Hot Desert Climates

Hot Desert Climates

1. Day temps between 30 & 50 degrees

   • located in tropics where sun is high in sky
   • Cloudless skies

2. Night temps as low as 5 degrees

   • no cloud cover and vegetation means rapid loss of heat
   • Large temp range

3. Rainfall

   • Anual total can be less than 100 mm
     • Deserts in path of trade winds
       • these blow over the equator and thus hold in their moisture
   • Long periods of drought, broken by sudden downpour