How much snow fell in Baghdad in January 2008?

Answer 1

How much snow fell in Baghdad in January of 2008? "Some." It was, for the most part, melting as it hit the ground. The white stuff started coming down before dawn and continued to fall into the morning - to the wonder of residents. It has been a long, long time since snow fell in the capital of Iraq. One report suggested that no one had seen it fall "in recent memory" while another said it has been a hundred years since it snowed here. In either case, this is a remarkable occurrence. Use the links below to get the "scoop" on this most unusual phenomenon.