The Parish has an arid landscape, with extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36 °C, and winters around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is 249.7 millimetres (9.8 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[3] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[4]