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Not necessarily. Some cold deserts can get quite hot in the summer. A couple examples are the Great Basin Desert and the Gobi Desert. However, the winters in these deserts can get bitterly cold unlike hot deserts which usually remain quite pleasant in the winter.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoYes, cold deserts have seasons of summer, fall, winter and spring. In some cold deserts, such as the Gobi and Great Basin, the summers can be quite hot but the winters can be bitterly cold.
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Are deserts always very hot dry places?
No, there are cold deserts, such as Antarctica, which is bitter cold, and the Atacama Desert which is a cool desert and not hot. Even hot deserts have seasons when they are much cooler.
Do deserts have seasons?
Yes, deserts do have seasons but they are not as distinct as seasons in more temperate climates.
What seasons are there in deserts?
Deserts have 4 seasons like any other area. The seasons, however, are not as distinct as in most other biomes.
When are deserts cold?
Some deserts are naturally cold or cool - Antarctica and the Atacama, for example. Others have cooler seasons during the year when tempertures may drop below freezing, especially at night.
Why is it always hot in a desert?
There are hot deserts and there are cold deserts so it is not always hot in a desert. The Antarctic Desert stays below the freezing mark even in summer. Some deserts are hot during the day but get quite chilly at night.
Is there a hot or cold season in the desert?
Most deserts have all four seasons - summer, fall, winter and spring. Sometimes the seasons are not as pronnounced as in non-desert reagions.
What are the seasons of the cold desert like?
In Antarctica the climate is cold all year long. In the cold winter deserts, such as the Gobi or Great Basin, the summers can be quite hot but the winters can be bitterly cold.
What is the climate of the cold desert for all 4 seasons?
That depends on the particular desert. Antarctica has seasons that are cold and others that are bitterly cold. The Gobi Desert and the cold deserts of North America, such as the Great Basin, can get quite hot (100 degrees F or more) in the summer and drop to well below 0 degrees F in winter. Other cold deserts remain fairly comfortable all year long.
Are Polar deserts are hot or cold deserts?
cold
What types of desert are there?
There are two major classes of deserts:Hot Deserts such as the Sahara, the Arabian Desert and the Mojave Desert.Cold Deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi Desert and the Patagonian Desert.
What kind of deserts are there?
There are hot deserts, such as the Sahara, Mojave and Kalahari and there are cold deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi and the Patagonian Deserts.
What are the kinds of deserts?
Deserts are classified as either hot or cold deserts. Some cold deserts may get quite hot in the summer but are very cold in the winter.
