From the archive | 16 years ago, at the same time, a snowstorm affected the region after a long freeze that affected the Kingdom

Arabia Weather - On this day and on the same date exactly 16 years ago, most of the Kingdom’s highlands, which are 600 meters above sea level, were exposed to heavy snowfall amid great confusion and road closures, details:

The Kingdom witnessed a cold wave that was the longest and perhaps the strongest in the history of recorded climate records. The Kingdom was exposed to very cold and long days in January 2008 as a result of the influence of a series of extremely cold polar air masses, so that minimum temperatures dropped to below zero degrees Celsius in The capital, Amman, on more than five occasions, and three snowy days were recorded this month.

In detail: The Kingdom was affected in January 2008 by a series of cold waves, as the region witnessed very low temperatures that reached in many areas and for several days to zero degrees Celsius or below, while daytime temperatures did not exceed 5 degrees Celsius on many days of the year. Same month.

The Kingdom was affected by a state of weather instability on January 22, 2008, and heavy snow fell in scattered and random areas.

In the last days of the month, specifically on January 30 and 31, 2008, the Kingdom was exposed to a rush of an extremely cold, polar air mass that formed a deep air depression accompanied by an extremely cold air mass of polar origin that continued for two days, as heavy snow fell in various regions of the Kingdom and on... All mountain highlands whose height is more than 600 meters above sea level, amid large accumulations in many highlands of the capital, Amman, exceeded the 30 cm barrier.