March 31, 2021 - Snow in Turkey

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   A cold front brought a late-March snowstorm to Turkey, dropping heavy
   snow on Istanbul and across much of the country on March 24, 2021.
   According to local news media, snowfall in Istanbul was heavy enough to
   cause traffic to grind to a halt in some places and caused accidents
   from ice-covered roads—all in a month typically guaranteed to have warm
   (or even hot) temperatures. Snow also fell in the capital city, Ankara,
   where depth reached 30 cm (11.8 in). Avalanche warnings were issued in
   parts of Anatolia.

   On March 24, The Daily Sabah published a story online that stated,
   “Snowfall in March is a stark contrast to the fact that Turkey has been
   through the third warmest winter in the last five decades. Figures by
   Anadolu Agency (AA) show that the average seasonal temperature, which
   was usually 3.6 degrees Celsius (38.48 Fahrenheit), reached 6.2 degrees
   Celsius this winter. Rize in the north had the highest temperature in
   winter, at 27 degrees, while Ağrı broke the national record with the
   lowest temperature at minus 34.5.”

   On March 28, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
   on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Turkey
   swathed in snow. Snow and cloud also cover the island of Cyprus and
   patches of cloud sit over the Mediterranean Sea.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 3/28/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (1.2 MB),  500m (3.4 MB),  250m (2.6 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2021-03-31
 
