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King’s Day on Thursday is set to be a relatively pleasant day, with little wind and room for sunshine. But the day will be colder than usual, with maximums even coming in below that of New Year’s Day in the heart of the winter, Weeronline reported. It has to be said that New Year’s Day was exceptionally mild this year, with a maximum of 15.6 degrees in De Bilt. The King’s Day maximums will range between 10 and 15 degrees, north to south.

Broken spring: wind, hail, and temperatures below 20C until May

Meteorological spring in the Netherlands is half over. The first part of spring was gloomy, wet, and cold, Weeronline reported. For example, March was very wet, and the number of sunny hours was below the norm. In addition, it was half a degree too cold. With an average temperature of 7.3 degrees compared to 7.8 degrees normal, the first half of spring, from March 1 to April 15, was colder than normal. In De Bilt, the average temperature in March was 7.3 degrees compared to 6.5 degrees normal. April so far had an average temperature of 8.0 degrees compared to 9.0 degrees normal.

Thursday may be the first local warm day of the year, according to Weeronline. The Netherlands can expect beautiful spring weather next week, with temperatures expected to hit 20 degrees on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Unfortunately, the sunny weather of the first half of this week did not make it to Easter weekend. Clouds and rain are on the forecast for most of Thursday and Friday, though there may be some sun and dry periods on Saturday and Sunday. Many people going away for the long weekend, combined with the rainy weather, will likely cause a very difficult evening rush hour today, Rijkswatersaat warned.