Snow blankets sand in the Sahara desert

Temperatures in the small town in Naama province reached -3 degree Celsius (26.6 degree Fahrenheit) on Wednesday (January 13).

The town has experienced snow only three other times in 42 years - in 1979, 2017 and 2018. 2017 also saw a blizzard dumping snow up to a meter thick in Ain Sefra.