The UAE’s winter season will start on Monday, December 21, at exactly 2.03pm (UAE time), an astronomer has said.
Ibrahim Al Jarwan, a member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, said the sun reaches its most southerly declination on December 21-22 every year. Technically, this marks the beginning of the winter, state news agency Wam quoted Jarwan as saying.
The season is ushered in by the winter solstice, which sees the shortest day and the longest night of the year. This year, the solstice is on December 21.
In the Arabian Peninsula, the temperature in winter from mid-December to mid-February will be under 15°C. It could even dip below 5°C in some areas.
#أقل_درجة_حرارة سجلت على الدولة صباح هذا اليوم 6.1 درجة مئوية في جبل جيس الساعة 04:30 بالتوقيت المحلي لدولة الإمارات.#The_lowest_temperature recorded over the country today morning was 6.1°C in Jabel jais at 04:30 UAE Local
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