Are all deserts hot

Answer 1

Most deserts are

However... Antarctica is a desert and it is DEFINATLY not hot there

Clarification:

Some deserts are hot and dry. (Sahara, Mojave, etc.)

Some deserts are cool and dry. (Namib, Atacama, etc.)

Some deserts are cold and dry. (Antarctica)

Answer 2

A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on average per year. Temperature does not define a desert. Deserts may be very cold (Antarctica), quite chilly (Patagonian Desert), cold winter deserts (Great Basin, Gobi) or cool coastal deserts (Atacama or Namib).

Answer 3

Can be. On the other hand, the Gobi desert in Asia has been known to hit -40 degrees in the winter.

Not all deserts are hot. Antarctica is considered a desert. The Great Gobi Desert is cold much of the time. A desert is any place where there is not seen as conducive life. For many years, the American Great Plains were called the Great American Desert because if its lack of trees, but it was eventually turned into verdant farmland.

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Another Answer:

See dude, deserts are known to have extreme temperatures. It means you can expect too hot to tolerate condition during day-time and just opposite chilling cold temperature (sometimes it can even go down below -20 or -40 also) during night.

Answer 4

No. They are typically very hot and dry. However, it is the lack of water, the barrenness, and the lack of vegetation that defines them, so sometimes they can be nice weather and still dry (for instance, Phoenix). It can also rain in deserts, during monsoon season, where it rains really, really hard and causes temporary flooding, but it only happens once a year, and doesn't really soak in or allow plants to grow like other places... just runs off. There are pictures of it even snowing in Phoenix... it just is nowhere near typical.

Answer 5

No, not all deserts are hot. Some deserts, such as the Gobi, may be quite hot in the summer but bitterly cold in winter. Some deserts, such as the Patagonian or Antarctic, are cold or cool all year long.

Answer 6

Except during their brief rainy seasons, deserts are not humid but dry. Some are hot and dry, as is the Sahara. Some deserts are cool and dry, such as the Atacama Desert. Others are cold and dry and the Antarctic Desert falls into this group.

Answer 7

No, some deserts are at high altitudes and can be nearly freezing at night. Also, the Antarctic is regarded as the largest desert in the world, due to its very low annual precipitation.

Answer 8

Not necessarily. A desert is defined as a place that gets 10 inches (or less) of rain in a year. There are many places in the tundra that technically are deserts.

Answer 9

No, some sandy deserts are cold deserts. Vast areas of sand can be found in the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts of China. Both are classified as cold deserts.

Answer 10

No. A desert is anywhere which receives less than 250mm of precipitation annually. The Antarctic, being a frozen and barren place, is classed as a desert.