The first storm of 2023 is a fact on Monday afternoon. At weather stations Vlieland, IJmuiden and Houtribdijk, wind force 9 was measured for an hour between 13:00 and 14:00, Weeronline reports. It has been more than a year since there was an official storm in the Netherlands
The heaviest gust of wind was measured in Lauwersoog on Monday and was 107 kilometers per hour. The last time it stormed in the Netherlands was on February 20, 2022. Last year there were five storms: Corrie, Dudley and Eunice and two more unnamed storms. There was no storm last fall and winter; it was the first time since 1933 that there were no storms in both winter and autumn.
It is officially a storm if the average wind speed at at least one KNMI station over an hour reaches wind force 9. This spring storm is not given a name, because the impact on our country is limited.
Monday, according to Weeronline, is also the warmest day of the year so far: in Volkel the mercury rose to 18.0 degrees and in De Bilt to 16.6 degrees. The warmest day of 2023 so far was January 1. Then it became 16.9 degrees in Eindhoven and 15.6 degrees at the main station in De Bilt.