BEIRUT — Social media users and local news sites posted pictures of the coastal town of Jbeil blanketed in snow Thursday morning.
Here’s what we know:
• Jbeil, being at sea level next to the coast, rarely receives snow.
And then you ask me why I love Jbeil this much? pic.twitter.com/TpUSDnWe5m
— Clara El Kouba (@ClaraElKouba) January 27, 2022
• Temperatures are trending below historical averages this week, with Beirut’s high temperature on Thursday of 12 degrees Celsius falling 7 degrees below the historical average high temperature for Jan. 27 of 19 degrees Celsius.