Place your bets on our first rain of the season!

by Grace on November 2, 2009

Folksies, today I am back to work so I’ll try to be less sober while I sort out the piles of emails and paper work in front of me. By the time you’re reading this post, I’m in my desk suffering from double vision and painfully missing my daughter at home. Reality bites.

Anyway, just an update about the weather here now – Dubai’s a lot better than when I left for vacation. We still have highs of 33C but the humidity is fairly low and at night, it’s very comfortable and cooler. In the morning, I can see rolls of clouds (in the morning) that gets me excited.

November and clouds could mean one thing – RAIN! The last time it rained in Dubai was last March. So I thought while I get busy catching up with my work, why don’t we play a little game? I promise it’ll be fun!

When do you think we Dubaians will get our first drop of rain of the season?

rain Dubai

Last year, it was around mid-November but with the crazy weather and global warming caused climate changes, we’ll never know! Place your bets and win a prize! Exciting or what?

Here are the rules:

  1. Pick a date from tomorrow, 3rd November onto the 30th (I’m pretty sure it’ll rain before the end of this month so I didn’t include December)
  2. Leave a comment with your date of choice (your bet Dubai’s going to have the first rain of the season). If you leave your blog URL in the comment form, I’ll link to it.
  3. This post will be updated with the names of the commentors as they come in.
  4. You can pick any one date but I’ll open the bets to three people per day only. Once three people have picked a day, that day will be closed.
  5. When the skies open up and we get rain here, with the road getting wet – the road has to get wet so a 10 second drizzle isn’t counted, then I’ll announce the winner(s)! Naturally, once it rains, this contest will be closed.

I’ll include a news clip/article for evidence – rain in Dubai always land in the news so you’ll know this game is fair. ;-)

The prize will be something Dubai-themed, I’m not going to reveal what it is yet so it’s a surprise! Now here are the dates, go!

  1. November 3 – No rain!! *CLOSED*
  2. November 4 – No rain!! *CLOSED*
  3. November 5 – CMC No rain!! *CLOSED* 
  4. November 6 – Bing No rain!! *CLOSED*
  5. November 7 – Nicole No rain!! *CLOSED*
  6. November 8 – Janil No rain!! *CLOSED*
  7. November 9 – Krista No rain!! *CLOSED*
  8. November 10 – Elle No rain!! *CLOSED*
  9. November 11 – alohalmolly, Hollie No rain!! *CLOSED*
  10. November 12 – Robin No rain!! *CLOSED*
  11. November 13 – Maryam, Karry Knisley, Raelena *3 betters, CLOSED* No rain!! *CLOSED*
  12. November 14 – Over Thirty Mommy, Desai, NJ *CLOSED* * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  13. November 15 – Kaleido, Kristine Sorochinsky, Vishal *CLOSED* * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  14. November 16 – JuliaA, Kimberly * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  15. November 17 – Maribeth, Kayla * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  16. November 18 – Erica, Tanya, Dee *CLOSED* * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  17. November 19 – Luigi@Brochures, Tammy No rain!! *CLOSED*
  18. November 20 – Shruti Jagdeesh No rain!! *CLOSED*
  19. November 21 – Urban Thought, Nicki No rain!! *CLOSED*
  20. November 22 – Mita56 (bet submitted via Twitter) *It rained! it rained! Competition CLOSED *
  21. November 23 – JENNIE, Some Lucky Dog
  22. November 24 – Anton Deleon, Therabreath
  23. November 25 – willowsprite
  24. November 26 – Kate
  25. November 27 – Jingle
  26. November 28 – AB Smith, Tia
  27. November 29 – Cathy
  28. November 30 – Gloridel

Good luck and wish us rain!

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1 Robin November 2, 2009 at 12:40 pm

We’re having our first really big rains of the season this week, thunder and lightning and everything. It was torrential this morning.

For Dubai I’ll say 12 November, since that’s my sister’s birthday :) .

2 alohamolly November 2, 2009 at 1:37 pm

I will say is 11 November!

This is fun!

Cheers!
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3 Maryam November 2, 2009 at 3:06 pm

Id say November 13th in Dubai :)

4 shruti jagdeesh November 2, 2009 at 3:15 pm

20th November!

5 Maribeth November 2, 2009 at 4:51 pm

I take the 17th, my birthday!
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6 elle November 2, 2009 at 6:12 pm

Hmm… November 10th!

