how hot is the sonoran desert
The Sonoran is a hot desert. Summer air temperatures routinely exceed 40Â°C (104Â°F), and often reach 48Â°C (118Â°F). These high near-surface temperatures interact with cool, moist air in the atmosphere to produce the violent thunderstorms of the summer monsoons.he Sonoran Desert occupies approximately 260,000 square km (100,387 square mi) of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including the southern half of Arizona, southeastern California, and most of the states of Sonora and Baja California, Mexico.