My daughter would like to know.....does it ever or has it ever snowed in Africa?
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i know that mount kilaminjaro(sp) has a snow cap. and there are two ski resorts in morrocco. but much of the contenant doesnt get much precipitation.
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Yes it cdan be too cold to snow. \n\nThe driest spot on the face of the earth is NOT the Atacama desert, it is the South Pole. From the reference here are figures of mm. of precipitable water vapor in the air measured in 1995:\n\nSouth Pole \nPercentile, Winter  & Summer \n\n25%, .19    .34\n50%, .25    .47\n75%, .32    .67\n\nAtacama\nPercentile, Winter & Summer\n\n25%, .68 1.1\n50%,  1.0 2.0\n75%,  1.6 3.7\n\nThe Atacama is so dry that there are some places in the Atacam where it has never been any measurable rain recorded, in over 100 years of measurements. Yet, the driest season in the Atacama still has considerably more precipitable water vapor in the air than the most humid season at the South Pole.  \n\nSo the answer is, yes it can be so cold that there is no moisture in the air, so it cannot snow.
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On January 19, 1977, Old Man Winter paid an unwelcomed visit to residents of Miami, Florida (yes, Florida, not Ohio) and brought along a surprise gift -- snow! For the first time in the history of the extreme south of Florida, snow danced through the air and dusted the ground briefly. A quarter century later, the scene has not been repeated.
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Snow in Australia falls in the Australia Alps, it snows inTasmania, It can fall in other parts of Victoria such as Ballarat (as it did about two weeks ago, it snows in the southern highlands north of Canberra, it snows in the blue mountains west of sydney from Bullaburra to Mt Victoria (in fact last week it snowed on a bushfire, which by the way is now out of control - close to where I live) it snows from Lithgow to Orange ( west of Mt Victoria) It can snow on the tablelands as far north of as Southern Queensland (as it did last week).\n\nHow do I know this. Well I am Australian. I live in the Blue Mountains and this all happened last week. Yesterday the temperatures were extremely hot (a complete turn around from last week, which led to our media calling it SNOVEMBER, due to the snow across the country - Tasmania to Queensland), 40 degrees (for those in the US - 104 degrees).\n\nYes it snows in Australia, but not just south of Canberra. Yes from Tasmania to Queensland. It is the ski fields that are south of Canberra.\n\nHope this helps.
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It snows all the time in north Texas.  In central and south Texas though, it's quite rare.
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No, the marathon has never been snowed out. As a resident of the area, I can't recall that it has snowed on Marathon day.
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It doesn't snow in Madagascar but they have sent a skier to the Olympics recently. Sort of compares to the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in 1988.
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It rained every Thursday - or at least it did somewhere in the World.\n\nPerhaps if you specified a geographical location then a local meteorologist might be able to give you the answer you're seeking.
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Yes we have at least one "thunder snow" in Nebraska every Year. I think it's kind of cool. It's usually happens after we have a really warm day and a really cold "cold front" comes through on it's tail. It's starts as a thunderstorm but it's cold enough at the surface that it changes to snow before it hits the ground. \n\nHere is the Wikipedia explanation.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersnow
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Snow in Sydney - 1836\n\nSnow in Sydney is extremely rare. Since European settlement, there have been a few cases recorded of blowing snowflakes, but only 4 occurrences of snow on the ground in any real quantity. All these cases occurred during the icy winter of 1836. \nT.A Browne (better known as Rolf Boldrewood, author of "Robbery Under Arms") kept weather observations during this period and noted that "the years 1836, 1837 and 1838 were years of drought, and in one of these years (1836) a remarkable thing happened. There was a fall of snow; we made snowballs at Enmore and enjoyed the usual schoolboy amusements therewith".\nThe Sydney Herald reported on the same incident headed "A Stranger"\n"For the first time in the memory of the oldest inhabitants, snow fell in Sydney on the morning of Tuesday last. (27 June 1836)\nAbout 7 O’clock in the morning, a drifting fall covered the streets nearly one inch in depth. Some of the "old hands" expressed a hope that their old acquaintances Messrs. Frost and Snow do not intend emigrating to NSW".\n\n  this record is not up to date because it has snowed in Sydney 1n the 1960s
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Solar rays are definitely stronger the closer you get to the sun, but the atmosphere is thinner the higher you go & snow is white enough to reflect many of the sun's rays.  In general, the higher the elevation, the cooler the air.  Thus, at 14,000 feet, you can have snow, even during the summer.  Also, different types of rays from the sun (throughout the visible & "invisible" spectrum) are altered to some degree by the atmosphere & refraction.\n\nKeeping that in mind, you should know that climatologists expect that by 2010 Kilimanjaro will no longer be covered in snow.
