While parts of the world like Australia are seeing record heat other parts of the world that normally have more moderate to warm climates are experiencing record breaking cold. Strange indeed! For the first time since records began, temperatures in Oman's Musandam Governorate dipped as low as 5 °C (41 °F) on February 4, 2017. The same weather setup produced record-low temperatures in southwestern Qatar and relatively rare snow and freezing temperatures in northeastern UAE. At the same time, over the higher areas of the Al Hajar mountains and Musandam Governorate, ice formed in puddles and there was a thin covering of snow in places. After the clouds had cleared, satellite imagery picked up images of the snow remnants on the highest part of the Musandam peninsula, EUMETSAT reported. As well as the rain and snow, the cold outbreak brought chilly winds that lifted desert dust over inner Oman. Further away, the winds blew dust from the Iran-Pakistan border regions into the Arabian Sea.