https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-60045153

Not much to say, but it's a nice complement to the "rain in Greenland" thread. I've seen snow in the Sahara stories before, but they're not overly common.

It comes to something when there's not a hint of a snowflake here (nor has there been all winter), yet in a desert in Africa it snows...

This month's snow was not entirely surprising - it also happened in 2021, 2018 and 2017.

But the snow on the red sand dunes in December 2016 did come as a surprise. Residents of Ain Sefra said that it was the first time since 1979 they had seen snow, suggesting the phenomenon is now becoming more common.