The 3 tables below illustrate 4 categories (size, average annual rainfall, average temperatures and temperature extremes) of 3 different deserts in Africa, Asia and North America.
Taking figures of size and average annual rainfall into consideration, Sahara is the largest desert with 9,000,000 sq km, following by Taklimakan Desert (337,600 sq km) and Great Basin Desert (305,775 sq km). With data about the average annual rainfall, Great Basin Desert receives more rainfall than 2 others with 5.1-51cm per year. The figures of average annual rainfall in Taklimakan Desert and Sahara Desert is 1-3.8 cm and 7.6-12.7 cm respectively.
Turning to the remaining categories, in summer, while 30 celsius is the average temperature in the Sahara Desert and Great Basin Desert, the average temperature in Taklimakan Desert is 5 degrees lower with 25 celsius. Additionally, in winter, Sahara Desert receives the highest average temperature (13 celsius), while the Great Basin Desert and the Taklimakan Desert have the nearly same average temperature, with -8 celsius and -9 celsius in that order.
