However, they occasionally occur in the region during cooler winter months.Here is a look at what happened, what caused such heavy rainfall in the UAE, and if climate change is responsible for it. The thunderstorms began on Monday night and by Tuesday evening had dumped more than 142 millimetres (mm) of rain onto the desert city of Dubai. Usually, the city witnesses this much rain in a year and a half. An average year sees 94.7 millimetres of rain at Dubai International Airport — the world’s second busiest airport, which recorded more than 80 million visitors in 2023.
