Geography

Kuwait lies at the north-west corner of the Arabian Gulf, between 28 degrees and 30 degrees latitudes, and between 46 degrees and 48 degrees longitudes.  The total area of the State of Kuwait is 17,818 sq. km. Most of the Mainland is a flat sandy desert gradually sloping towards sea level in the east.  The Kuwaiti mainland, with no mountains rivers or other natural features, was for a long time a transit area for nomadic tribes and caravans.

Climate

*Temperature measured in Fahrenheit

Due to the location of Kuwait in the Sahara geographical region, the weather of the country is characterized by long, hot and dry summers and short, warm and sometimes rainy winters. Dust storms almost always occur with a rise in humidity during summer.

The highest temperature ever recorded was 52 degrees Celsius in July 1978, (making Kuwait the fourth hottest place in the world) The lowest temperature, -6 degrees Celsius, was recorded in January 1964. There is a wide variation of temperature ranging from an average of 45 degrees Celsius in summer to an average of 8 degrees Celsius in winter.