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01-10-2018, 06:42 PM
Snow falls on the usually quite hot Sahara Desert
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Africa's Sahara Desert isn't the place you'd expect to see snow.
Yet a rare winter storm powdered the arid sand dunes of northwestern Algeria with white snow on Sunday, the third time an event like this has happened in 40 years.
SEE ALSO: How the 'bomb cyclone' formed to slam the East Coast (http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/bomb-cyclone-how-rare/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
What's even odder is snow also fell on the Sahara last year (http://mashable.com/2016/12/21/snow-falls-in-the-sahara-desert/). Before that, the town of Ain Sefra saw snow all the way back in 1979 (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/snow-falls-sahara-first-time-1979-180961545/), albeit for only half an hour.
The region typically experiences blisteringly hot weather in summer, exceeding temperatures of 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). However, it cools right down in winter, hitting an average low of 31.5 degrees Fahrenheit (-0.5 degrees Celsius). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/sahara-desert-snow-fall/)
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Africa's Sahara Desert isn't the place you'd expect to see snow.
Yet a rare winter storm powdered the arid sand dunes of northwestern Algeria with white snow on Sunday, the third time an event like this has happened in 40 years.
SEE ALSO: How the 'bomb cyclone' formed to slam the East Coast (http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/bomb-cyclone-how-rare/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
What's even odder is snow also fell on the Sahara last year (http://mashable.com/2016/12/21/snow-falls-in-the-sahara-desert/). Before that, the town of Ain Sefra saw snow all the way back in 1979 (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/snow-falls-sahara-first-time-1979-180961545/), albeit for only half an hour.
The region typically experiences blisteringly hot weather in summer, exceeding temperatures of 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). However, it cools right down in winter, hitting an average low of 31.5 degrees Fahrenheit (-0.5 degrees Celsius). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/sahara-desert-snow-fall/)
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