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Kenya is a country about as large as France and situated in East Africa between 5°N and 5°S. It has a very diverse relief with a low coastal plain on the Indian Ocean shore, extensive inland plateaux regions between 915 m/3,000 ft and 1,500 m/5,000 ft and several mountain ranges and isolated peaks such as Mount Kenya, which rises to 5,200 m/17,000 ft and has a permanent snow-cap.\n\nIt is bordered on the north by Ethiopia and Somalia, on the south by Tanzania, and on the west by Uganda and the shores of Lake Victoria.\n\nAlthough Kenya lies athwart the equator, annual rainfall over most of the country is surprisingly low and rather variable from year to year. This is because the intertropical belt of cloud and rain passes rather quickly across Kenya in April and October and because the predominant seasonal winds, the north and south monsoons as they are called in East Africa, have a track parallel to the coast and have already passed over large areas of land before reaching Kenya.\n\nTemperatures over much of Kenya are subtropical or temperate, because of the reduction of temperature with altitude, and are similar to those in California, summer in France or southern Britain rather than those elsewhere in equatorial Africa.\n\nOnly the coastal lowlands experience the constant high temperatures and humidity associated with equatorial latitudes. Even here they are less oppressive than one might expect, because of the regular daytime sea breezes and longer hours of sunshine.\nThe variety of relief and the range of altitude in Kenya produce a considerable number of distinctive local climates and local weather too numerous to be detailed here. The country can be divided broadly into four climatic regions, each with certain features of equatorial climates.\n\nThere is a double rainy season between March and May and between November and December, with two intervening dry seasons. There is a small difference in temperature from month to month through the year. Both these features can be seen in the three tables for Kenya included here. The four climatic regions are:\n\nThe Coastal Region\nThe average annual rainfall is over 1,000 mm/40 in, except in the north where it is rather less. The wettest months are April and May as the intertropical rain-belt moves north. The second rainy season in October and November, sometimes called the 'little rains' in Kenya, is less conspicuous. Some rain, often in the form of night or early morning showers, occurs in all months.\n\nTemperatures remain quite high around the year as does humidity; but the weather is less oppressive than might be thought because of the regular and strong onshore winds in the daytime and the greater number of sunshine hours which average seven to eight a day in all months. The weather, however, can feel sultry, particularly at night.\nThe Northern Frontier Districts and the Lower Inland Plateau\nMuch of this region has a very low annual rainfall for an equatorial region. Rainfall is generally below 500 mm/20 in and in the far north is often below 250 mm/10 in.\n\nIn the lower districts temperatures are high round the year, there is much sunshine, and the region is a typical hot desert like the adjoining southern parts of Somalia and Ethiopia. Humidity is low and, apart from occasional excessive heat, it is a healthy climate.\n\nThe Kenya Highlands\nMost of this region lies between 1,220 m/4,000 ft and 2,150 m/7,000 ft and occupies the centre and west of the country on either side of the eastern Rift valley, extending to the Ugandan border. It is the most densely populated part of the country and contains the most productive agricultural land.\n\nThere is a double rainy season but rainfall is moderate and only exceeds 1,250 mm/50 in a year on the higher parts. Over most of the region the sunniest time of the year is from December to March. The cloudiest period is from June to September when there is much drizzle but little heavy rain. This period is often called &#
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It will snow when temperatures are at 32F or below and when their is sufficient moisture in the atmosphere.  It will hail at many different temperatures when the hail rises then falls, rises with air currents then falls when gravity overcomes the aircurrents.
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i've never seen snow = (\n\nIt's rainy down here in florida.  the temperature has been fluxuating the past week...freezing cold one day and hot the next.  sux
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Hi,  I haven't seen snow in soooo long.  right now it's in the 60's and very windy here.  I use to live in a place where we had snow a lot. and I liked it. in fact I worked for a newspaper office and we woke up to a 17 inch snow. I didn't have to go to work. but my boss sent a snow mobile to pick up one of my co-workers that day. I was so envious of her.
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no i didn't. it snowed yesterday...\nBut the Sakura has already bloomed!
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That would depend on your location.  In the Southern Hemisphere, it is summer time on December 25th.  Many parts of the US don't get any snow, even during winter.  I would imagine that it has snowed SOMEWHERE EVERY Christmas for the last 65 years.