Snow In Saudi Arabia

Snow was first reported in northern parts of saudi arabia on 23 november.

Snow in saudi arabia. The most viral videos and photos of snow in. Some parts such as tabuk in the. Parts of saudi arabia were blanketed by snow on friday especially in the northwestern regions such as the dahr mountains. The city on the northern border of the country holds the record for recording the coldest temperature ever in saudi arabia that being when the mercury dipped to 12 c.

The frigid temperatures and blanket of snow is an unexpected treat for saudi arabia s central and northwest regions which tend to see daily high temperatures of around 20 c 68 f even in the november cold season. Historical snowfall in saudi arabia. Shock footage shows weather phenomenon strike desert snow has blanketed a desert north of the saudi arabian capital of riyadh even though summertime temperatures can hit a. While snow is rare saudi arabia last experienced falls in april last year residents of tabuk 193 kilometres from the red sea awoke to see the region s dry desert coated in white snow leaving.

Videos of the snowfall went viral on social media. This made it one of the coldest temperatures to be ever recorded in the arabian peninsula as well. Gulf today staff reporter. Video of the snowfall has gone viral on social media causing an excited melt down.

The 2016 saudi arabian snowstorm was an extreme weather event in late november 2016 in which parts of the arabian desert in saudi arabia experienced subzero temperatures snowfall and flooding. Arab citizens of the country have seen snow for the first time in 85 years. In the last 48 hours there has been snow hail and even in different parts of. Snow in saudi arabia.

The desert landscape in the northwest corner of the country to resemble that of the arctic tundra as camels navigated the snow. Heavy snowfall blanketed the northwestern regions of saudi arabia particularly in the dahr mountains on friday.