What is the coldest temperature in a desert?

Answer 1

It depends which desert you mean; Antarctica is a desert and also the coldest place on Earth - averaging -50oC in the winter.

Conversely, the Lut Desert is also a desert and that's the hottest place on Earth - reaching 70oC(!)

Even in "regular deserts" such as the Sahara, there is an enormous range between the maximum and minimum - there is very little moisture in the air to hold heat so the night temperature is very low; travellers have said the saliva freezes in their mouth during the night.

Answer 2

Temperature does not define a desert, availability of water does.

There are some deserts with average temperatures well below freezing (e.g. the central part of the continent of Antarctica), and most deserts can dip to temperatures near freezing for a short time shortly before sunrise due to thermal radiation to space during nighttime.

I lived in Phoenix, Arizona for a few years. Although in summer daytime temperatures were often above 115F, many nights in summer the temperature dipped to between 28F to 34F just before sunrise.

Answer 3

There is no meaningful answer to this question. There are about 2 dozen major desert regions in the world and each has its own statistics. Temperatures can range from well below -100 degrees F in the Antarctic Desert to in excess of +100 degrees in a hot desert. The average of the two would be 0 degrees F which is far from a realistic figure. If you give a specific desert we can give a specific answer for that desert. However, to consider all the deserts together does not give a meaningful answer.

Answer 4

There are about 2 dozen major desert areas in the world and each has different climate statistics. Temperatures could be as cold as -135 degrees F in the Antarctic Desert to +80 degrees F or warmer in some of the hot deserts.

Answer 5

Taking the Sahara as an example. Extremely hot during the day, the temperature often drops to below freezing at night. This is due to there being no clouds to trap the days heat. The heat escapes into space.

Answer 6

The temperature in Antartica, the largest desert in the world, may plunge well below minus 100 degrees F.

Answer 7

The coldest temperature ever measured in a desert was -135.8 degrees F in the Antarctic Desert.

Answer 8

The coldest desert is the Antarctic Desert. Temperatures as low as -128 degrees F have been recorded there.

Answer 9

== == -5c to 50c

Answer 10

The coldest desert is Antarctica