Iraq Climate

Climate: mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq

Definition: This entry includes a brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of September 17, 2009