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.
High desert areas typically have the greatest diurnal temperature variations. Low lying, humid areas typically have the least. This explains why an area like the Snake River Plain can have high temperatures of 38 Â°C (100 Â°F) during a summer day, and then have lows of 5â10 Â°C (41â50 Â°F).