Monsoon
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A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation assoc
Advancing monsoon clouds and showers in Aralvaimozhy, near Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
Monsoon clouds arriving at Port Blair, Andaman, India
Monsoon clouds over Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Southeast African monsoon clouds over Mayotte
North American monsoon
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The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, the New Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon is a pattern of pronounced seasonal increase in thunderstorms
Monsoon
…also used to describe locally heavy but short-term rains. The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African, South Asian–Australian, North American, and South American monsoons. The term was first used in English in British India and neighbouring countries, referring to big seasonal winds blowing…
Summer monsoon rain over eastern New Mexico
A seasonal monsoon storm approaching the Tiger Fire on July 9, 2021
Monsoonal thunderstorms as seen from El Cajon, California
An isolated thunderstorm rolls through Wah Wah Valley, Utah. This type of monsoonal pattern is very common in the late summer of the southwest US.