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Baghdad, Iraq, gets second snow in 100 years

Published Feb 12, 2020 8:06 PM EDT

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On Jan. 11, 2008, I blogged that residents of Baghdad, Iraq, had seen their first snow in over 100 years:

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Snow falls in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 12, 2008.

On Feb. 11, 2020, it happened again.

A protester walks & tosses a snowball during anti-government protests, in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb.11, 2020. Snow fell across the Iraqi capital Baghdad for the first time in a decade on Tuesday as morning temperatures uncharacteristically hovered around freezing. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

According to our article, "cold air from western Russia traveled in the upper levels of the atmosphere and made its way to the city, which received 1-2 inches of snowfall."

The official "synoptic" weather observations from the airport show that they reported snow; in fact, 4 cm (1.6 inches) of snow was recorded, with a high temperature on Feb. 11 of 7 degrees Celsius (44 F) and a low temperature this morning of -3.4 C (26 F).

The video below shows the scenes of snow on palm trees:

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