Ammon News - Saturday, December 21, will mark the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and the start of marbaniyeh, the local name given to the 40 coldest days of winter.

Director of the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) , Raed Al Khattab, said that the winter marbaniyeh is one of the important periods in the rainy season, as the rains of the marbaniyeh usually constitute 30% of the general seasonal average, and its days are characterized by extreme cold and various weather phenomena such as frost, freezing, and rain or snow.

The accumulated rainfall until mid-December amounted to 4% of the general seasonal average, making this season the second weakest performance after the 1958/1959 season, according to the climate record of the Amman Civil Airport monitoring station, he stated.