Average January Wind Speeds in the Netherlands

The tables below give the average wind speed and the number of days with strong winds in January for cities and other places around the Netherlands.

Each location has an average wind speed for the month in miles per hour (MPH) and kilometres per hour (KPH). Plus there's a total for the average number of days with wind gusts of at least 47 MPH or 75.6 KPH.

Strong gusts are defined here as winds with speeds greater than 76 KPH (47 MPH or 40 knots).

All the numbers here are based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: North Netherlands, East Netherlands, West Netherlands and South Netherlands.

North Netherlands covers the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe. East Netherlands includes Overijssel, Gelderland and Flevoland. West Netherlands provinces are Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland and Zeeland. South Netherlands has North Brabant and Limburg provinces.

North Netherlands

Average days with strong gusts and wind speed in January
Days Place MPH KPH
1.8 Groningen 11.6 18.7
1.2 Hoogeveen 11.2 18.0
2.3 Leeuwarden 12.5 20.2
2.1 Oldambt 13.6 22.0
2.9 Stavoren 15.0 24.1

East Netherlands

January wind speed averages
Days Place MPH KPH
1.1 Arnhem 10.3 16.6
1.0 Berkelland 9.6 15.5
0.9 Enschede 9.4 15.1
1.6 Lelystad 11.9 19.1
1.4 Lingewaal 11.2 18.0
1.2 Noordoostpolder 11.6 18.7
0.7 Zwolle 8.9 14.4

West Netherlands

Wind speed averages for January
Days Place MPH KPH
3.0 Amsterdam 13.4 21.6
3.8 Den Helder 15.0 24.1
Hoek van Holland 18.8 30.2
3.0 Leiden 12.8 20.5
1.8 Lopik 11.9 19.1
2.1 Rotterdam 12.1 19.4
1.9 Terneuzen 11.4 18.4
1.0 Utrecht 9.6 15.5
5.0 Vlissingen 16.8 27.0

South Netherlands

Total days with strong gusts and average wind speed in January
Days Place MPH KPH
1.0 Breda 9.6 15.5
1.0 Eindhoven 10.1 16.2
1.6 Maastricht 11.4 18.4
1.1 Uden 10.1 16.2
0.7 Venlo 8.5 13.7
Reference

KNMI, Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut. Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat. Klimaatviewer

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