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Snowfall in the Sahara Desert – an Unusual Weather Phenomenon

January brings snowfall to many parts of the world, but snowfall in hot desert is unheard of. In an exceptionally rare event, the world’s hottest desert experienced snowfall in January this year. It may sound absurd but it’s not unprecedented. The Sahara Desert has witnessed snowfall five times in the last 40 years of which four times was in the…