What's the temperature in Lop Nur in winter?

The climate in Lop Nur is unusually dry and hot, with an annual average temperature of 1 1.6℃, the highest temperature in summer > 40℃ and the lowest temperature in winter -20℃. Annual precipitation is 20 mm, evaporation is more than 3000 mm, annual sunshine hours are more than 3200 hours, and annual accumulated temperature is more than 4500℃.

And the wind erosion is strong, the prevailing wind direction is NE, and the windy season is March-May and June-August. The number of windy days above magnitude 8 > 60 days often causes sandstorm weather. The annual floating dust weather in Ruoqiang and Qiemo areas located downwind of Lop Nur is 1 15 ~ 193 d.

Lop Nur, located in the northeast of Ruoqiang County, was once the second largest inland lake in China, with an altitude of 780 meters. Lop Nur used to have many names, some of which were named according to its characteristics, such as Aoze, Yanze and Ganhai. Some of them are named after their places, such as Pu Changhai, Prison Blue Ocean, Peacock Sea, Luopuchi and so on. After the yuan dynasty, it was called rob naoer.

Regional scenic spots

Ya Dan Longcheng 1

One of the three Ya Dan groups in Lop Nur area is located on the north bank of Lop Nur. Terraces are all east-west and grow into terraces, which look like Youlong from a distance, so they are called Longcheng. Longcheng Ya Dan, also known as Bailongdui Ya Dan, was selected as the second of the three most beautiful Ya Dan in China by chinese national geography, and it is known as "the most mysterious Ya Dan" because few people have seen its true face.

2. Picture sound

A logistics station site in Han Dynasty discovered and named by Chinese archaeologists has few relics, but it was a military site on the Silk Road in ancient times.

3. Sun Tomb

Located on the north bank of the ancient Peacock River. It was discovered by archaeologists Hou Can and Wang Binghua in the winter of 1979. There are dozens of ancient tombs, each of which is the tomb of the dead, with a circular stake in the middle and seven circles around the stake more than one foot high, forming several rays in the form of solar rays. According to the determination of carbon 14, the Sun Tomb has a history of 3800 years.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lop Nur