In the daytime the desert is very hot. It can be 48°C because it rarely rains. The rivers are usually empty and dry like the Todd River in Alice Springs. In winter, the nights are cold because there are no clouds to keep the warm air in.
This map shows areas where the average annual rainfall of less than 2.5 cm.
This weather map shows the temperature of the desert regions. The usual temperature can be about 48°in summer in the areas coloured orange.
A sandstorm is a storm which carries sand particals through the air and makes thirty centimetre willy willys which can sometimes grow to two metres.
This page was created by Rebecca, Corey, Damien, Lance, Crystal and Jason