revealed General Authority of MeteorologyAccording to the monitoring stations of the Meteorological Authority, the temperatures recorded so far in all sectors of the Republic are as follows:
Greater Cairo 29 degrees Celsius.
Lower Egypt 29 degrees Celsius.
Northwest coasts 28 degrees Celsius.
Northeastern coasts 23 degrees Celsius.
North Upper Egypt 31 degrees Celsius.
South Sinai, 30 degrees Celsius.
South Upper Egypt 30 degrees Celsius.
Today, Wednesday, there is a rise in temperatures, so that hot weather prevails during the day in Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, the northeastern coasts, South Sinai and southern Upper Egypt, hot on the northwestern coasts, and cold at night in most parts.
Direct exposure to sunlight increases the feeling of warmth during daylight hours, as today witnesses a water mist in the morning that is sometimes dense on some roads leading to and from Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, the northern coasts, the Canal cities, central Sinai and northern Upper Egypt, with the presence of airborne dust all over.
As for the temperatures, today, Wednesday: Cairo, high 30 degrees and low 14 degrees, Alexandria high 29 and low 15 degrees, Matrouh high 26 degrees and low 13 degrees, Sohag high 31 degrees and low 10 degrees, Qena high 32 degrees and low 13 degrees, Aswan high 33 degrees. And the lowest is 15 degrees.
And it happened winter solstice Wednesday, December 21, 2022 CE, corresponding to Jumada al-Awwal 27, 1444 AH, at 23:48 AH, announcing the beginning of the astronomical winter season, according to astronomical calculations and observations carried out by the Sun Research Laboratory at the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research.
And the winter season this year, according to astronomical calculations, will be 88 days, 23 hours and 38 minutes long, and will end on Monday, March 20, 2023 CE, corresponding to Shaban 28, 1444 AH, at 23:26.
The sun rotates in an apparent orbit with respect to the stars of the celestial background that appear fixed in the sky. orbit level.
As a result of the earth’s rotation around the sun and the inclination of its axis at the level of its orbit, the four seasons occur. In winter, the sun’s rays fall perpendicular to the orbit of Capricorn 23 and a half degrees south, and the sun’s rays are highly inclined in the northern hemisphere and almost perpendicular to the southern hemisphere except for the orbit of Capricorn, and the length of the day is short. About the length of the night in the northern hemisphere.