Less sun and wet. This is how the first half of the meteorological spring can be summarized.
On the first day of meteorological spring, which began on March 1, the temperature dropped below freezing. In Eelde it has been freezing for 16 nights so far.
Weeronline.nl lists the figures in mid-spring.
It was also wet. Normally there is an average of about 68 mm of precipitation during this time. This year it was 144 mm. And there were also fewer hours of sunshine than average. With an average temperature of 7.3 degrees against the normal 7.8, the first half of spring was colder than usual.
The lowest temperature this spring was recorded in Twente. On March 1, the mercury dropped to -7.6 degrees. On the same date, the temperature in Deelen dropped to -7.3 degrees. In Eelde it became -7.3 degrees on March 11