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Afghanistan is a mountainous country in a dry part of the world which experiences extremes of climate and
weather. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers hot and dry. The wet season generally runs from winter
through early spring, but the country on the whole is dry, falling within the Desert or Desert Steppe climate
classification. Very little snow falls in the lowland deserts of the southwest, but the snow season averages roughly October-April in the mountains and varies considerably with elevation.
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Iraq also experiences its wet season from winter through early spring, with hot, dry summers. Temperatures
frequently exceed 100F during late spring and summer afternoons, and will often remain above 80F overnight
during the summer. Dew points and humidities are usually quite low, except at times in areas closer to the
Persian Gulf where moisture content of the air is greater, and summer heat indices can be extremely high.
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