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.
As weâve said above, rainfall is low, averaging only 150mm per year. Itâs very unreliable and can fall at any time of the year. Temperatures in the desert zone average 36-39C in summer and 18-24C in winter. However, summer temperatures of 50 C have been recorded. Although this area is one of the hottest on the Australian continent in the summer, it has a temperate winter.