Ancient Egyptian Climate 

“From December to March the air is cool, and at night sometimes the temperature may almost go down to freezing point, but during eight months of the year it is very hot, and in July the thermometer rises to 110 Fahr. In the shade.”

Adolf Erman, Life in Ancient Egypt, Dover Publications, Inc, NY.  1971.  page 9.

 

 

“The hot south-east wind blows only from the middle of February to the middle of June, but this wind often rises do a hurricane, filling the air and covering the plants with dust; during the rest of the year even in the hottest season the north-west wind migrates the intense heat of the day; the ancient Egyptians thought it one of the best things in life to “breathe its sweet breath’ “.

Adolf Erman, Life in Ancient Egypt, Dover Publications, Inc, NY.  1971.  page 9.

 

“The Nile offered the best and easiest form of transport. It was even blessed with a prevailing wind that blew from the north: one could sail upstream and drift downstream – or row without strain, if in a hurry.”

Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariners, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.  1991. page 13

 

“Egypt lies southeast of Rome. The Winds that prevail over the waters between, during the summer months when the ancient mariners sailed, was northwesterly.”

Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariners, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.  1991. page 207.

 

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night, and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Exodus, Chapter 10 verse 13

 

And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away all the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

Exodus, Chapter 10 verse 19

 

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Exodus, Chapter 14 verse 21