the rain in Egypt
falls mainly when Wendy has arrived on Holiday (not on a plain in Spain).
In Egypt it only rains for a few minutes every year. I managed to make a trip especially to the rain clouds to witness the annual event, live, as it happens, in Alexandria. Can you see the rain cloud sneaking up behind the Alexandria citadel?
Children ran around the street with cloths ready to wipe the local cars clean. There was general excitement. Clearly this was a special social occassion. Warm rain in Alexandria. A wonderful memory.
December 4th, 2009
You should consider this a great honour. It won’t rain for just anyone.
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April 6th, 2010
Hi, I don’t know what your sources are but it rains an average of almost 700 hours a year which is almost a full months worth of rain in Alexandria. It has rained at least 5 times this month already and I am from Alex. It rains almost 200 millimeters a year which is the same as many European and North American cities. Unfortunately this was not an annual event, in fact it might be raining tonight!
- Sorry
PS Even in Cairo, which is much drier it rains at least 10 times a year!!
source: (BBC WEATHER AVERAGES) http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT000160
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April 6th, 2010
Thank you Egyptian!
A local tour guide told me about the rain, I suspect she was trying to make me feel good about it.
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