Climate of the Netherlands

The Netherlands has an oceanic climate.
Usually summers and winters are mild. Due to climate change, this will change in the south.

## Weather Records

The highest temperature ever recorded in the Netherlands was  on 25 July 2019 in Gilze-Rijen.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in the Netherlands was  on 27 January 1942 in Winterswijk.

The highest wind gust ever recorded in the Netherlands was  on 25 November 2005 in Hoek van Holland, and on 3 January 2012 in IJmuiden.

The highest 24-hour precipitation sum ever recorded in the Netherlands was 142.3 millimeters on 26 August 2010 in Hupsel.

The warmest years on record in the Netherlands were 2022 and 2023, with an annual average temperature of  in Vlissingen.

The coldest year on record in the Netherlands was 1940, with an annual average temperature of  in Eelde.

The wettest year on record in the Netherlands was 2023, with an annual average precipitation sum of 1.273 millimeters in Deelen.

The driest year on record in the Netherlands was 1921, with an annual average precipitation sum of 387 millimeters in De Bilt.

## Highest temperatures measured in the Netherlands

|Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- |
||25 July 2019|Gilze-Rijen|
||26 July 2019|Volkel|
||19 July 2022|Maastricht-Aachen Airport|
||24 July 2019|Eindhoven|
||2 July 2025|Maastricht|
||23 August 1944|Warnsveld|
||2 July 2015|Maastricht-Aachen Airport|
||26 July 2018|Arcen|
||27 July 2018|Westdorpe|
||7 August 2003|Arcen|
||8 August 2003|Arcen|
||1 July 2025|Eindhoven|
||12 August 2003|Arcen|
||27 June 1947|Maastricht|
||19 July 2006|Westdorpe|
||8 August 2020|Arcen|
||20 August 2009|Ell|

## Highest temperature per month

|Month|Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**January**||1 January 2023|Eindhoven|
|**February**||27 February 2019|Arcen|
|**March**||31 March 2021|Arcen|
|**April**||21 April 1968|Volkel|
|**May**||23 May 1922|Vlissingen|
|**June**||27 June 1947|Maastricht|
|**July**||25 July 2019|Gilze-Rijen|
|**August**||23 August 1944|Warnsveld|
|**September**||15 September 2020|Gilze-Rijen|
|**October**||10 October 1921|Maastricht|
|**November**||1 November 2014|Ell|
|**December**||31 December 2022|Arcen, Ell|

## Lowest temperatures measured in the Netherlands

|Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- |
||27 January 1942|Winterswijk|
||16 February 1956|Volkel|
||8 January 1985|Deelen|
||26 January 1942|De Bilt|
||15 February 1956|Deelen|
||4 February 2012|Lelystad|
||31 December 1923|Eelde|
||5 January 1979|Eelde|

## Highest & lowest temperatures measured per year in the Netherlands, 2020-2025

|Year|Highest temperature|Date|Location|Lowest temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**2025**||2 July|Maastricht||18 February|Enschede|
|**2024**||13 August|Nieuw-Beerta||18 January|Ell|
|**2023**||9 July|Arcen||1 December|Leeuwarden|
|**2022**||19 July|Maastricht||14 December|Eelde|
|**2021**||17 June|Hupsel||9 February|Hupsel|
|**2020**||8 August|Arcen||30 November|Enschede|

## Highest wind gusts measured in the Netherlands

|Gust|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- |
||3 January 2012|IJmuiden|
||25 November 2005|Hoek van Holland|
||25 January 1990|IJmuiden|
||28 December 2001|IJmuiden|
||28 October 2013|Vlieland|
||27 October 2002|Vlissingen|
||5 July 2023|IJmuiden|
||26 February 1990|Den Helder|
||18 February 2022|Cabauw|
||27 November 1983|Vlissingen|
||19 February 1997|Vlissingen|

## Wettest days measured in the Netherlands

|Precipitation sum|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- |
|142.3 millimeters|26 August 2010|Hupsel|
|131.6 millimeters|28 July 2014|Deelen|
|115.6 millimeters|2 June 2003|Marknesse|
|107.7 millimeters|19 September 2001|Hoek van Holland|
|101.4 millimeters|23 June 1975|Rotterdam|
|99.1 millimeters|28 June 2011|Herwijnen|
|92.0 millimeters|22 August 2021|Stavoren|
|90.2 millimeters|5 October 2008|Den Helder|
|87.9 millimeters|18 June 2021|Wijk aan Zee|
|87.9 millimeters|25 November 2005|Deelen|
|87.6 millimeters|13 September 1998|Hoek van Holland|
|87.2 millimeters|29 June 2021|Maastricht|
|85.8 millimeters|26 June 2020|Volkel|
|84.0 millimeters|9 July 1995|Terschelling|
|82.7 millimeters|18 June 1966|Maastricht|
|80.9 millimeters|4 July 2005|Vlissingen|
|78.0 millimeters|17 June 2020|Vlissingen|

## Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Amsterdam

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||26 July 2019|
||25 July 2019|
||1 July 2025|
||27 July 2018|
||19 July 2022, 24 July 2019|

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||17 February 1956|
||4 February 2012|
||16 February 1956|
||14 February 1956|
||19 February 1956|

## Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Rotterdam

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||25 July 2019|
||19 July 2022|
||1 July 2025|
||26 July, 27 July 2018|
||24 July 2019|

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||7 January 1985|
||4 February 2012|
||18 January 1963|
||8 January 1985|
||5 January 1985|

## Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Eindhoven

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||25 July 2019|
||24 July 2019|
||26 July 2019|
||19 July 2022|
||1 July 2025|

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||13 January 1968|
||16 February 1956|
||4 February 2012|
||8 January 1985|
||23 February 1956|

## Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Maastricht

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||25 July 2019|
||19 July 2022|
||2 July 2025|
||24 July 2019|
||2 July 2015|

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||14 February 1929|
||3 February 1917|
||8 January 1985|
||22 January 1940|
||27 January 1942|

## Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Vlissingen

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||25 July 2019|
||27 July 2018|
||19 July 2006|
||23 May 1922|
||8 June 1915|

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||21 February 1956|
||12 February 1929|
||14 February 1929|
||18 January 1963|
||14 February 1956|

## Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Den Helder

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||24 July 2019|
||19 July 2014|
||27 July 2018|
||12 July 1923|

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||16 February 1956|
||1 January 1979|
||4 February 2012|
||15 February 1956|
||11 February 1929|