In which desert and what time of the year? There are about 2 dozen major desert areas in the world, each with its specific climate statistics.
In some deserts, such as the Mojave and Sahara Deserts, the temperature may approach 140 degrees F on a hot, summer day.
Lack of humidity and clouds cause the temperature extremes. Humidity and clouds act as a blanket which prevents an area from heating up as much during the day and cooling down as much when the sun sets.
Deserts are hot during the day, when the sun is shining. Once the sun goes down, then the temperature drops. This is because desert surfaces receive a little more than twice the solar radiation received by humid regions and lose almost twice as much heat at night.
In northern deserts like Black Rock, the average temperature is approximately 49° F (9° C) to 73° F (23° C) in the Sonoran Desert. At the bottom of Death Valley temperatures average 77° F (25° C). However, the average does not show just how hot the desert is during the day, and how cool they can be at night.
Some of the hot deserts daytime temperature can get up to 45°C, or 113 °F or even higher than that.Remember that a "desert" is just an area which receives less than 10 inches of precipitation annually. Both the Mojave Desert, which has one of the highest recorded temperatures on the planet, and Antarctica, which has the lowest recorded temperature on the planet, are considered deserts.
Deserts have an average temperature of over 64 degrees F throughout the year.In hot deserts, the temperatures can range from above 100 degrees Fahrenheit inthe day to below 32 degrees Fahrenheit at night.
In some deserts, such as the Mojave and Sahara Deserts, the temperature may approach 140 degrees F on a hot, summer day.
Deserts generally lack cloud cover and higher humidity that act as insulation and buffer the temperature changes during the day. Therefore, deserts heat up quickly during the day and cool down quickly at night.
There are hot deserts, there are cold deserts and there are cool coastal deserts. The temperature is also very much influenced by the time of the year. There is no single answer to your question unless you give a specific desert and season of the year.
No moisture in the air to buffer temperature extremes
That depends on two factors:1.) The location of the specific desert2.) The season of the year.There are hot deserts, there are polar deserts, there are cold winter deserts and there are cool coastal deserts.
Cold desert designation is based on average temperatures. Some cold deserts do get warm during the day but are still classified as cold deserts as the average temperature is much less than that of a hot desert.
In deserts, the temperature falls quite a lot, so it's a lot colder in the desert at night than it is in the day. It can fall below freezing.
The average temperature in cold deserts can vary significantly based on the location and season. However, in general, cold deserts typically have average temperatures ranging from -2°C to 10°C (28°F to 50°F). These regions experience extreme temperature fluctuations between day and night.
There are 26 major desert areas in the world. Some are hot deserts, some are cool deserts and some are cold deserts. Temperatures also vary from season to season. You need to give a specific location and time of the year.
Deserts are located in areas that have pretty consistent weather. There are hot deserts and cold deserts because the temperature and climate are constant and almost unchanging.
There are 5 major deserts in North America and 5 major deserts in South America. Each has its own statistics. Also, temperature varies with the season of the year. Temperatures can vary from 0 degrees F in one of the colder deserts in winter to over 130 degrees F in the Mojave or Sonoran Desert in summer.