1934 snowfall No information, Image only
1950 snowfall Gan Shmuel, 1950 , 1950 The snow event began in early January 1950 with a hailstorm in
Tel Aviv and light snow in the mountains of the
Upper Galilee and
Jerusalem. On 27 January, it began to snow in the northern mountains and Jerusalem. It piled up but quickly melted. A
cold front spread throughout the country, and snow began falling in the mountains of
Samaria and the west. On 28 January it snowed in
Haifa and accumulated to 15 cm. Even in Tel Aviv snow fell for several minutes. On 29 January, it snowed again in Haifa, blanketing most of the city in white. A week later, on 6–7 February, heavy snow began to fall across the country. The depth reached 60 cm in
Safed, 100 cm in Jerusalem, 17 cm in Haifa, and 12–19 cm in Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Lod; it also snowed in
Petah Tikva,
Netanya and
Samaria, in
Rishon Lezion's streets, on the mountains surrounding the
Sea of Galilee, and in the
Negev. On 8 February, the snow fell around the
Dead Sea, with 8 cm of accumulation reported.
2013 snowfall , December 12, 2013 On 13 December 2013, of snow fell in
Jerusalem and in the
Kefar Etzion area. Warmer parts of Israel received heavy rains, causing floods. Even though it was the
Sabbath, the
railway into Jerusalem ran for people stranded by blocked roads. Roads were closed in Israel by deep snow and flooding. Storm clouds prompted
Ben Gurion Airport to shut down, forcing US Secretary of State
John Kerry to cut short his meeting with Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas in
Ramallah to return to Israel before roads and airports were out of service. Jerusalem was cut off for 48 hours by deep snow and flooding, and cars were abandoned after they got stuck in snow. ==See also==