{"id":69789,"date":"2022-01-20T04:20:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T22:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/snow-and-ice-descend-on-sahara-desert-in-rare-weather-occurrence\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T04:22:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T22:52:02","slug":"in-rare-weather-conditions-snow-and-ice-descend-on-the-sahara-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/in-rare-weather-conditions-snow-and-ice-descend-on-the-sahara-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"In rare weather conditions, snow and ice descend on the Sahara Desert."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In parts of the Sahara Desert, snow fell in rare instances. It has happened only a few times over 40 years. MSN<\/a>.<\/p>\n After temperatures plummeted below zero in Ain Sefra, Algeria, snow and ice were found on the sand dunes of the Atlas Mountains,\u00a0known as the \u201cgateway to the desert,\u201d MSN reported.<\/p>\n It is located in the Naama province in Algeria, in the northern Sahara, near the Moroccan border. The elevation is 1,000 m above sea level.<\/p>\n MSN reported that snow and ice still occur despite temperatures fluctuating in Sahara. According to MSN., there were no other snow incidents in Ain Sefra between 1979, 2017 and 2021.<\/p>\n According to the newspaper, snow in the area was welcome after the scorching heat. BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n BBC reported that revelers took photos of their snow play and were happy with the unusual situation.<\/p>\n