Hollands Climate wrote:
If it wasn't for the Conveyer Belt the Netherlands, like the rest of northwestern Europe the climate would've been much more harsh than it's in its present day.
The climate is predominantly moderate: a northern maritime climate; prevailing winds from the south and west exercise a moderating marine influence, bringing an abundance of rain fall, mild Winters and mild Summers.
Scientists are debating on the effects the melting of the northern polar ice cap will have on the course and position of the conveyer belt. Fresh water (from ice) coming from the ice cap could press the Conveyer Belt out of its current direction and thus dramatically changing the weather in northwestern Europe.
Because of its small size and low elevations, the country's regional climatic differences are negligible. Temperatures average 17 deg C (63 deg F) in July and 2 deg C (35 deg F) in January.
Precipitation averages 762 mm (30 in) a year, is evenly distributed, and varies little from year to year, although lately extreme rainfall has been measured (1998: almost double average annual rain fall, 1200 mm = 472 in).
Frontal storms can bring rapid weather changes at any time but occur most frequently in the fall.
My favorite month? June. Least favorite? August. August is too hot. June is perfectly nice, pretty, leafy... August is just blorgh.

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