Emirates Meteorology Portal

The usual question that residents ask every year. Some feel that summers are getting hotter. Let’s take a look at some numbers. The charts below show average day-time high temperatures for June and July for the years 2000-2011, recorded at Dubai Airport. Such temperatures might not be representative of other cities especially ones that are not coastal. Dubai city is a coastal city that usually gets affected by a sea breeze that tends to moderate day-time temperatures. Moreover, humidity plays a great role in determining how hot it feels. One clear observation is that June 2011 ranks as the third hottest June for the  [ Read More ]

A spectacular summer thunderstorm is raging across Southern UAE, southwest of Abu Dhabi. The last few days have seen recurring summer thunderstorms over western and southern UAE, while the rest of the UAE experiences hot and sunny weather.  

Summer afternoon thunderstorms have been raging accross Oman mountains, UAE mountains and interior areas over the last few days. Brief period of heavy rain, hail, high winds, and falling temperatures accompany such localized thunderstorms. Dust storms usually form nearby the storms due to high winds kicking up dust. Tuesday could bring even more summer afternoon showers and thunderstorms to parts of Al Ain and western interior areas, and surrounding places.

An active spill of the summer showers and thunderstorms over parts of Yemen and Saudi Arabia unleashed heavy downpours due to a surge of tropical moisture and weakening high pressure. The below image from NASA TRMM shows excessive rainfall of around 400mm over eastern Yemen. Moreover, heavy thunderstorms hit southern Saudi Arabia and resulted in flooded roads, trapping residents, with reports of missing bodies as well according to a local Saudi newspaper. It seems such an event is becoming annual as in summer 2010 a similar event occured.