It's not every day that powdery snow covers the desert sand in Saudi Arabia – but that's exactly what happened to parts of the country when temperatures dropped below freezing. Saudis are reacting with a healthy dose of humor, and even a few snowmen.
The frigid temperatures and blanket of snow is an unexpected treat for Saudi Arabia's central and northwest regions, which tend to see daily high temperatures of around 20° C (68° F), even in the November "cold season."
Snow will never, ever not be exciting. And Saudis have proven that with their excited posts on social media as the country found itself covered in a layer of the good stuff.
شاهد المقطع الذي صدم محترفي التزلج في أوروبا وأمريكا تزلج على الثلج في جبال اللوز بالطريقة السعودية#جبل_اللوز#تبوك
Snow in Saudi Arabia is a forewarning of coming winter. Winter 2017 will be worse this year. rt.com/viral/368505-s…
#WorldWeather SNOW in Saudi Arabia: Desert sands turn WHITE in incredible pictures -… fxmb.info/MmYP5v via #hng#weather #news
It does look amazing.
#Snow covers deserts of #SaudiArabia as temperature dropped to zero due to sudden change in weather.
CyberAnonymous: AlArabiya_Eng: Citizens share rare photos of snow in #SaudiArabia ara.tv/4jxhe
Sadly, one Facebook user pointed out that a Saudi cleric once issued a fatwa against snowmen, calling them anti-Islamic:
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