monsoonal
Americanadjective
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relating to, characterized by, or resulting from a monsoon.
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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
The storms come amid a surge of monsoonal moisture and instability across the Western U.S., which has brought dangerous dry lightning, major dust storms and rare summer rain over the last few days.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2025
The National Weather Service continues to warn of a trio of threats through this weekend: the extreme heat, elevated fire conditions, and a chance for monsoonal thunderstorms.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
Sirard said the conditions driving the rare thunderstorms aren’t the typical summer monsoonal pattern in which moisture flows from the desert southwest into Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 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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