Well, on April 1, we got our first rain for the new Gregorian year. I thought’d be interesting for us to track just how much it rains here, which is not a lot. There are about 1-2 rainy seasons per year where it will rain for days and then no rain to be seen for months. Also to note, which I mentioned on my weather page, it typically rains only in the afternoon before/around Asr time. This year, I’ve noticed that it has rained as early as about 11am…..
My intent is to tally up the days of rain that we receive….
April 1, 2008: Light rain/drizzle
April 8, 2008: Thunderstorm, hail.
May 1, 2008: Light rain and light thunder and lightning.
May 2, 2008: Heavier rain than yesterday.
May 3, 2008 Still heavier rain
May 5, 2008 Heavier rain, hail, lightning
May 7, 2008 light to heavy rain
May 8, 2008
May 9, 2008
May 10, 2008
May 11, 2008 started out heavy then lightened up pretty quickly
May 15, 2008
Thought the rain was gone, but it is back:
May 29, 2008
May 30, 2008 Rain, loud crackling thunder, lightning
May 31, 2008 Hail; lightning
June 11, 2008 Light rain, lightning
June 12, 2008
June 26, 2008
July - a few days in the beginning of strong rain and thunder and lightning
For a little more info on the weather here as well as a video of flooding last year (2007) in Sana’a, please see my weather page.
