Weekly Weather Report for Petra, Jordan. Looking at the weather in Petra, Jordan over the next 7 days, the maximum temperature will be 31â (or 89â) on Saturday 22nd April at around 2 pm. In the same week the minimum temperature will be 10â (or 51â) on Sunday 16th April at around 5 am.
70 Years and Blooming: Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival attracts large crowd. Rhododendron bushes on top of Roan Mountain bloom through the months of May and June. Wallace Cole hand paints every bird feeder made from a gourd. Crowds gather around white tents at the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival.
Its difficult to go anywhere in the southern Appalachians and not encounter some species of rhododendrons. Rhododendrons are evergreen members of the azalea family and they are very abundant. Depending on the species and the elevation, they generally bloom from May into July. More info than I could possibly give you is available from the Rhododendron Page at Tyler Arboretum in Media, Pa..