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In winter temperatures at the North Pole can range from about −43 °C (−45 °F) to −26 °C (−15 °F), perhaps averaging around −34 °C (−30 °F).
Summer temperatures can average around the freezing point (0 °C, 32 °F).
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt's so cold because it receives very little direct sunlight. Even when the sun shines all day, it is at a very low angle. Most of the radiation gets absorbed by the atmosphere before it is able to reach the earth.
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∙ 9y agoThe only true polar desert is Antarctica where the temperature can plunge below -100 degrees F. in winter. The record is -128 degrees F.
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∙ 13y agoColder than your refridgerator.
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Where is it cold in the desert?
The Antarctic is a very cold desert, In addition, the Great Basin Desert, the Gobi Desert and the Patagonian Desert are quite cold in the winter. There are others.
What is the cold Asian desert?
Both the Gobi and the Taklamakan Deserts are cold winter deserts.
What types of desert are there?
There are two major classes of deserts:Hot Deserts such as the Sahara, the Arabian Desert and the Mojave Desert.Cold Deserts such as Antarctica, the Gobi Desert and the Patagonian Desert.
Is the Colorado Desert high or low?
The Colorado Plateau Desert is a high cold winter desert.
Is the Great Basin a hot or cold desert?
The Great Basin Desert is considered a cold winter desert. While summers can be quite warm, winters can be bitterly cold in parts of the desert.
Which type of desert are Siberia and Antarctica?
Siberia is not a desert. It is composed of taiga and tundra. Antarctica is a cold winter or polar desert.
What is the climate in the polar desert?
The only true polar desert is Antarctica where it is cold all year long and bitterly cold in winter. It snows very little but the snow that does fall does not melt.
What type of desert is the Atacama Desert - subtropical cool coastal cold winter or polar?
The Atacama Desert of South America is a cool coastal desert.
What is a cold polar desert?
Antarctica is a cold polar desert. It is the coldest, driest and largest desert on earth.
What is another name for a cold desert?
A cold desert may be:1.) A polar desert that is bitterly cold all year - the Antarctic Desert.2.) A cold winter desert which may be quite hot in the summer but can be bitterly cold in winter - the Gobi Desert or the Great Basin Desert.3.) A cool coastal desert which have relatively mild temperatures all year and do not have extreme hot or cold - the Atacama and Namib Deserts.
Is the Mojave Desert a polar desert?
no polar is Antarctica and cold places
What is the climate in Karakum Desert?
The Karakum Desert is a cold winter desert with a hot summer and a cold winter.
What are the types of deserts?
There are hot, subtropical deserts, polar deserts, cold winter deserts and cool coastal deserts.
Why is the Taklamakan Desert also called a cold desert?
While the Taklamakan Desert can get quite hot during the summer it can also get bitterly cold in the winter. It is classified as a cold winter desert.
Where are cold winter deserts?
Cold Winter Deserts:Antarctica,Gobi Desert,Patagonian Desert,Monte Desert,Great Basin Desert,Karakum Desert,Colorado Plateau DesertTaklamakan DesertSome cold winter deserts may get quite hot during the summer but can be bitterly cokd in winter.
What is meant by a cold desert?
A cold desert is a desert that is either cool/cold the year around or has a cold winter. Here are some examples:Polar Desert - Antarctic DesertCold Winter Desert - Gobi Desert, Great Basin DesertCool Coastal Desert - Atacama Desert, Nubian Desert
What is the type of weather in desert biomes?
There are hot subtropical deserts, there are cold winter deserts, this is a polar desert and there are cool coastal deserts. Each has its own specific climate data.
