Jordan | In numbers ... the observations reveal the fact that the rainy season is delayed in the Kingdom

Arab weather - Sinan Khalaf - unusually, began the month of September and ended without any rain being mentioned, and he was known by folk proverbs since ancient times with his "wet tail" and here we are today in the last third of October, without being recorded Monitoring stations Which raindrops are mentioned, is the rainy season really late? Do we suffer from rain retention?

Facts proven by the 100-year climate archive

Rainfall from the beginning of September to 20 October represents only 1% of the annual average rainfall

The Director of the Meteorology Department at the Ministry of Transport, Mr. Raed Rafid Al Khattab emphasized that the delay in the rain for this year is not a new matter, and it cannot be described as an exceptional event, or as an indication of the performance of the rainy season, given that the rainfall for such a period of the year "from the beginning of September Until October 20, "it represents only 1% of the annual average of rain, according to climate records, while the months of" September-October "as a whole achieve 2.5% of the annual average of rain in the Kingdom.

Al Khattab also emphasized that most of the rains that the kingdom usually witnesses in the autumn season (September-October-November) is concentrated in the eastern and southern regions, and it represents 12% -16% of the annual average of rains, and it is the result of most of it from non-existent situations. Air stability.

During the months of September and October

18 A rainy season in which no rain fell on Amman

Al Khattab added that the climate record indicates that during the past 100 years, the capital, Amman, has witnessed 18 rainy seasons in which no rain fell during the months of September and October, despite that, 50% of these seasons achieved a total rainfall higher than the general seasonal average. With an increase ranging between (1% -75%) over its general seasonal average, and there are four of these seasons were around the general average and five seasons were poor to good performance, indicating that there is an expectation of rain for this season with a probability of 72% The rain performance during this season is about average or slightly higher, God willing.

Reading in the 2019/2020 rainy season

Returning to the last rainy season 2019/2020, rain began on the kingdom on the fifth of last October, 2019 and ended on the twenty-fifth of May 2020, achieving rain totals higher than the general seasonal rain rate in all regions of the Kingdom with an increase ranging between 17% -63%.

Al Khattab reported that the southern regions of the Kingdom are the most frequent in the rain delay during the past 30 years, as the Ma'an monitoring station witnessed 13 rainy season and the Shobak monitoring station 11 rainy season in which the rainfall was delayed, while the northern regions are the least frequent in the rain delay During the past 30 years, the Ras Munif monitoring station witnessed only one season, the Baqura monitoring station 3 seasons, and the Irbid monitoring station 4 seasons. Note that the last rainy season witnessed a delay in the precipitation is the 2011/2012 season, as this season achieved 107% of its general rain rate in the capital, Amman.