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[Al-Hashimi]

Originally Posted by Ksharp1Fan

aghati you said this on 2 threads now so allow me to inform you : it's not the hottest in the region. because it's dry heat and temperature drops considerably after noon. try Ahvaz or any khaleji country

I said one of the hottest and if I said otherwise it was my mistake. Southern Iraqi cities and Baghdad are together with Makkah, Ahvaz, Kuwait City and a few other cities the hottest in the Middle East.

Hejaz is generally "colder" apart from Makkah than any Iraqi city during summer south of Tikrit and so is Yemen and most of UAE and Oman - although all 3 coutries have a very hot summer too.

The reason why most of Iraq, Kuwait and Khuzestan (free it!) are so hot is due to the shamal wind.

Makaay31: Fantastic clip.

[Chounz]

In Dubai and probably other Khaleeji countries the weather is very humid whereas Iraq/Baghdad is dry... So the gulf countries (UAE/Qatar/Bahrain; not sure bout Saudi) are worse/hotter than Iraq.

[Al-Hashimi]

Originally Posted by Chounz

In Dubai and probably other Khaleeji countries the weather is very humid whereas Iraq/Baghdad is dry... So the gulf countries (UAE/Qatar/Bahrain; not sure bout Saudi) are worse/hotter than Iraq.

You are probably right about the humidity brother but I am pretty sure that the average temperature in the summer is hotter in Baghdad, most of Iraq south of Tikrit, Kuwait and Khuzestan. I remember reading that the regions mostly affected by the shamal wind (Central and Southern Iraq, Kuwait and Khuzestan) were the hottest in terms of temperature at least in the Middle East.

[Sinjar]

Bridge construction in Balad district, Salah ad Din.

وزارة الاعمار والاسكان: انجاز مشروع انشاء جسر الجويزرات الكونكريتي وأعادة اعمار جسر الصينية في محافظة صلاح الدين

أعلنت وزارة الاعمار والاسكان أن الهيئة العامة للطرق والجسور التابعة للوزارة أنجزت مشروع انشاء جسر الجويزرات الكونكريتي في محافظة صلاح الدين بكلفة (3,018) مليارات دينار.
وقال مصدر مسؤول في الهيئة إن طول الجسر يبلغ (120) متراًَ بواقع خمسة فضاءات كما يبلغ طول مقترباته (1,5) كم ويربط هذا الجسر منطقة جويزرات بالطريق العام وقضاء بلد والمناطق المجاورة له ويقلل المسافات بين الضفتين ويساهم في تنقل المواطنين والمنتجات الزراعية.
على صعيد متصل انجزت الهيئة العامة للطرق والجسور مشروع أعمار جسر الصينية فوق السكة في محافظة صلاح الدي ايضاً بكلفة (455) مليون دينار بعد تضرره اثر عملية ارهابية تخريبية وتضمن العمل في المشروع اعمال قشط التبليط القديم وصيانة التكسية الحجرية من الجانبين وتنفيذ الهيكل الحديدي الخاص باسناد الفضائين وازالة الكتل الكونكريتية الساندة للجسر وتجهيز مفاصل التمدد ومساند الارتكاز والسياج الوقائي.

[sheytanElKebir]

once again. TOO NARROW! they are saving pennies by having crap projects

[makaay31]

They are saving money by making the roads etc. narrower than they should do(than the actual plan), that's what I've heard

[Sinjar]

Well the Balad districit is not a heavily populated area with many cars compered to other areas but that's just a presumption

[Chounz]

Originally Posted by Sinjar

Well the Balad districit is not a heavily populated area with many cars compered to other areas but that's just a presumption

How is that relevant?

Are cars in Balad smaller than cars in other parts of the country? Hahahaha. GOD Sinjar.

[Sinjar]

No the amount of cars in the district

[3ankabot]

Originally Posted by Al-Hashimi

You are probably right about the humidity brother but I am pretty sure that the average temperature in the summer is hotter in Baghdad, most of Iraq south of Tikrit, Kuwait and Khuzestan. I remember reading that the regions mostly affected by the shamal wind (Central and Southern Iraq, Kuwait and Khuzestan) were the hottest in terms of temperature at least in the Middle East.

