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Five southern governorates at 45°C with rain possible in the northeast
20+ hour, 7+ min ago (146+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Muthanna and Wasit are forecast at 45°C on Sunday, while light showers remain possible in the northeast, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said. Karbala, Najaf, Diwaniyah and Babil are expected at 44°C, Baghdad, Diyala…...
Five governorates at 46°C as heat rises again
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (97+ words) 964media BAGHDAD â Maysan, Najaf, Muthanna, Dhi Qar and Basra are forecast at 46°C on Thursday as temperatures rise across most of Iraq, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said Babil is expected at 45°C, up four degrees on Wednesday, with…...
Basra at 46°C with six governorates in the 30s
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (123+ words) 964media BAGHDAD â Basra is forecast at 46°C on Wednesday, the highest in Iraq, while Sulaymaniyah and Duhok stay coolest at 35°C, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said Erbil is expected at 37°C, Kirkuk and Nineveh 38°C and Anbar 39°C…...
Basra and Dhi Qar at 46°C with the north in the 30s
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (150+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Basra and Dhi Qar are forecast at 46°C on Tuesday while six northern and western governorates stay in the 30s, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said. Duhok and Sulaymaniyah are expected at 36°C, Erbil and Kirkuk 38°C, and Nineveh…...
Iraq forecasts highs of 47 C with showers possible in north
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (126+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Karbala, Basra and Dhi Qar were forecast at 47°C on Sunday, with light showers possible in Duhok and Nineveh before cooler weather reaches central and northern Iraq on Monday, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said. Baghdad was forecast…...
Five governorates at 46°C with Sulaymaniyah coolest at 39°C
1+ week, 1+ day ago (95+ words) 964media BAGHDAD â Maysan, Najaf, Dhi Qar, Muthanna and Basra are forecast to reach 46°C on Saturday, with Baghdad at 45°C, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said Karbala, Anbar, Salah al-Din, Wasit, Babil and Diwaniyah are expected at 44 to 45°C,…...
Heat rebounds in the north with Kirkuk and Duhok up three degrees
1+ week, 4+ day ago (113+ words) 964media BAGHDAD â Temperatures are rising again across northern Iraq on Wednesday, with Kirkuk, Erbil and Duhok all three degrees up on Tuesday, while Basra reaches 45°C, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said Dhi Qar is forecast at 44°C, Karbala,…...
Seven governorates below 40°C as Basra falls to 44°C
1+ week, 5+ day ago (133+ words) 964media BAGHDAD â Seven governorates are forecast below 40°C on Tuesday, with Duhok the coolest at 34°C, while Basra and Dhi Qar reach 44°C Sulaymaniyah is expected at 35°C, Erbil 36°C, Kirkuk 38°C, and Nineveh, Anbar and Diyala 39°C Baghdad and…...
Temperatures fall sharply with the Kurdistan Region down to 35°C
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (124+ words) 964media BAGHDAD â Temperatures are dropping across Iraq on Monday, with Duhok and Sulaymaniyah at 35°C and Basra down to 46°C â five degrees below the month's peak â and no governorate expected to reach 47°C Basra falls four degrees on…...
Temperatures fall as rain reaches northern Iraq
2+ week, 1+ day ago (108+ words) 964media BAGHDAD â Temperatures are dropping across much of Iraq on Sunday, with light showers possible in scattered parts of the north, though Basra and Maysan stay at 50°C Baghdad is forecast at 42°C, Wasit 47°C and Dhi Qar 49°C, while…...