Saudi Arabia | Huge amounts of rain exceeding 180 mm and strong winds exceeding 100 km/h. This is what the weather looked like in the summer of 2024

Arab Weather - Sinan Khalaf - The latest statistical data issued by the National Center of Meteorology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia indicate that the summer of 2024 AD witnessed a number of important and prominent weather events, which varied between high temperatures, record amounts of rain, strong winds, and other influential weather phenomena, which can be summarized as follows:

• 1. 184 mm of rain in one day in Jazan!

On Friday, August 25, large parts of the Jazan region were exposed to an exceptional rainy condition, during which heavy rain fell on the city of Jazan. The amount of rain recorded in Jazan on that day reached 184 mm, which is the highest amount of rain that fell on the cities of the Kingdom in one day in the past ten years.

• Unusual downward winds exceeding 100 km in Medina

On August 30, Medina was hit by a severe thunderstorm, centered on the Mount Uhud area, resulting in unusually strong downward winds, with speeds exceeding 100 km/h, causing some lighting poles and trees to fall.

• The temperature reached 52 degrees Celsius in Mecca during the Hajj days and reached 52 degrees Celsius

As for temperatures, Makkah Al-Mukarramah recorded scorching temperatures on June 17, 2024 AD, specifically in the central area of the Haram, where it reached 52 degrees Celsius. This coincided with the first days of the sunrise in the Hajj season, which caused cases of heat stress to be recorded among the pilgrims.

• Foggy days increase in Taif

The city of Taif also recorded the highest increase in fog formation over 8 days compared to 2023 AD, which caused a significant and significant decrease and loss of horizontal visibility.

• Absence of dense dust waves resulting from the Al-Bawarih winds

Despite the many weather phenomena that the Kingdom has witnessed, Saudi Arabia has not been affected this summer by any dust wave resulting from the Al-Bawarih winds, which is a remarkable thing, as the Al-Bawarih winds are usually known to be a major source of sand and dust storms in the summer in the eastern and central parts of the Kingdom, but this year was different.