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The dry desert is in Köppen's BWh climate category. It is a Low Latitude climate. The Bstands for Dry Desert climates. All months have average temperatures over 64° F (18° C). The Wstands for desert climate.
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Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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There are different temperature ranges for different types of deserts. The average temperature of the hot desert ranges from 20 to 25° C, but its extreme maximum temperature ranges from 43 ... The average temperatures of the cold desert in winter ranges from -2 to 4° C, whilst in the summer it ranges from 21 to 26° C.
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Summer temperatures in the desert often reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. At night ,temperatures drop to 45 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. Many deserts have mild winters, while others have freezing temperatures and snow.
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Citation: Chahine, M. T. (1995), Observation of local cloud and moisture feedbacks over high ocean and desert surface temperatures, J. Geophys. Res., 100(D5), 8919–8927.
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This study was started to test a hypothesis that the major caves in the West Desert were hydrothermally heated. Cave temperatures are created from the heating from the cave's surrounding rock. The 3-year mean surface temperature should closely represent the mean cave temperature.
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Answer: The Sahara desert is one of the hottest regions of the world, with a mean temperature over 30 °C (86 °F). Variations may also be huge, from over 50 °C (122 °F) during the day, to temperatures below freezing at night in winter.
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