Jack Frost comes to visit: Temperatures reach -9 degrees in Golan Heights
Israel endures a particularly cold couple of days with below-zero and near-freezing temperatures measured throughout the north and coastal area.
Israel endured a particularly cold weekend, with temperatures in the Golan Heights reaching as low as -9 degrees Celsius (15.8 Fahrenheit) in Kibbutz Merom Golan overnight Saturday. On Sunday morning, temperatures in the kibbutz climbed up to 4 degrees Celsius (39.2 Fahrenheit).
Other places that experienced below-zero temperatures were Majdal Shams that experienced -3.8 degrees Celsius (25.16 Fahrenheit); moshav Dalton, where residents had to deal with -1.3 degrees Celsius (29.66 Fahrenheit); and Emek Yezreel (the Jezreel Valley), were temperatures dropped to -1 degrees Celsius (30.2 Fahrenheit) in Nahalal.
In Safed, also in northern Israel, temperatures reached as low as 2 degrees Celsius (35.6 Fahrenheit), while Kibbutz Ortal in the Golan Heights endured 4.2 degrees Celsius (39.56 Fahrenheit).
Temperatures in the coastal area neared freezing - Acre experienced 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit), while Rishon Lezion reached 1 degree Celsius (33.8 Fahrenheit). Tel Aviv hit 4 degrees Celsius (39.2 Fahrenheit) in the early morning hours.
While degrees are expected to remain low on Sunday, there will be a slight increase in temperatures which will continue into the coming week.
