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rainy season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates

time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"

monsoon - rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains

dry season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates

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But nothing could be done until the rainy season had fairly set in; until the long-looked-for element that was to magically separate the gold from the dross in those dull mounds of dust and gravel had come of its own free will, and in its own appointed channels, independent of the feeble auxiliaries that had hopelessly riven the rocks on the hillside, or hung incomplete and unfinished in lofty scaffoldings above the settlement.

Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context

The rainy season, which commences in October, continues, with little intermission, until April; and though the winters are generally mild, the mercury seldom sinking below the freezing point, yet the tempests of wind and rain are terrible.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

But, probably, man did not live long on the earth without discovering the convenience which there is in a house, the domestic comforts, which phrase may have originally signified the satisfactions of the house more than of the family; though these must be extremely partial and occasional in those climates where the house is associated in our thoughts with winter or the rainy season chiefly, and two thirds of the year, except for a parasol, is unnecessary.

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

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