Precipitation - rain or snow.
The answer depends on the specific desert and season of the year. A desert may receive only a light sprinkle or it may suddenly receive a deluge of several inches under certain conditions.
It varies depending on the specific desert, but typically deserts receive less than 10 inches of rain per year and may only experience a few days of rainfall annually. Some deserts, like the Atacama Desert in Chile, may not see rain for years at a time.
Deserts can receive a variety of precipitation over a period of a year. Deserts may receive rain, snow, sleet, hail and grauple.
Most deserts receive some rainfall each year. However, the only area in a desert with a spring would be an oasis.
Antarctica and the Atacama Desert receive virtually no precipitation each year and are the two driest regions on earth.
Both the Antarctic Desert and the Atacama Desert receive virtually no precipitation each year
The Sonoran Desert receive, on average, less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall per year which classifies it as a desert.
A desert is defined as a region that receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall per year. Some deserts receive much less.
There is no Timbuktu Desert. However, Timbuktu is located on the southern edge of the Sahara and receives only about 182 mm of rainfall per year on average.
Less than 10 inches a year.:)
Depending upon the specific desert and season of the year, the desert may receive rain, snow, hail, gropple or sleet.
To be considered a desert, an area must receive less than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year. Some deserts receive virtually rainfall at all during th year.