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For the only time in recorded weather history, snow fell in the Sahara desert in southern Algeria on February 18, 1979. The storm lasted only half an hour and the snow was gone within hours.

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Snow fell again in the Algerian Sahara in January and February of 2012.

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How much snow is in the Sahara Desert?

none. and if it has ever been, extremely rare


What is the average of snow fall in a year in the Sahara Desert?

On average between 100mm (in the north) and 150mm in the South of rain per year.


What is the volume of naturally-occurring snow in the Sahara Desert?

Essentially, zero.


What year did it snow in the Sahara desert?

It snowed in 1979 for the first time on record. In 2012, it snowed again in the Algerian Sahara.


Is there any snow in the desert?

Snow occasionally falls even in hot deserts such as the Sahara or Chihuahuan Desert. It is more common in cold winter deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi Desert and the Great Basin Desert.


Does snow fall in the desert?

While not common in hot deserts, snow has fallen in even the hottest of deserts such as the Mojave, Sahara, Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts. It is even more common in the cold deserts, especially in the Antarctic Desert, Great Basin Desert and the Colorado Plateau Desert.


Has it ever snowed in the Sahara desert before?

It has snowed at the Sahara desert on February 18, 1979. I awoke to snow one February morning in the Mojave Desert (California, USA) in the early 1970s. The altitude there is 4,000 feet above sea level.


When was the last time it snowed in the Sahara desert?

February 18, 1979. that the last time it snow.


Why is the arctic a dessert?

The Arctic is a cold desert because it gets very little precipitation (rain or snow) - about the same amount as the Sahara - but it is so cold that thesnow that does fall doesn't melt, so deep snow covers the land and ice.


When was Snow on the Sahara created?

Snow on the Sahara was created in 1996.


Is the Gobi Desert larger than the Sahara?

The Sahara Desert in northern Africa is the largest hot desert in the world at 9.65 million sq km. The Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia is the 3rd largest hot desert in the world at 1.3 million sq km.


What is the difference between the Sahara Desert and the Atacama Desert?

The Sahara Desert is a hot, sandy desert. Antarctica is a continent with a large desert covering much of it's surface. It is of course cold and much of it consists of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, although the dry valleys in the trans-antarctic mountains are not ice covered, and have sand dunes like more temperate deserts.