Snow reverses the drought equation: A rare climatic event redraws the water landscape in Morocco

Snow reverses the drought equation: A rare climatic event redraws the water landscape in Morocco

Morocco Between Drought and Snow: An Exceptional Winter Revives Climate and Water Concerns  Between December 2025 and January 2026, Morocco experienced one of the most exceptional weather events in its modern climatic history, with snow covering an area of ​​approximately 55,400 square kilometers of the country. This unprecedented event, both in terms of its geographical extent and duration, marked a clear break from seven consecutive years of severe drought, which had depleted water resources and weakened the Kingdom's environmental and agricultural balances. According to official data from the General Directorate of Meteorology, this precipitation is not in line with the usual pattern of Moroccan winters. While the Atlas and Rif mountain ranges have historically received snow, the extension of the snow cover to the plains and pre-Saharan fringes is a rare exception in the national climate record. A Fluctuating Climate Memory Climate data indicates that the last widespread snowfall i…