He is right. Some of the highest temperatures of all time have been recorded in Iraq actually. The widely accepted highest temperature ever was 55-56 c in al aziziyah, libya in 1922. Iraq's highest recorded temperatures were in Baghdad 51 c, Nasiriyah 52 c and Diwaniyah 53 in 2011; however unofficial sources states record breaking 58-59 c.

EDIT:
Source:
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/201...grees-celsius/

[Al-Hashimi]

Originally Posted by 3ankabot

He is right. Some of the highest temperatures of all time have been recorded in Iraq actually. The widely accepted highest temperature ever was 55-56 c in al aziziyah, libya in 1922. Iraq's highest recorded temperatures were in Baghdad 51 c, Nasiriyah 52 c and Diwaniyah 53 in 2011; however unofficial sources states record breaking 58-59 c.

EDIT:
Source:
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/201...grees-celsius/

My father told me this. And I have been to Hejaz and Saudi Arabia in the summer and Iraq and I can tell that it was warmer in Iraq AND Kuwait. The humidity was lower in Iraq/Kuwait but the temperature was higher.

[makaay31]

Dagharah (Qadsiyah Province)

[makaay31]

Diwaniyah

[makaay31]

Diwaniyah

[makaay31]

Diwaniyah

[Ksharp1Fan]

Originally Posted by 3ankabot

He is right. Some of the highest temperatures of all time have been recorded in Iraq actually. The widely accepted highest temperature ever was 55-56 c in al aziziyah, libya in 1922. Iraq's highest recorded temperatures were in Baghdad 51 c, Nasiriyah 52 c and Diwaniyah 53 in 2011

yes I know this but those are extreme cases. in terms of summer temperatures central-southern Iraq isn't very different from the gulf but humidity is the deciding factor. Baghdad has about 17% summer humidity while gulf cities have ~70%. so 40 in saudi or qatar will feel like over 55 in Iraq.
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex.shtml

however unofficial sources states record breaking 58-59 c.

incorrect measurment

[3ankabot]

Originally Posted by Ksharp1Fan

yes I know this but those are extreme cases. in terms of summer temperatures central-southern Iraq isn't very different from the gulf but humidity is the deciding factor. Baghdad has about 17% summer humidity while gulf cities have ~70%. so 40 in saudi or qatar will feel like over 55 in Iraq.
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex.shtml


incorrect measurment

Baghdad "Mean relative humidity for an average year is recorded as 42.3% and on a monthly basis it ranges from 21% in June to 71% in January & December."

Basra "Mean realtive humidity for an average year is recorded as 60.6% and on a monthly basis it ranges from 46% in September to 81% in January."

Kuwait "Mean relative humidity for an average year is recorded as 55.3% and on a monthly basis it ranges from 41% in July to 65% in December."

Riyadh "Mean relative humidity for an average year is recorded as 24.5% and on a monthly basis it ranges from 10% in September to 46% in December."

http://www.climatetemp.info/iraq/baghdad.html
http://www.climatetemp.info/iraq/basra.html
http://www.climatetemp.info/kuwait/
http://www.climatetemp.info/saudi-arabia/riyadh.html

My father lived two years in Rafah and Artawiya refugee camps in the middle of nowhere in the Saudi desert. While it was extremly hot, there was no major difference compared to southern Iraq. Our Summers are some of the most extreme in the world, only Kuwait can compete.

[Ksharp1Fan]

maybe Iraqi summers are as hot as the gulf, i've never been to the gulf so i can't judge. but for the record iraq is still 'colder' during all other seasons.

[3ankabot]

Originally Posted by Ksharp1Fan

maybe Iraqi summers are as hot as the gulf, i've never been to the gulf so i can't judge. but for the record iraq is still 'colder' during all other seasons.

Yes.

[Al-Hashimi]

Thanks akhi for explaining it to him.

Iraq during summer is the HOTTEST place on average in the Middle East and one of the very hottest in the world together with Kuwait and Khuzestan. It's due to the shamal wind I talked about before. Read about it.

I have been in much of KSA and the temperatures are not higher than in Iraq during summer. Maybe only the Rub' al Khali desert but that desert is not inhabited. In Al-Anbar and the Syrian and Arabian Deserts in Iraq the temperature can also get even higher but since only bedouins live there apart from few cities and settlements it's not as known.