Isn’t it amazing how Kuwait weather can change from extremely hot to extremely cold, from rainy to dusty, foggy to sunny? I made a 60 seconds video showing how Kuwait weather changes during 2012. The interesting thing is that I shot all the videos on King Fahad highway on my way to work in different seasons.
So now which one do you prefer?
Is it just me or is Kuwait weather (or should I say climate) has been changing in the last few years? We are getting extremely hot temperatures that exceed 54+ degrees Celsius during the summer, negative temperatures during the winter, we are also getting more dusty days through out the year even during the winter and spring seasons, add to this the scarce rain fall, and sometimes we experience dust/humidity/rain combo at the same time (like yesterday and today).
Also we sometimes get some rain during summer, then we have those scary heavy dust storms that hit us every now and then let alone the dust every weekend. I know we are currently experiencing what we call in Kuwait (Pre-Sarayat and Sarayat) but changing climate is also another possibility since its a global phenomenon, maybe pollution has an effect too.
Do lightning and thunder scare you? Last night outside my window I was enjoying the intense non-stop lightning that continued for more than half an hour, this is an annual thing in Kuwait which is called “Pre-Sarayat” where heavy rain falls accompanied with thunder and lightning.
Expect more lightning storms in the upcoming days, my advice is that people shouldn’t stand nearby electrical transmission lines or on the roof of the high rise buildings or use cell phones in the open when they see intense lightning. Luckily a friend of mine managed to shoot a video for the lightning.
Looks like we’ll suffer a tough summer this year, according to the popular astronomer Saleh Al Al Ojairi Kuwait will undergo over 170 dusty days this summer, that’s about six months!
Besides the scarce rainfall during last winter this is mainly caused by us, humans. Greeneries help alot with dust by improving the cohesivness of soil, it also works as barrier to wind though we have less greeneries in Kuwait. Another cause is the heavy cars/vehicles movement in Kuwait desert which has also effected the soil, I say be ready.
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Our dear friend froyonation posted about this interesting study, it basically ranks Kuwait City as the hottest city in the world with average temperature 46.9 degree C! I’ve a friend who visited Kuwait for the first time ever last February and said the following upon his arrival “How come people say Kuwait is the hottest, its freezing here”.
The study also states that best time to visit Kuwait is during March, April, October and November, I recall last summer a temperature exceeding 53 degree C was recorded. So are you ready for the summer?
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Kuwait Meteorological Center has announced that Zero degrees temperature was recorded in North East Kuwait early yesterday’s morning, “Wow” that means ice.
I also read on the paper today that the temperature will reach zero again properly today, so I advice you all to stay warm.
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It seems the weather will be extremely humid today reaching 70% and even higher near coastal areas. I went for a a little walk early this morning and moments later I was drowning, literally ! I know humidity is good to reduce temperature, but I just can’t stand it and this is why I never go to Dubai on summer.
So what would you prefere: humidity ? Dust ? or sunny? :)
I just received this picture showing the current situation in South of Kuwait, as you can see the dust is really severe and the visibility is almost zero ! What I just did is check the weather forecast for today on google and guess what I found:
As you can see, it says clear ! and wind speed 34 km/hr ! This is a good case to show that weather forecast can never predict the real situation at all times. My advice is to sit tight, and avoid going out if you can.
I think the current situation is less severe in Kuwait City, though better be safe than sorry. Close all your windows, people with asthma should get disposable mask as shown in picture below.
