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Snow falls in the Sahara desert

Geoff Riley

9th January 2018

Wow - evidence here that the world's hottest desert is not immune to the impact of winter.

Rare snowstorm blankets parts of the Sahara desert in up to 16 inches of snow. pic.twitter.com/0KpnYyucxM
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) January 9, 2018

The BBC news report explains that "Snowfall is rare in the Sahara, despite the fact that it can be cold at night - because there's rarely enough water around for any kind of precipitation."

Rare #snow covers the #Sahara #Desert in #Algeria – Second year in a row after 40 years of absence https://t.co/5v81PrFb0s via @Strange_Sounds pic.twitter.com/1arXOMEAKb
— Strange Sounds (@Strange_Sounds) January 7, 2018

“Incredible, unbelievable, magical, sensational”: Snowfall in the Sahara creates a landscape of frozen beauty. https://t.co/Reodnaq4y2
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) January 9, 2018

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

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