Abstract
Climate report of Egypt.
Mr. Hamdy Abd El Rahman, Mr. Magdy Kamal Badir
Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA)
Egypt lies between Latitude 22° and 32°, and the country’s maximum distances are 1,024 km from north to south, and 1,240 km from east to west.
The general climate of Egypt is dry, hot, and desertic , with a mild winter season with rain over the coastal areas, and a hot and dry summer season. Data collected by the Egyptian Meteorological Authority for the period 1981-2010 indicate that there is a general trend towards warming of the air temperature, with increases in the number of hazy days, the misty days, turbidity of the atmosphere, frequency of sand storms and hot days.
We can divide Egypt to five Climate Zones by using the Maximum, Minimum and mean air temperature, relative humidity and precipitation over for 32 climate stations covering the Egyptian territory.
The variability of frequency and severity of extreme weather events in Egypt during the last three decades (1981-2010) has been monitored based on the meteorological data of 32 stations distributed all over Egypt. The events of rising sand, sand storms, haze, thunder storms and flash floods are taken as an indicator of climatic changes.
The prevalence of air pollution episodes in these cities could also be an indicator for growing atmospheric stability, in addition to increased emissions from industries, traffic and other human activities.
