Rare snow in Iraq turns Baghdad into winter wonderland

Snowfall in Baghdad, for the second time in a decade.

What a strange sight.

Snow in Iraq! pic.twitter.com/77qt0CZqgR

— Jason Nicholas (@JasonNweather) February 11, 2020

Baghdad University, #Iraq covered with snow this week.

Even weather has become unpredictable in Mideast: pic.twitter.com/vsycQb3NQq

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 12, 2020

Many Iraqis experienced their first snowfall when a cold front turned Baghdad into a winter wonderland pic.twitter.com/fXyo5bjKMx

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 12, 2020

Snow-covered buildings in Mosul after a rare snowfall in Iraq. More photos of the day: https://t.co/vr0rlBX8L2 Abdullah Rashid pic.twitter.com/BN7HGLmA1c

— Reuters Pictures (@reuterspictures) February 11, 2020

Mountainous northern Iraq tends to get snow each year — Kurdish peshmerga forces were pictured training shirtless in the snow earlier this year — but the last time it fell on the capital was in 2008. https://t.co/0qDjaOyHmf pic.twitter.com/33QsTVpSrm

— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) February 11, 2020

#PICTURES: People in #Iraq enjoy a rare blanket of snow in #Baghdad, #Karbala and #Mosul as temperatures plummet across the #MiddleEast #snowing https://t.co/JoHsKtLdRg pic.twitter.com/qDyXEcDwrO

— Arab News (@arabnews) February 11, 2020

#Snow has fallen in #Iraq! A beautiful landscape but another #challenge for the 1.4 million #IDPs living in #camps. The #restoration of basic services remains a necessary pre-requisite for their return and #clearance is key before the #rehabilitation of #critical #infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/QjCaLfwNTO

— UNMAS (@UNMAS) February 11, 2020

Before this week, the last time snow fell in #Baghdad #Iraq was 2008, which was the first time in 100 years that the city had experienced snow. https://t.co/46FiKimHUf pic.twitter.com/AHvLYr7cTx

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) February 12, 2020