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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.

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How do you find hot deserts?

deserts are hot during the day and cold at night


What deserts are not hot?

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What biome tends to be very hot in the day time and cold at night time?

Some deserts (hot deserts) are often hot during the day and much cooler at night. There is little humidity or cloud cover to hold the daytime heating.


What is the day time temperature in a desert?

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.


What is the temperature of a desert in a day?

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.


Are all the deserts hot during the day?

No, the largest desert in the world is Antarctica, which is obviously very cold. Many deserts sit on high plains and get very cold and snow in the winter months.


Do meerkats get hot with all the fur they have?

They get hot in the day but they get cold at night. Deserts can have high temperatures in the day and cold at night.


What are the conditions of a desert environment during the day and at night?

There are hot deserts and there are cold deserts. Antarctica is the largest desert on earth and the days and nights are both bitterly cold. Hot deserts are hot during the day but quickly cool at night. Some cold deserts can be quite hot in the summer but bitterly cold in winter. The Gobi Desert is a good example.


What is the difference between hot deserts and cold deserts?

Cold deserts (also called cold winter deserts) may get quite hot during the summer but may have very cold winters - examples are the Gobi Desert and the Great Basin Desert. Some cold deserts stay quite cool or even cold the year around - Antarctica and the Atacama Desert. Hot deserts generally stay quite mild during winter months - examples are the Sahara and Sonoran Desert.


Why does the desert turn hot during day?

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Is the desert cool?

Some deserts are naturally cool or even bitterly cold. The Patagonian Desert, Atacama Desert and Antarctica are examples of cold deserts. Other deserts are hot during the day but can become quite cool at night.


What are the typical temperatures in deserts during the day and night?

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.