Why is the temperature so high in Flame Mountain?

Flame Mountain, formerly known as Chishi Mountain, is located on the northern edge of Turpan Basin, north of the ancient Silk Road. In an east-west direction. The Flame Mountain is called "Kizil Tage" in Uygur language, which means "Red Mountain". The Tang people once called it "volcano" because of its heat. The mountain is more than 1 kilometers long, 1 kilometers at its widest point, about 5 meters above sea level, and the main peak is 831.7 meters above sea level. The flaming mountain, Tongshan Tuling, is barren, and birds disappear. In midsummer, when the red sun is in the sky, the reddish-brown mountain is illuminated by the scorching sun, and the sandstone is burning and flashing, and the hot airflow is rolling up, just like a flaming flame, so it is also called the Flame Mountain.

Climate

Flame Mountain is the hottest place in China. The highest temperature in summer is as high as 47.8 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature on the ground is above 7 degrees Celsius. Eggs can be baked in the sand nest. Turpan is a typical continental arid desert climate. Although the annual average temperature is only 14.5℃,

Turpan Flaming Mountain and grapes and cantaloupes

However, the number of days over 35℃ is more than 1 days, and even the extremely hot weather over 38℃ is as many as 38 days. The absolute maximum temperature measured for many years is 49.6℃ (July 13th, 1975), and the surface temperature can reach 83.3℃, which is a veritable "China hot pole". The average precipitation in Huozhou for many years is only 16 mm, accounting for half in summer, while the annual precipitation in Toksun is only 5.9 mm, so it is not surprising that there is no rain or rain all the year round, which can be regarded as the "dry pole of China".