WASM- Multiple weather monitoring stations across Jordan recorded temperatures in the forties today across wide areas, with the highest recorded in the Safawi region reaching 43.1 degrees Celsius, reaching approximately 43 degrees Celsius in the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea areas, and reaching between 39.5 to 41 degrees Celsius in the capital Amman, where Marka Northern Airport recorded 39.5 degrees, Queen Alia International Airport recorded 40.2 degrees, and Al-Abdali station recorded 41 degrees Celsius, with these temperatures exceeding these levels in lower-lying neighborhoods.
The city of Irbid recorded 36.1 degrees Celsius, but with high humidity resulting in a more pronounced feeling of high temperatures. Aqaba also recorded 41 degrees Celsius concurrent with high humidity. High mountainous areas in the highlands of Ajloun, Jerash, Amman, Al-Salt, and Al-Shobak recorded around 35-37 degrees Celsius, but the humidity created a higher perceived temperature.
This heat wave is classified as strong and is expected to continue until the end of the first week of September, with a slight decline in the evening of Sunday and Monday next, then intensifying on Tuesday and through the end of next week before gradually subsiding and temperatures declining.
The strong heat wave is expected to reach its peak intensity from Tuesday through Friday next, with temperatures rising to significant levels. Strong heat waves have begun to recur frequently in Jordan in recent years, as Jordan experienced consecutive heat waves this summer since the end of spring season with temperatures in the forties recorded during multiple periods.
Jordan records temperatures in the 40s across wide areas today Thursday
