Durham County, North Carolina (NC) County population in 2014: 294,460 (94% urban, 6% rural); it was 223,314 in 2000. County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 48,169. County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 11,130. County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 48,278.
Desert soil with little vegetation cover is submitted to large fluctuations in daily and annual temperatures. Thus, although the mean annual temperature does not indicate extreme temperatures, summer temperatures during daytime can become very high, while night temperatures can be very low.
Most deserts suffer from rapid changes in temperature throughout the year, but the Gobi has a climate of extremes. The temperature has been known to shift 60 degrees Fahrenheit in as little as 24 hours. It can get down to minus-40 degrees in the winter, and as hot as 122 degrees in the summer.