For the first time in history, the Al-Jawf Region of Saudi Arabia experienced its first recorded snowfall, transforming the desert landscape into a white snow country and a bit strange to all those who are not used to seeing it like this!
The National Meteorological Center of the United Arab Emirates attributes this unique weather to a low pressure system from the Arabian Sea extending into Oman.
This system introduced moisture-laden air into an area traditionally characterized by extreme drought, resulting in unusual rainfall.
While snowfall in Saudi Arabia is extremely rare, it is not without precedent in desert regions around the world. Climatologists suggest that such atypical weather events may increase in frequency due to changing atmospheric conditions associated with global climate change.
Earlier this week, South Africa saw snow in November for the first time in 85 years.
