monsoonal

American  

[mahn-soon-uhl] / mɑnˈsun əl /

adjective

1. relating to, characterized by, or resulting from a monsoon.

2. having or being a climate with a rainy season and a dry season.

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Other Word Forms

• inter-monsoonal adjective
• non-monsoonal adjective
• post-monsoonal adjective
• pre-monsoonal adjective

Example Sentences

Unlike earlier photographs of political activity in India, these are not posed-for images: they capture violent confrontations with police, wounded volunteers loaded onto ambulances, boisterous marches amidst monsoonal downpours, and endless streams of protesting men and women through Bombay's Indo-Gothic streetscape.

From BBC

I wandered past tiny stores still connected by covered “5-foot ways,” ordered by Gov. Raffles in his 1822 Town Plan so pedestrians could shop in the shade and out of monsoonal rains.

From The Wall Street Journal

Monsoonal storms from the east — usually confined to the mountains and deserts — are more typical this time of year, he said, but every once in a while a tropical storm from the eastern Pacific pushes north, bringing bands of rain.

From Los Angeles Times

While some mountain and desert areas have seen recent precipitation from monsoonal storms, downtown Los Angeles hasn’t had any measurable rainfall since early May, according to the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times

The unseasonably cool coastal weather comes as some inland areas have seen monsoonal conditions, with warm, wet air but little rain.

From Los Angeles Times