Weather conditions in israel

Israel braces for rainy Election Day, but can bad weather affect voter turnout?

Showers are expected on Election Day, but turnout figures going back to 1949 show that the weather has never decided who shows up at the ballot box.

People walk in the rain in Jerusalem, August 15, 2026.
Lightning illuminates the sky over the Upper Galilee, during a rain storm on April 27, 2026.

Israel braces for unusual weekend storm as authorities warn of flooding, strong winds

Heavy flooding inundates a road in the village of Abu Gosh, outside Jerusalem, as vehicles and heavy machinery make their way through floodwaters following winter rains.

One Israeli killed, another missing as winter storm sweeps Israel

Police on the scene of a kitesurfing incident in Bat Yam.

Fatal kitesurfing accident at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach: One dead, two injured due to extreme winds


Rain, wind and hail hit Israel over Passover - watch

Rare rain and hail hit Jerusalem as Israel experiences the coldest, wettest April in years.

Passover rain in Jerusalem at the Mahane Yehuda marketplace, April 21, 2019

Egypt's Revenge: Sandstorm from Sinai disrupts Israel's Passover cleaning

Israelis will not be free of the uncomfortable weather until mid-Sunday afternoon.

Beachgoers bath at the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in Tel Aviv

Jerusalem of snow?

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion will hold a briefing about the snowfall possibility on Tuesday.

Aerial view of Jerusalem in snow

In Pictures: A winter wonderland atop the Hermon

Take a look at the abandoned, frostbitten hilltops.

Snow coats the Hermon, December 2018

Did lightning strike trigger Gaza rocket attack on Israel?

Two rockets were launched from the Hamas-ruled enclave on October 17th, but the group took the unusual step of denying it had carried out an attack.

A missile is launched during a long and medium-range ballistic rocket launch drill in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 30, 2017.

The new hot trend on pergolas: “Do it yourself”!

If you want to add a pergola and have light technical skills, you should get to know the “do it yourself- pergola kit” in order to save money.

Unikit pergola

Baby, it's hot outside!

Catch the breeze, protect your eyes, cook light and don't forget to have fun

Shopping cart (Illustrative)

Head of pre-army academy held after death of 10 students

Seven funerals held Friday, three more Sunday after Tzafit canyon tragedy

PEOPLE TAKE PART in a memorial in the capital’s Zion Square last night for the 10 teenagers who died in the Tzafit canyon disaster last week.

IN PICTURES: Severe weather strikes Israel

People seek shelter during a rain storm in Jerusalem, April 25, 2018

Ukrainian tour bus rescued from flash flood in Judean Desert

“We ask all drivers to drive carefully and in accordance with road conditions and weather conditions,” police said.

A girl poses for a photo on a riverbank of the flooded Besor stream on a rainy day, near Kibbutz Tze'elim at the Negev desert, Israel January 6, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen