UAE weather: Temperatures to dip below 5°C as winter peaks

The Emirates Astronomy Society said the most intense period of the winter season is set to begin in mid-January with severe cold and temperatures dipping to below 5 °C in mountainous areas.

Officials said the period between January 12 and January 16 is the peak of the winter season in the Gulf heritage calendar of the Al Drour system.

This period lasts for ten days, and it is described as the period of ‘severe cold, according to a WAM report.

Ibrahim Al Jarwan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Astronomical Society said this period is when winter in the Arabian Peninsula region reaches its peak with temperatures dropping to their lowest, reaching below 5 °C in the deserts and dipping below 0°C in the high mountainous areas.

During this period, fog formation might be experienced in the morning, and camels drinking semi-frozen water might lead to bleeding or bloody mouths from the extreme cold, he said.

According to Al Jarwan, as for the people of Al Anwa, January 15 marks the beginning of the second season of winter-the season of Shabt or the period of coldness.

During this period, the temperature in all coastal areas is between 23°C to 11°C, and it sometimes dips in some areas of the desert to below 5 °C and 0 °C in mountain peaks.

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