The Doha Asian Games open

Friday, December 1, 2006Doha, Qatar

rain all afternoon68°F

Clear before dawn and warm, near 70°F, then a shower around six in the morning as cloud came in from the west. It built all day. By noon the sky was mostly grey and the air felt like 80°, and the rain began in earnest around three in the afternoon, steady and gusty, with thunder over the city near 6pm as the ceremony began. It kept raining all evening. The air fell to about 60° by midnight.

Rain
0.65"
Humidity
82%
Wind
20 mph
Daylight
10.7 hrs
High / Low
75° / 64°F
Felt like
80° / 60°F
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
29.99 inHg
Gusting to
32 mph
Wind from
northeast
Sunrise / Sunset
6:02 am / 4:43 pm
Day's character
thunderstorms

Close to what instruments recorded. From the Doha International station, 7 mi away.

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