The temperature drops by 6 degrees during December

The National Center of Meteorology reported that December is the last month of the fall season, and winter begins astronomically in the last third of the month, specifically on the 23rd day. Climatologically, December is one of the winter months, during which the maximum and minimum temperatures drop by three to six degrees compared to November.

The center expected that the country would be affected by the Siberian Ridge extending from the north, bringing with it northeasterly winds that would cause a significant drop in temperatures during the night, especially in the interior and mountainous areas. It would also be affected during this month by the passage of air depressions coming from the west, leading to the proliferation of clouds and forming… There is an opportunity for rain to fall at times.

The center also expected the relative humidity to increase, especially in the early morning, as a result of the passage of moderate air masses over the Gulf waters towards the country, which creates the opportunity for light and dense fog to form.

During its monthly weather bulletin, the Center presented climate statistics and historical climate records during the past months of December in terms of temperatures, where the average temperature ranged between 17.7 and 21.8°C, the average maximum temperature ranged between 21.7 and 27.4°C, and the average temperature The lowest temperature is between 12.9 and 17.4 °C, and the highest temperature is 37.0 °C recorded in Sweihan in 2016, and the lowest temperature On Jebel Jais in 2004, it reached -0.7 °C.

As for winds, the average wind speed was 11 km/h, the highest speed was 87 km/h in the year 2019, and the highest wind gust was 87 km/h in the year 2019.

As for humidity, the average relative humidity during the month was 63%, the average maximum relative humidity was between 79 and 90%, and the average minimum relative humidity was between 32 and 49%.

As for fog, the highest frequency of fog occurrence over the past years was in 2014, when the number of fog occurrences was 20 days of fog and five days of light fog.

As for rain, the highest amount of rain during this month was 208.4 mm on Dhadna in 2006.