Are all deserts cold at night?

Night temperature depends on both the ability to store daytime heat and the ability to radiate it away at night. Areas with lots of pavement or exposed rock absorb heat during the day and deliver it back at night. In isolation, reptiles favor those areas at night but large areas become heat islands. read more

Night temperature depends on both the ability to store daytime heat and the ability to radiate it away at night. Areas with lots of pavement or exposed rock absorb heat during the day and deliver it back at night. read more

Hot and dry deserts have a mean annual temperature of 20 to 25 degrees Celsius, and the extreme temperatures can range from 43 to 49.5 degrees Celsius during the day and minus 18 degrees Celsius at night. read more

Some do get very cold, typically sandy ones. While they are very hot during the day, the sand does not retain that heat, in the way that soil or even. read more

Not all deserts do get cold at night and even those that do, can still remain rather balmy during certain times of the year! This is a common myth still floating about! Air in deserts will indeed cool off in a rapid fashion if: there is no cloud cover (even high thin clouds act as a blanket. read more