17 important facts you should know about winter squares that start tomorrow Monday

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2020/12/20

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - the square of winter known in the Levant and many countries, what do you know about it?

Here are 17 important facts you should know about Winter Square that begins tomorrow, Monday:

1) It starts on Monday 12/21/2020

2) It starts at 1:02 pm, Mecca time

3) Astronomical winter begins in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere

4) This day is the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere

5) It begins locally with what is known as Muqarniyeh or Maqaniyyah Winter and extends to the end of January

6) This period is considered the coldest climatically in Jordan. The average maximum temperature in Amman is 13.3 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature is 4.7 degrees.

7) Climatically, this period constitutes 30% of the total rainy season

8) The highest rainfall occurred in Al-Murabaniyah in the climate archive in Jordan was in the 1973/1974 season (when 215 mm of rain fell in Amman at that time)

9) The dryest square in the Kingdom's climate records is Al-Murabaniyah that followed the Alexa snowstorm in the 2013/2014 season (as no rain fell during Al-Murabaniah in a historical precedent)

10) In spite of Al-Murabaniyah, the highest temperature was recorded in Amman in Al-Murabaniyah on December 23 1963, at 26.3 degrees Celsius.

11) The highest temperature in the Kingdom was recorded in Al-Murabania on 3/1/1959, at 31.5 degrees Celsius in Aqaba.

12) The lowest temperature was recorded in Amman in Al-Murabaniyah on January 2/1973, at -7.5 degrees below zero.

13) The lowest temperature was recorded in Jordan in Al-Murabaniyah on 1/7/1992, at -14.0 ° C below zero in Shobak.

14) Squared starts this year and temperatures are around normal

15) While the square starts this year and the rainfall amounts are slightly less than the hypothetical total for such time of year

16) The Arab weather's quarterly forecast issued today indicates that this winter, it will see rain around average and temperatures cooler than usual.

17) Rainfall performance for the winter season is expected to improve in February 2020

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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