The Mojave Desert is a rain shadow, mostly high desert
area, that occupies a significant portion of southeastern
California and smaller parts of central California, southern
Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona in the United
States.
The Mojave
Desert occupies a significant portion of Southern California and
parts of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. Named after the Mohave Native
Americans it occupies roughly
54,000 square miles in a typical Basin and Range
topography.
The Mojave,
like all deserts in general, is known for its summer heat, however,
there is wintertime cold. Snow, although uncommon, does fall in
parts of the Mojave. Amounts range from just a trace to a foot or
more of heavy wet snow which can lead to freeway traffic closures
and being "snowed in". The coldest wintertime temperature ranges
below freezing yet above 0F. Many parts of the Mojave typically
range from highs of around 95-105F in the summer to lows of around
20-30F in the winter.
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