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The White Desert, month by month.

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The coolest afternoons come in January, at about 19 °C; the hottest in August, at about 38 °C.

A normal afternoon stays under 30 °C in 5 months: January, February, March, November, December.

The ground at the site's coordinates sits 58 m above sea level (NASA SRTM).

The White Desert: monthly climate normals
MonthAfternoonNight Rain, mm/dayHottest hour on record
January19 °C6 °C0.030 °C
February21 °C7 °C0.135 °C
March26 °C11 °C0.039 °C
April31 °C15 °C0.042 °C
May35 °C19 °C0.046 °C
June38 °C22 °C0.046 °C
July38 °C23 °C0.045 °C
August38 °C24 °C0.044 °C
September36 °C21 °C0.042 °C
October31 °C17 °C0.040 °C
November25 °C12 °C0.136 °C
December20 °C8 °C0.031 °C

Afternoon and night are the mean daily maximum and minimum over 2001-2020; the record is the hottest hour in that month across the whole series. Source: NASA POWER climatology (MERRA-2 reanalysis), layer dated 2026-08-08. These are modelled long-run averages checked against published station normals — not weather-station readings and not a forecast. How they were checked →

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