THE CLIMATE STORY OF

AMSTERDAM

≈1.7 °C warmer today than in the mid-20th century

1940: 8.4 °C1941: 8.8 °C1942: 8.4 °C1943: 10.1 °C1944: 9.4 °C1945: 10.0 °C1946: 9.3 °C1947: 9.8 °C1948: 10.0 °C1949: 10.1 °C1950: 9.6 °C1951: 9.7 °C1952: 9.2 °C1953: 9.9 °C1954: 9.2 °C1955: 9.0 °C1956: 8.3 °C1957: 10.1 °C1958: 9.5 °C1959: 10.6 °C1960: 9.9 °C1961: 10.1 °C1962: 8.4 °C1963: 8.1 °C1964: 9.5 °C1965: 9.0 °C1966: 9.5 °C1967: 10.2 °C1968: 9.4 °C1969: 9.4 °C1970: 9.4 °C1971: 9.9 °C1972: 9.3 °C1973: 9.8 °C1974: 10.0 °C1975: 10.1 °C1976: 10.0 °C1977: 9.8 °C1978: 9.3 °C1979: 8.7 °C1980: 9.4 °C1981: 9.4 °C1982: 10.1 °C1983: 10.2 °C1984: 9.5 °C1985: 8.7 °C1986: 9.0 °C1987: 8.8 °C1988: 10.3 °C1989: 10.8 °C1990: 10.9 °C1991: 9.7 °C1992: 10.6 °C1993: 9.6 °C1994: 10.6 °C1995: 10.4 °C1996: 8.5 °C1997: 10.1 °C1998: 10.2 °C1999: 10.8 °C2000: 10.7 °C2001: 10.2 °C2002: 10.6 °C2003: 10.5 °C2004: 10.4 °C2005: 10.6 °C2006: 11.1 °C2007: 11.2 °C2008: 10.5 °C2009: 10.4 °C2010: 8.9 °C2011: 10.8 °C2012: 10.1 °C2013: 9.7 °C2014: 11.6 °C2015: 10.8 °C2016: 10.8 °C2017: 10.8 °C2018: 11.2 °C2019: 11.0 °C2020: 11.4 °C2021: 10.3 °C2022: 11.3 °C2023: 11.5 °C2024: 11.6 °C2025: 11.3 °C
1940Annual mean temperature, 1940–20252025

Heat-record watch

Warmest day of the last 14 days: 35.3 °C (August 14, 2026)

All-time record since 1940: 36.3 °C (July 26, 2019)

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Data: Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis). Warming-stripes concept: Ed Hawkins.