Arab Weather - The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has witnessed distinctive climatic events during the past decades, especially with regard to snowfall during the month of November, where the Director of the Meteorology Department, Raed Rafid Al Khattab, revealed climatic information related to snowfall in the Kingdom during the month of November, in addition to important information related to the Jordanian climate record and the most prominent weather stations witnessed by the Kingdom in this month.
Director of the Meteorology Department, Raed Rafid Al Khattab, explained that the chances of snowfall in Jordan during the month of November are very rare, and have only occurred three times in the past hundred years.
Al Khattab told Al Wakeel News that snowfall in November usually occurred in the last third of the month, and this happened in the years 1982, 1994, and 2004.
He added that November usually witnesses diverse weather patterns, ranging from dry and warm weather at times, to rainy and cold weather, as a result of the Kingdom being affected by different weather systems, such as the extension of the Red Sea depression or depressions accompanied by cold air fronts.
Al Khattab pointed out that the highest daily rainfall total recorded at Amman Civil Airport was 79.4 mm on November 7, 1938, while the highest monthly rainfall total during November in the same location was 136.8 mm in 1944.
At the Kingdom level, he explained that the Jordanian climate record shows that the Deir Alla monitoring station recorded the highest maximum temperature during the month of November, reaching 39.2 degrees Celsius on November 2, 1962. The Shobak monitoring station also recorded the lowest minimum temperature, reaching 11.2 degrees Celsius below zero on November 17, 1978.
He added that the Ras Munif/Ajloun monitoring station recorded the highest daily rainfall total during the month of November, reaching 114.6 mm on November 19, 2023. As for the highest daily rainfall total,
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