Temperatures to drop below zero in northern regions in coming days According to the forecast of the National Center of Meteorology, mercury will drop and snow will fall in the northern regions of Tabuk, Al-Jouf and Northern Borders during the current mid-year school vacation The National Center of Meteorology (NMC) revealed that the most intense cold wave that Saudi Arabia had ever witnessed was in 1992. The NMC’s Hail station recorded the lowest ever temperature in January 1992 at -9.3 degree Celsius and an average of -4.4 degree Celsius, and that lasted for seven days. The NMC stated that historically, the center’s Hail and Al-Qurayyat stations topped the lowest temperatures between 1985 and 2023 during January, and that became the focus of the impact of strong winter cold waves in Saudi Arabia. According to the forecast of NMC mercury will drop and snow will fall in the northern regions of Tabuk, Al-Jouf and Northern Borders during the current mid-winter school vacation. In a statement on its X account, the center said that moderate to heavy rains accompanied by dust-raising winds are expected in most regions of the Kingdom, including Tabuk, Makkah, Madinah, Al-Jouf, Northern Borders, Hail, Al-Qassim, Riyadh, Eastern Province […]