Sun, rain and sandstorm

What a climate zone with 30°C in November! When we arrived here in mid October, the temperatures climbed even above 30°C and it was so humid that we were already sweating from doing nothing. Even at night it was still too warm for us. In our second week here, the rain season started. Rain here is not the same as rain in central Europe. When it starts, it is no drizzle, but immediately an extreme rainfall that might be switched off as suddenly as it started. In the last week of October there were also strong storms that caused short power outages. However, after the first rain of the season, it did not cool down very much. At least it is less humid now and temperatures in the past week (first week of November) ranged between 20 and 30°C.
On Wednesday it was quite grey and the view was not very clear. At first we thought that it was just cloudy and foggy, but later we learned that a lot of sand from the desert was in the air due to strong winds from the north of Saudi-Arabia. This caused a severe air pollution and such a restricted sight distance that some flights had to be cancelled.
In fact, our apartment gets dusty very quickly when we leave the windows open. After the sandstorm, in particular our balcony was covered by a layer of red-yellowish sand - now we know where it came from.

Anyway, it is a funny feeling to walk outside all the time in a t-shirt although it is already November. I won't complain!