The island is affected by monsoonal rains between November and February.

Heavy monsoonal rain drenched Queensland throughout the summer.

These areas experience some of the highest levels of rainfall in Australia through monsoonal rain and cyclones.

Heavy monsoonal rains disrupted the airbase construction program.

The depression formed just as monsoonal rains and floods had killed over 200 people in the area.

Temperatures are extreme throughout the period from March to October, except when monsoonal rain produces thick clouds to lower it slightly.

Early spring is the cloudiest time of year, though the monsoonal rains do not arrive until May.

The race, which was halted early due to monsoonal rains, ended under the safety car with Webber in fourth.

Though a tame river generally, the heavy monsoonal rains in 2001 caused the river to burst its banks and flood areas along its course.

The flooding was soon worsened as several days of monsoonal rains followed in early February.