RIYADH — Saudi Arabia recorded the second highest amount of precipitation in its history in 32-year, after it was witnessed during last January by rains higher than the normal rate compared to the period 1991-2020, the National Center of Meteorology (NCM) announced. NCM’s announcement came while revealing a climate report for rains and temperatures in January 2023, noting that most of the stations in the Kingdom had recorded rainfall higher than the normal.
The rainfall quantity in Al-Qassim station during last January amounted 122.7 mm, highest in its history, compared to the period 1991-2020. Regarding temperatures, NCM indicated that the average minimum temperature recorded an increase of 2.3 °C in January, which is the second highest average minimum temperature compared to the period 1991-2020. As for the average maximum temperature, it witnessed a slight increase of only 0.2 ° C, NCM said, noting that the average temperature in January increased by 1.1 ° C, compared to 1991-2020.
OK, that looks very nice…
Whenever someone mentions a country in Arabian Peninsula region, I imagine hot deserts or semi-deserts in the countryside…
Time to update my mental associations…
"Mountains in Mecca turn green after weeks of heavy rain across Saudi Arabia" pic.twitter.com/JaZTImOiwt— //Sub/Corpus (@subcorpus) January 15, 2023
