Colin Youngs wrote:

Op dinsdag 7 januari 2020 09:17:26 UTC+1 schreef :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/108410
At 24.7 degrees N and presumably in a built-up area there are 2c
and 3c minima forecast. Seems very cool to me for a Saudi Arabian
City, about 2000 feet asl.

Isn't it likely to be King Khalid Airport - 35 km from Riyadh ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_K...tional_Airport

https://tinyurl.com/yz8wa9ma - 6.0°C minimum on Monday night.

Quite cold nights at some other sites in Saudi Arabia as well
https://tinyurl.com/yefxon5s

Colin Youngs
Brussels

I recall one day in the 1970s when I was working in the Gulf one of the
SYNOPs from Riyadh Airport reported continuous moderate snow. I don't
know if that's something that happens there on rare occasions or
whether that particular event was a complete one-off.

There is also a photograph of a similar vintage taken in Bahrain that
shows a bush with icicles hanging from it as a result a sprinkler being
left on overnight on a rare occasion when there was a frost.

I also remember experiencing a 'white' Christmas Day in Abadan, at the
top end of the Gulf, not because of snow but because of a very heavy
hoar frost.

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