7 Jingle November 2, 2009 at 7:50 pm

I’m going to go with November 27th! This is fun! LOL
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8 JuliaA November 2, 2009 at 8:36 pm

my bet is november 16th!
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9 Kaleido November 3, 2009 at 12:50 am

November 15th..squat in the middle.
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10 Over Thirty Mommy November 3, 2009 at 3:38 am

I will pick the 14th since it is my sister’s birthday!
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11 Urban Thought November 3, 2009 at 5:34 am

I’m going for Nov. 21st.
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12 Erica November 3, 2009 at 7:05 am

I want the 18th!! =)

13 Krista November 3, 2009 at 8:01 am

I’ll go with the 9th since no one has claimed it yet! and the 9th of next month is my birthday anyway!
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14 Kayla November 3, 2009 at 8:07 am

I’m going for November 17th since that’s my birthday :D
Good luck everyone!!
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15 Therabreath November 3, 2009 at 9:44 am

You must be really missing your daughter. What a tough job, having to work away from home.
My wild guess is on November 24, 2009 rain will start pouring in Dubai. In some places, like the Philippines, they almost have cursed heavy rains for putting their country in really tough situations.

16 Brochures November 3, 2009 at 11:27 am

November 19? I’m so excited to know the answer! haha

17 janil November 3, 2009 at 12:21 pm

hahahhahhahahah, so funny!!! I say 8th November…

Kisses!!!!!!
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18 JENNIE November 3, 2009 at 12:49 pm

This is so exciting…I will go for 23rd!!!

I’m praying that it will rain in Doha on that same day para mas masaya…

….sana manalo ako yayyy…

19 gloridel November 3, 2009 at 4:04 pm

mine would be NOVEMBER 30….

20 Anton Deleon November 3, 2009 at 4:12 pm

My bet is November the 24th….it is going to rain on the 24th……yep, im pretty sure it will….
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21 bing November 3, 2009 at 4:33 pm

Try lng…maybe this 6th…sabay sa bday ni mother…hehehe…malay natin.

22 Karry Knisley November 3, 2009 at 5:54 pm

I say November 13th

23 Hollie November 3, 2009 at 6:11 pm

I say November 11
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24 willowsprite November 3, 2009 at 8:26 pm

I shall choose November 25th. *crosses fingers* :)
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25 AB Smith November 3, 2009 at 8:56 pm

November 28th

26 Nicole November 3, 2009 at 10:39 pm

i call the 7th! maybe it will be a lucky number!!!
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27 kate November 3, 2009 at 10:39 pm

Can i get the 26th if no one has called it yet???

yes, you can have the 26th or any other date that has only two takers in it. :-)
I allow only up to three persons to vote for one date.

28 Cathy November 3, 2009 at 11:17 pm

I’ll take a guess, November 29th

29 Kimberly November 3, 2009 at 11:28 pm

I will say… the 16th! (This is super fun, I love the idea~)

30 Tanya November 4, 2009 at 1:37 am

Please put me for November 18th

31 CMC November 4, 2009 at 2:59 am

I’ll go with 11/05.

32 Raelena November 4, 2009 at 3:52 am
33 Kristine Sorochinsky November 4, 2009 at 6:08 am

Hmmm, I’l say November 15th. Just a wild guess. :)
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34 Dee November 4, 2009 at 7:14 am

I’m betting on November 18th..someone i know is expected to fly home then.

35 Some Lucky Dog November 4, 2009 at 10:51 am

I’ll pick November 23rd! You’ll be enjoying the rain :) I’ll be celebrating my grandson’s 7th birthday with him!
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36 Vishal November 4, 2009 at 1:39 pm

I would pick the 15th of November.
Inspirational Quotes
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37 Tammy November 5, 2009 at 10:49 am

I’m guessing November 19. : )
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38 desai November 5, 2009 at 11:01 am

i could feel it will rain on the 14th…

39 NJ November 5, 2009 at 6:30 pm

Nov 14 will see rain :D

40 Tiffiney November 5, 2009 at 7:46 pm

November 14th….my friend’s birthday!

41 Nicki November 6, 2009 at 1:00 pm

i want the 21st please!

42 Tia November 6, 2009 at 9:22 pm

I’m going to go with the 28th.
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43 Lorie Shewbridge November 9, 2009 at 10:11 pm

My guess for you is on the 20th of November… although I certainly hope you get some before that. I thought we had a drought..
Hope your days go by quicker at work so you can go home to Pristine, I am sure she misses you too.
Glad you are back at your posting, I did miss you here! :-)
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44 JuliaA November 15, 2009 at 10:55 pm

it’s probably getting too late in dubai for me to have much luck with this month, but i posted about this contest on my blog, so maybe someone else can!

http://juliaas.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/guess-when-itll-rain-in-dubai-win-a-special-prize/
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