IJmuiden, Kennemerstrand · Netherlands

IJmuiden, Kennemerstrand in February

Sea, with a tide. What an average February looks like here, from five years of weather history.

Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
10.9
Model gust, kn
20.7
Windy days (model, twintip 14 kn)
14
Direction
SW
Waves, m
0.7
Surf days
23
Water °C
6
Air °C
7
Sunny days
3
Rain days
13
Wetsuit
5/4 with hood and gloves

By the model, February is the windiest month here: 10.9 kn mean against 9.6 kn over the year. Best for wind: Oct, Jan and Feb.

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Season

Best for wind: Oct, Jan and Feb

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind, shape of the year
Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
10.9
10.9
9.4
9.9
8.9
8.6
9.4
8.9
8.5
10.2
9.8
10.2
Model gust, kn
20.3
20.7
18.7
19.9
18.8
18.3
19.6
18.5
17.6
19.9
18.9
19.5
Windy days (model, twintip 14 kn)
16
14
11
11
9
7
10
9
8
14
12
14
Direction
WSW
SW
SW
SW
WSW
WSW
WSW
WSW
SW
SW
S
SW
Waves, m
1.2
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.8
1.1
1.0
Surf days
27
23
22
23
21
22
25
24
20
26
26
27
Water °C
6
6
7
10
13
17
20
20
19
15
11
8
Air °C
6
7
9
11
15
19
19
20
18
14
9
6
Sunny days
3
3
7
5
7
8
5
4
4
3
2
2
Rain days
15
13
10
11
13
10
16
11
12
17
17
14

Wind bar: the month's model mean wind between 09:00 and 18:00 against the windiest month here (full bar). Model rows: daytime (09:00 to 18:00) means; a windy day has 2 hours or more at the sport's minimum; a surf day 2 daylight hours of waves of 0.5 m or more; sunny: daytime cloud 30 % or less; rain: 1 mm or more.

From weather models 2021 to 2025. At spots with thermal wind or sea breeze the model reads several knots low; the bars show the shape of the year, riders know the numbers.

Source: Open-Meteo historical weather and marine archive (CC BY 4.0), weather 2021 to 2025, waves and water 2022 to 2025.