According to the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), snow is becoming less frequent as the climate crisis bites. It’s a climate frustration.”So when snow does come, like it did this week, some worry that Dutch people have forgotten how to cope with it. “I was blue in the face with frustration.”View image in fullscreen Cyclists in the snow in Rotterdam. The damage is piling up and it’s not over yet.”The KNMI has modelled that without global heating the current average snow cover of 5cm would have been 9cm – with some areas getting 22cm. “The Netherlands has never been a country where lots of snow was the norm, but of course with climate change, these cases where temperatures are low enough for snow decrease quite considerably.

Source: The Guardian January 09, 2026 05:07 UTC