Is Turpan very hot all year round?

No, Turpan is cold in winter. Turpan city belongs to a typical continental warm temperate desert climate, with abundant sunshine, sufficient heat but extremely dry, scarce rainfall and frequent winds, so it is called "volcanic island" and "wind reservoir".

The annual average temperature is 13.9℃, and the days with high temperature above 35℃ are more than 100 days. In summer, the extreme high temperature is 49.6℃, the surface temperature is above 70℃, and the highest record is 82.3℃. The locals are known as "roast chicken eggs in the sand nest" and "toast on the stone".

The extreme minimum temperature in winter is-28.7℃; The daily temperature difference and annual temperature difference are large, the effective accumulated temperature is above 10℃ and above 5300℃, and the long-term frost-free period is about 2 10 days. Because of the hot and dry climate, it seldom rains here. The average annual precipitation is only 16.4 mm, while the evaporation is as high as 3000 mm or more.

Extended data

Turpan attractions:

Gaochang ancient town 1

Gaochang Ancient Town is located in the Mutougou River Delta and Sanbao Township at the southern foot of Huo Yan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, more than 40 kilometers east of Turpan City, with a total area of 2 million square meters. It was the central town of Turpan Basin from the Western Han Dynasty to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (BC 1 century-AD14th century).

2. Flame Mountain

Flame Mountain is located in the northern margin of Turpan Basin, north of the ancient Silk Road, and is mainly composed of crimson sandstone, conglomerate and mudstone of Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary in Mesozoic. The locals call it "Qizil Tage", which means "Red Mountain".

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