We have been living in Egypt for one year only. Still a clear picture of what to expect from each season of the year has not been formed. Sudden change in weather caught us unprepared. Within just one hour from the start of the first December storm the temperature inside the apartment dropped to plus 17-18 Celsius that was too cold for me. In Egypt, buildings do not have any centralized heating system. Some people install AC with dual function – cooling and heating. Some people buy heaters that can be easily moved from one room to another. But what we really had to do was to seal the windows (they are single pane windows, by the way). Just a minor wind allows airflow to come inside the house reducing temperature immediately.

Anyways, a sudden winter made me wonder: if December was chilly what will be in January? February? I found on the net some very interesting info with monthly averages for Alexandria. According to it January will be colder than December. The same pleasant warm temperatures as there were in November we will reach only in April. Sad… From the same source: in December, on average only 6 days are rainy. Taking into consideration that the first storm lasted three days and there were also couple days with light rains – the monthly norm has been completed. That is a good news.