It can be over 100 degrees Farenheit during the day but below 32 degrees at night. This change is because deserts are bare. There is little protection to keep them from heating up in the sun and cooling off when the sun disappears at night. The amount of rainfall also varies. Though there is little rain in a desert, when it does rain, it pours.
Violent rainstorms can cause flashfloods in the desert.
After a storm, the desert may not see any rain for weeks or months. Back to the Desert Page.