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.