What is Climate of the Netherlands?
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map NLD present.svg|thumb|Köppen-Geiger Map of the Netherlands in the present.]] [[File:Koppen-Geiger Map NLD future.svg|thumb|Köppen-Geiger Map of the Netherlands in the future.]] The Netherlands has an [[oceanic climate]]. Usually summers and winters are mild. Due to climate change, this will change in the south. ==Weather Records== The highest temperature ever recorded in the Netherlands was {{cvt|40.7|C|F}} on 25 July 2019 in [[Gilze-Rijen]].<ref> https://www.knmi.nl/over-het-knmi/nieuws/temperatuur-door-historische-grens-van-40-c</ref> The lowest temperature ever recorded in the Netherlands was {{cvt|-27.4|C|F}} on 27 January 1942 in [[Winterswijk]].<ref> https://www.knmi.nl/over-het-knmi/nieuws/nationaal-kouderecord-bestaat-80-jaar</ref> The highest wind gust ever recorded in the Netherlands was {{cvt|173|km/h|mph}} on 25 November 2005 in [[Hoek van Holland]],<ref>https://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/archive/2005/obsday/NL_FX_2005112500.png</ref> and on 3 January 2012 in [[IJmuiden]].<ref>https://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/archive/2012/obsday/NL_FX_2012010300.png</ref> The highest 24-hour precipitation sum ever recorded in the Netherlands was 142.3 millimeters on 26 August 2010 in [[Hupsel]].<ref> https://www.wetterzentrale.de/weatherdata.php?jaar=2010&maand=8&dag=26&station=283</ref> The warmest years on record in the Netherlands were 2022 and 2023, with an annual average temperature of {{cvt|12.5|C|F}} in [[Vlissingen]].<ref> https://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_y.php?station=9999999&country=3&order=1&extreem=TG</ref> The coldest year on record in the Netherlands was 1940, with an annual average temperature of {{cvt|7.0|C|F}} in [[Eelde]].<ref> https://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_y.php?station=9999999&country=3&order=2&extreem=TG</ref> The wettest year on record in the Netherlands was 2023, with an annual average precipitation sum of 1.273 millimeters in [[Deelen]].<ref> https://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_y.php?station=9999999&country=3&order=1&extreem=RH</ref> The d