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Countries by average annual precipitation. This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. ... year) Continent 1 ... Israel: 435: Asia 150 Botswana ...
Closer inland Israel transitions into a dry semi-arid climate (Bsh), with an average temperature of 18 C. Southern Israel is classified as a “hot desert climate” (Bwh) and receives an average of 50mm to 200mm of rainfall annually. Rainfall is relatively higher in the North, where approximately 78%, around 1,100mm, of the country's ...
Israel on the world map. Israel lies to the north of the equator around 31°30' north latitude and 34°45' east longitude. [1] It measures 424 km (263 mi) from north to south [dubious – discuss] and, at its widest point 114 km (71 mi), from east to west. [1] At its narrowest point, however, this is reduced to just 15 km (9 mi).
Temperature of 54 °C (129 °F) is also matched by a 1942 record from Tirat Zvi, Israel. [ 16 ] 2016 and 2017 readings in Kuwait and Iran have also matched the 2013 Death Valley record, while readings in 2020 and 2021 also at Furnace Creek went even higher, up to 54.4 °C (129.9 °F), however, they have not yet been validated by WMO. [ 17 ]
Successive years of drought from 1998 to 2002 had dramatically lowered water levels in all of the main reservoirs. 1998–1999 was the worst drought year in Israel for the past 100 years. The following years were also characterized by less-than-average rainfall, which led to a shortfall of some half a billion cubic meters in Israel's water ...
Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Asia ; City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ref. Mawsynram: India: 133.0 8.3 15.7 27.4 29.8 26.0 5.7
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Each heatwave in Israel leads to 45 deaths on average. [31] By the end of the 21st century, heatwaves may result in about 330 deaths each summer. [29] In June 2023, 300,000 people in Israel were left without electricity in the middle of a heatwave, which showed that the country is not prepared for the impacts of climate change. [32]