monsoonal

American

[mahn-soon-uhl] / mɑnˈsun əl /

adjective

relating to, characterized by, or resulting from a monsoon.
having or being a climate with a rainy season and a dry season.

Other Word Forms

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

Example Sentences

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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 • Oct. 27, 2025

A surge of monsoonal storms brought instability across the American West this weekend, with severe winds, and lightning that sparked several fires.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

Even as the heat is forecast to continue letting up over the next few days, officials warn that the humid, monsoonal pattern is not yet passed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2025

Those threats will be compounded by the possibility of monsoonal thunderstorms that could bring localized flooding, debris flows, destructive winds and lightning beginning Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

They had killed the remaining horse, but the monsoonal rains descended, and in the steamy atmosphere the meat turned putrid.

From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest

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