Climate Haamstede Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lichteiland Goeree (EHSC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.2	94	87	84	93	71
February	80.5	81	75	81	76	86
March	83.0	89	83	85	78	93
April	86.5		83	95	91	95
May	88.5		86	91	96	99
June	89.8		93	97	81	93
July	95.7		96	99	87	95
August	94.7		94	99	97	86
September	94.1		93	97	93	94
October	93.6		89	97	94	91
November	86.9		91	84	89	86
December	84.4		84	97	77	88
Average	89.2	87.6	88.5	92.9	88.2	90.6

2nd 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	92.6	97	96	90	96	87
February	91.7	96	91	95	84	95
March	92.3	96	92	91	91	98
April	92.8		93	98	96	98
May	94.0		92	96	99	100
June	95.2		95	99	90	99
July	98.3		98	100	95	98
August	98.0		98	100	99	96
September	98.1		97	98	100	97
October	97.3		95	99	97	96
November	94.9		97	93	98	91
December	93.0		93	99	88	96
Average	95.3	96.0	94.9	96.8	94.6	96.5

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	8	8	8	7	9
February	7.8	10	8	9	6	9
March	8.7	10	9	10	8	9
April	10.9		10	11	8	12
May	13.4		13	14	12	14
June	17.5		19	17	17	17
July	19.3		19	20	19	18
August	20.1		19	21	18	22
September	18.6		21	19	19	18
October	15.6		17	17	16	14
November	11.4		12	13	12	12
December	8.6		10	6	9	9
Average	13.0	9.0	13.7	14.0	12.4	13.5

16th 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	4	6	5	4	6
February	5.1	7	6	6	3	6
March	5.7	7	6	6	6	6
April	7.5		7	8	5	8
May	10.5		11	11	9	11
June	14.1		15	15	13	14
July	16.6		16	17	16	16
August	17.6		17	19	17	19
September	15.7		18	15	17	16
October	12.9		14	14	13	12
November	8.7		9	10	9	9
December	6.0		7	3	6	6
Average	10.2	6.1	10.9	11.0	9.7	10.7

25th 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	7.4	8	13	5	9	3
February	10.1	15	5	12	14	14
March	8.8	13	19	4	9	2
April	5.1		9	4	5	3
May	4.5		6	5	7	1
June	4.8		2	6	10	4
July	4.5		7	3	7	6
August	4.1		7	3	6	3
September	5.9		6	14	2	4
October	8.5		16	5	15	14
November	10.3		22	19	11	3
December	11.7		14	10	14	17
Average	6.8	11.9	9.7	6.6	8.5	5.4

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	19.4	20	21	17	18	20
February	20.5	20	16	29	18	27
March	16.4	15	19	9	16	20
April	13.3		15	6	16	14
May	14.1		15	13	15	15
June	13.9		15	13	12	15
July	14.2		18	12	14	15
August	14.4		15	12	16	14
September	15.0		13	14	13	16
October	19.2		19	17	20	21
November	18.9		24	20	18	17
December	19.5		22	14	18	19
Average	16.4	18.0	17.0	13.8	15.7	17.2

16th 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°	241°	268°	266°	229°
February	215°	263°	242°	161°	241°
March	193°	225°	134°	263°	193°
April		010°	032°	006°	052°
May		015°	268°	258°	360°
June		026°	303°	010°	277°
July		243°	294°	283°	258°
August		263°	008°	295°	262°
September		197°	305°	245°	277°
October		217°	212°	226°	220°
November		229°	197°	285°	219°
December		229°	108°	228°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

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