25 23 22
August 24.2 25 23 27 21 27
September 20.5 21 23 20 21 21
October 16.0 16 17 18 16 15
November 10.2 10 12 9 12
December 7.2 9 3 8 8
Average 15.7 16.9 15.7 16.3 14.4 16.1

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 1.4 1 3 2 1 3
February 1.8 5 2 3 0 4
March 2.8 5 4 1 2 3
April 4.4 7 4 4 1 5
May 8.4 11 9 9 7 6
June 12.4 11 14 12 13 12
July 13.1 13 13 13 14 12
August 13.5 15 13 15 13 15
September 10.5 11 13 10 11 10
October 8.4 8 10 9 8 8
November 3.7 5 4 3 5
December 2.4 4 -3 3 3
Average 7.1 8.7 7.7 6.8 6.2 7.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.4 31 33 16 14 11
February 21.9 37 21 32 15 22
March 19.5 23 42 6 8 13
April 13.7 27 26 14 8 2
May 10.7 23 13 7 15 3
June 9.5 20 9 15 6 6
July 12.6 25 22 8 11 11
August 10.4 13 25 6 10 6
September 13.8 23 12 25 6 6
October 17.3 19 29 12 16 17
November 17.1 35 11 11 6
December 20.6 33 16 7 20
Average 13.5 23.7 24.8 13.4 10.3 9.2

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 9.3 10 11 8 9 9
February 10.0 10 8 13 8 14
March 9.0 8 9 7 9 11
April 8.2 9 8 9 7 8
May 6.8 6 7 7 9 7
June 6.6 7 7 7 5 7
July 6.9 7 9 6 6 7
August 6.7 7 7 6 7 7
September 7.0 8 7 6 6 7
October 8.1 7 9 7 8 9
November 8.2 10 8 7 8
December 8.8 11 5 8 8
Average 7.7 7.7 8.4 7.3 7.2 8.3

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 226° 223° 241° 227° 213°
February 214° 256° 230° 138° 225°
March 214° 230° 087° 250° 188°
April 233° 212° 010° 338° 068°
May 228° 015° 253° 231° 344°
June 250° 030° 236° 317° 224°
July 241° 230° 277° 242° 242°
August 223° 242° 343° 249° 214°
September 204° 196° 222° 198° 212°
October 199° 206° 206° 205° 202°
November 215° 192° 225° 199°
December 230° 154° 207° 194°

Prevailing wind direction

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