How hot does a desert get?

Answer 1

No! Some deserts are in fact very cold, such as Kalahari. Most deserts get very cold at night, but are extremely hot during the day, such as the Sahara. The California High Deserts will go from a high of 115 during the day and drop below freezing at night.

It should be remembered that Antarctica is a desert! Desert is defined by the amount of precipitation it gets.

Clarification:

The Kalahari is NOT a cold desert. The Mojave can reach or exceed 120 degrees during the day in the summer but would only drop into the 60s or 70s at night. It would only drop below freezing on a few rare occasions in the winter.

Answer 2

The hottest air temperature ever reliablyrecorded in a desert was 134 degrees F in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert in California on July 10, 1913. An even warmer temperature of 136 degrees was recorded a few years later in Libya but that has been discounted as inaccurate as it was not properly measured by untrained Italian soldiers. A recent groundtemperature was measured by a satellite in Iran that was even hotter but the ground temperature does not reflect the temperature of the air above it. Anyone who has walked barefoot over an asphalt parking lot in summer can attest to that.

Answer 3

No! Temperature does not determine a desert. Precipitation determines a desert. A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year on average. There are hot and cold deserts.

Answer 4

No all deserts are hot, one of the dryest deserts is in the middle of Antarctica and that is VERY could.

However in general deserts are hot because many of them are in tropical regions where the Sun is strongest. They also have few clouds which means the sunlight hits the ground during the day.

Answer 5

No, there are a number of cold deserts, cold winter deserts and cool coastal deserts. Here are some examples:
Hot Deserts:
Sahara
Kalahari
Arabian
Mojave
Sonoran
Cold or Cool Deserts:
Antarctica
Gobi
Atacama
Great Basin
Patagonian

Answer 6

The hottest air temperature ever reliably recorded in a desert was 134 degrees F in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert in California on July 10, 1913. An even warmer temperature of 136 degrees was recorded a few years later in Libya but that has been discounted as inaccurate as it was not properly measured by untrained Italian soldiers. A recent ground temperature was measured by a satellite in Iran that was even hotter but the ground temperature does not reflect the temperature of the air above it. Anyone who has walked barefoot over an asphalt parking lot in summer can attest to that.

Answer 7

A desert is not always hot. The Sahara Dessert may be hot under the sun during the day, but is often very cold during the night. This is especially so if there are no clouds (which is the usual case) to prevent the heat of the day from escaping into the atmosphere.
The continent of Antarctica is classed as a desert - due to the lack of rain in the extreme cold!
The Gobi Desert, in Asia, is also noted for its extreme conditions between heat and cold, icy weather.

Answer 8

Deserts get hot because there is no water located thereand the sun shines all year round.

Answer 9

No, there are also frozen deserts such as Antarctica. Both the hottest and the coldest places on earth are deserts.

Answer 10

Antarctica, the Patagonian Desert, the Monte Desert and the Atacama Desert are not hot. They are cool or cold the year round.