Extraordinary and unusual weather events that took place in the Kingdom and the region in October 2020

Arab Weather - October 2020 is a month full of exceptional and unusual weather events in the history of the Kingdom and the region for several years.

The most important special weather events during October 2020!

The city of Aqaba records the highest temperature on earth : On Friday 10/9/2020, the city of Aqaba recorded temperatures of 44.6 degrees Celsius and was considered the highest on Earth for that day, according to what was reported by the World Meteorological Organization, and the recorded temperatures were considered the highest in the history of climate records For the month of October in Aqaba.

October 2020 is the hottest in about 10 years : October 2020 is the hottest month in the history of the Kingdom since 2010.

• Drought and fires in several areas, which were increased by the eastern winds : Due to the high temperatures that reached unusual levels for the month of October and the dry eastern winds, fires broke out in several areas of the Levant, the most important of which was in northwestern Syria, and the fires broke out in northern Lebanon, northern Palestine and northern northern Syria. Jordan, which led to the burning of large areas of land and forests. The eastern winds contributed to the spread of hotbeds of fires and made it more difficult to contain and control them.