Correct! Since it's cooler at night, most desert animals are nocturnal.

In most deserts, temperatures during the day can easily reach over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (or 43 degrees Celsius).
This also makes the sand incredibly hot- think about how the sand feels on a hot day on the beach!
Even though they live in the desert, they might not have adapted to extremely hot temperatures.
 Once the air and ground are cooler, these desert animals are more active.

Nighttime temperatures in the desert can range from being warm (upper 70s to lower 80s, or 25-28 degrees Celsius)
to being extremely cold in cooler deserts like the Gobi desert
(ranging from 0 degrees Fahrenheit to 52 degrees Fahrenheit, or -14 to 11 degrees Celsius).

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