Saudi Arabia | Recording unusually high levels of rainfall during the months of May and April

Weather of Arabia - Climate change continues to cast a shadow over large parts of the world, including the Middle East and Saudi Arabia. The National Center of Meteorology revealed that the months of April and May recorded unusual records in rainfall rates in many regions of the Kingdom.

In the details, the National Center of Meteorology revealed that the rainfall in the Kingdom during the month of May 2023 crosses the highest since the same rainy period of the year 1991-2020 AD, reaching 20.4 mm, while the average rainfall for the same period is 8.2 mm, an increase of 12.2 mm. .

The meteorological stations of the National Center of Meteorology indicate the wide area and impact of rainy conditions on the Kingdom, as 19 stations received varying amounts of rain, most of which were higher than averages, but the highest was recorded in Khamis Mushait by 128.9 mm.

Spatial distribution of precipitation over the inhabited stations of Saudi Arabia:

The attached maps show that the amount of precipitation at the inhabited stations for the month of May 2023 AD is higher than the normal rate (Map A), while (Map B) shows the average precipitation of the year during the months of May from 1991 AD until the year 2020, and (Map C) shows the change in The average rainfall during the month of May 2023 AD.

It is clear from (Figure 2) that the amount of rainfall on the inhabited stations of the Kingdom during the month of May 2023 AD was the highest, at a rate of 20.4 mm.

Figure 3 shows that most of the stations recorded above-average precipitation

April was also the wettest in 40 years

These record numbers of rainfall come for the second month in a row, as the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announced last month that the month of April 2023 was the highest in terms of average rainfall in 40 years, reaching 31.81 mm, more details from here