Does It Snow in the Desert?沙漠地区会下雪吗?

A desert is very dry. Many people think that deserts must be hot and dry. They are only half right. It is true that the world’s deserts are always dry. It is not true that all of them are always hot.

In hot parts of the world， the deserts are hot all year round. But even these hot deserts cool down at night.

沙漠地区非常干燥。许多人认为沙漠地区的天气一定是炎热而且干燥的。他们只对了一半。的确，世界上的沙漠地区总是干燥的，但并不是所有的沙漠地区都是炎热的。

在世界上炎热的地区，沙漠地区一年四季都很炎热。但即使是这些炎热的沙漠地区在晚上也会降温。

In cooler parts of the world， the deserts are cold at night. They are also cold in winter. Many frozen places in the world are deserts. The ice cap of Greenland， for example， is an ice desert.

All deserts， hot or cold， get some rain. It may last only a few minutes. It may come only" once a year. Sometimes this rain falls on a cold desert in winter. When that happens， cold air changes the rain to snow. In fact， cold deserts high in the mountains often get snowstorms. So the answer is yes： it can and does snow in some deserts.

在世界上较冷的地区，沙漠地区的夜晚很冷。在这些沙漠地区，冬天也很寒冷。世界上许多冰冻的地方是沙漠。例如，格陵兰冰盖是一个冰沙漠区域。

所有的沙漠地区，无论天气炎热还是寒冷，都会下雨。降雨可能只持续几分钟，也可能一年只有一次。冬天，有时雨水会降在寒冷的沙漠。当这种情况发生时，冷空气将雨水变成雪。事实上，高山上寒冷的沙漠地区经常有暴风雪。所以答案是肯定的：一些沙漠地区确实会下雪。

Word Bank

desert n. 沙漠

frozen adj. 冰封的；封冻的

happen v. 发生，出现

snowstorm n. 暴风雪