Out and About in Dubai

Back in day, when I first heard people joke about English or Scottish weather, I thought I could never live in a place that was overcast so often. But then I started to notice that many winter days in NYC are actually quite overcast. For long periods too. Maybe that’s what makes the winter so depressing. That and the freezing cold. Makes you appreciate the breaks of sunlight that much more.

Dubai is sunny practically 360 days of the year. Average rainfall is 6.5 cm per year with half of that falling in December and January. Since leaving NY in November, I have not seen any rainfall at all. There were a couple of overcast days when the clouds were so dark that I would say, “If this were any other place in the world, I would say that it is going to rain.”

But today I finally experienced some precipitation. Granted not much, as it was only a 5 minute light sprinkle, if even that. Was barely enough for me to turn on my windshield wipers. But it was enough to breathe in that fresh-rain-on-newly-cut-grass smell. Ah…and then it was gone.

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