page_title: Great Salt Lake Desert
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Great Salt Lake Desert / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Panorama of the Great Salt Lake Desert from Pilot Peak, Nevada
context_page_description: The Great Salt Lake Desert is a large dry lake in northern Utah, United States, between the Great Salt Lake and the Nevada border which is noted for white evaporite Lake Bonneville salt deposits.
context_section_description: The Great Salt Lake Desert experiences a desert climate with hot summers and cold winters. The desert is an excellent example of a cold desert climate. The desert's elevation, 4,250 feet above sea level, makes temperatures cooler than lower elevation deserts, such as the Mojave. Due to the high elevation and aridity, temperatures drop sharply after sunset. Summer nights are comfortably cool. Winter highs are generally above freezing, and winter nights are bitterly cold, with temperatures often dropping well below freezing.
caption: Great Salt Lake Desert as seen from Pilot Peak
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