The turn of the year seems to be going to be particularly mild this year. According to the weather forecast, it will be about 12 to 14 degrees during the day on New Year’s Day and around midnight it will be about 8 to 10 degrees. “Really warm”, says weatherman Peter Kuipers Munneke.
The mild weather around New Year’s Eve is due to the fact that there will be quite a lot of wind from the southwest in the coming days. As a result, a lot of soft air from Portugal and Spain is blown here. “And that makes it very soft here,” says Kuipers Munneke. It will probably also remain dry at the turn of the year.
Records may even be broken on December 31. On New Year’s Eve there is now a temperature record of 13.7 degrees. “We are really getting close to that temperature,” says Kuipers Munneke. Unlike many other New Years, there will not be much smog this year: there will be a national fireworks ban.
Spring into the new year
In recent years it has often been fairly mild around New Years. Last year it froze lightly in De Bilt around midnight, but in 2018 it was about 7 degrees. We only find the real cold in 2008, when it did not get warmer than -2.8 degrees on New Year’s Eve.
New Year’s Day also seems to be a beautiful day, according to the weather models. It will probably be about 12 degrees and it will remain dry. “It could be a beautiful spring-like day,” says Kuipers Munneke.
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