Whitsun weather forecast for Zoetermeer: ​​’Great chance of pleasant temperatures’

It’s almost Pentecost and then most Zoetermeerders have a nice long weekend! Will there be pleasant temperatures or is there also a shower in the air?

Rico Schröder, meteorologist at Weeronline, says: “Unfortunately, showers are possible during the Whitsun weekend, but there are also dry parts of the day with considerable sunny periods.” It will be between 18 and 22 degrees, which Rico says is usual for the first days of June.

Weather in Zoetermeer

Zoetermeer residents should take their coat and an umbrella with them on Whitsun when they leave the house. Hopefully it will stay dry during the Blues festival or if you go to a Zoetermeer nature park, the food ruck festival Hoppaaa or the Stadshart. Friday and Saturday are the sunniest days. The chance of rain on Whit Monday is 85 percent high. The temperature is a maximum of 18 degrees. Whit Monday looks better: the chance of rain is 65 percent and it will be about 17 degrees. Here you will find a list of fun activities during the Whitsun weekend in Zoetermeer.

Noctilucent clouds

If you are not in your basket too early: there is a chance of so-called ‘noctilucent clouds’. According to Weerplaza, these are silvery clouds that are seen at very high altitudes in the atmosphere. The best time to watch noctilucent clouds is between 11pm and midnight and between 3:30am and 4:30am in the early morning.

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Coldest and warmest Pentecost

In 2016, the Netherlands had the coldest Whitsun since 1901. On Whit Monday, May 15 that year, it did not get any warmer than 12.1 degrees in De Bilt. The warmest Pentecost was in 1903. On both days, in that year on May 31 and June 1, the temperature in De Bilt rose to 29 degrees. The only tropical day at Pentecost was May 29, 1944. It was exactly 30 degrees then.

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