This article is about the desert wind. For other uses, see Simoom (disambiguation).
Simoom
Area of occurrence
Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula
Effect
Temperature may exceed 54 °C (129 °F) and the relative humidity may fall below 10%
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Simoom (Arabic: سمومsamūm; from the root س م مs-m-m, سم "to poison") is a strong, hot, dry, dust-laden wind. The word is generally used to describe a local wind that blows in the Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature may exceed 54 °C (129 °F) and the relative humidity may fall below 10%.
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