It snowed in the Sahara Desert in 1979.
In 1979 a short storm blanketed the region in heavy snow, and snow has returned in recent years.
This was a rare sight for one of the hottest places in the world, where the average temperature is 86°F.
Snow whitens Sahara Desert in Algeria, Jan. 7, 2018. and the most recent snowfall was on January 19, 2022, outside the town of Ain Sefra in Algeria.