On the very same day (Sunday 8 January) as Sydney, Australia endured it’s 2nd hottest day on record, upwards of 16 inches of snow fell in the Algerian desert town of Ain Sefra. Unusually cold air dove unusually far south into Africa which helped deliver the rare snowstorm.
Just enough snow fell in the #Algeria-n #Sahara to be visible from space by #nasa https://t.co/qmMFHEnrm8 via @qz
— Lounis (@Lou_niis) January 12, 2018
Excerpt from Capital Weather Gang
While the eastern United States was hunkering down in an exceptionally cold Arctic blast this past weekend, another part of the world, much less familiar with winter, braced for similar weather on Sunday — the Sahara Desert.
The freak snow shower coated the giant sandy dunes of the Sahara, known first and foremost for its deadly, suffocating heat. The closest town, Ain Sefra, Algeria, hadn’t seen snow in nearly 40 years until it happened for the first time this century in 2017. Even more odd, now, is the fact that it snowed two years in a row.
In 1979, a similar snowstorm lasted about 30 minutes. The winter storms in Algeria, they are short.
Rare #snow covers the #Sahara #Desert in #Algeria – Second year in a row after 40 years of absence https://t.co/5v81PrFb0s via @Strange_Sounds pic.twitter.com/1arXOMEAKb
— Strange Sounds (@Strange_Sounds) January 7, 2018
For only the second time in over 30 years, a town in the Sahara, the world's hottest desert, received snow. pic.twitter.com/dKcLelSioX
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/Ruptly/status/950754545239457792
FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Karim Bouchetata/Geoff Robinson Photography
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