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Interesting that somewhere in the Middle East can get so wet, and also have a "tropical" type rainfall seasonal pattern -- most Middle Eastern cities seem only wet if they are Mediterranean winter rainfall influenced, or have it sparsely scattered around the year in an arid pattern.
This climate rain-wise looks more "Indian" than Middle Eastern, even though once you go west of Pakistan it seems, the tropical summer-type rainfall changes drops out and places in Afghanistan/central Asia have stats showing winter/spring rain.
Interesting that somewhere in the Middle East can get so wet, and also have a "tropical" type rainfall seasonal pattern -- most Middle Eastern cities seem only wet if they are Mediterranean winter rainfall influenced, or have it sparsely scattered around the year in an arid pattern.
This climate rain-wise looks more "Indian" than Middle Eastern, even though once you go west of Pakistan it seems, the tropical summer-type rainfall changes drops out and places in Afghanistan/central Asia have stats showing winter/spring rain.
Makes sense since Yemen is so much further south. The winter/spring Mediterranean pattern occurs at subtropical latitudes. Yemen is much further south than Mediterranean middle east (13° vs 30-35°), so you wouldn't expect a winter rainfall max. The pattern is winter max around the subtropics; then deserts, then summer rainfall max as you get close to the equator. Other places have a similar pattern. If you go down the Pacific Coast of North America, you go from a winter rainfall peak (Central and Southern California ) becoming increasingly dry as you go south to desert (Baja California) to a summer rainfall peak becoming increasingly wet as you go south (Culiacán/Guadaljara, Mexico is semi-arid with a summer rainfall max.
Yeah, you're right. I didn't realize the latitude was 13 degrees north, being so southerly -- that's definitely in tropical territory, pretty much at par with places with real rainforests, as in Central America!
I didn't think/recall Yemen was so far into the "deep tropics" probably because of the perception of Arabia/the Arabian peninsula as mostly occupying a vast desert and dominated by places like like Dubai/Abu Dhabi (though they're still a deal further north).
It's interesting though that somewhere like Dubai and Abu Dhabi at around 25 N still show a winter rainfall trend though, with temperatures over the year those you'd not exactly call Mediterranean.
If you didn't hint about the middle east i would never have guessed it though, i was almost sure it was some unknown mountain city in Ethiopia/Eritrea, i discarded Yemen way earlier because i supposed it was 100% desert
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