Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

Coldest day of winter forecast for Monday, snow possible in Jerusalem

The city sees the white stuff about once every seven years.

Israelis play in the snow in Sacher Park in Jerusalem, as a heavy storm hits nationwide, Jan. 27, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israelis play in the snow in Sacher Park in Jerusalem, as a heavy storm hits nationwide, Jan. 27, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

A winter storm will see temperatures falling to around freezing in Jerusalem and northern Israel early on Monday, with the possibility of snow showers in the capital.

The coldest day of the winter, which is expected to bring snow to Israel’s northern mountains beginning overnight, could also see flurries, a dusting of snow or a wintry mix fall in Jerusalem, the Israel Meteorological Service said on Sunday.

However, U.S. weather forecasters AccuWeather and The Weather Channel did not show snow in their latest forecasts for Jerusalem.

Jerusalem gets snow about once every seven years on average.

Temperatures will begin to rise on Tuesday and return to typical averages later in the week.

Despite the current cold blast, precipitation in Israel remains below average this winter, which until February had seen unseasonably warm and sunny weather.

See more from JNS Staff
“It is in line with the U.N.’s attitude and obsession with Israel,” said the president of the World Jewish Congress-Israel.
Israel’s Home Front Command has implemented an advanced preliminary alert system for Lebanese rocket threats.
The completion of two new pipelines will enable Leviathan to maximize its production capacity for both domestic needs and exports.
The war with Iran strained the Gulf state’s relationship with Hamas, but the evidence points less to a real break than to a Qatari balancing act.
Developing technologies that can make a truck vanish from radar. The race to find a solution to the new drone threat.
“Only one president was willing to lay it out on the line and ensure after 47 years that Iran is not capable of having a nuclear weapon,” said the U.S. secretary of defense.