Wet season

Crops which can be successfully planted during the wet or rainy season are cassava, maize, groundnut, millet, rice and yam.

[6] Areas with a savanna climate in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Ghana, Burkina Faso,[12][13] Darfur,[14] Eritrea,[15] Ethiopia,[16] and Botswana have a distinct rainy season.

[17] Also subtropical areas like Florida, South and Southeast Texas, and southern Louisiana in the United States have a rainy season.

[18] Monsoon regions include the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia (including Indonesia and Philippines),[19] northern sections of Australia,[20] Polynesia,[21] Central America,[22] western and southern Mexico,[23] the Desert Southwest of the United States,[24] southern Guyana,[25] and northeast Brazil.

[27] Within the Mediterranean climate regime, the west coast of the United States, the southwest coast of Australia and South Africa, the Mediterranean coastline of Italy, Spain, Greece,[28] Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey, as well as areas further inland in Western Asia which include Jordan, Northern Iraq and most parts of Iran, experience a wet season in the winter months.

The precise meaning of the word is disputed, although it is widely accepted to relate to the severe thunderstorms, flooding, and abundant vegetation growth commonly experienced at this time.

[33] During the wet season, a combination of heavy rainfall and, in some places such as Hong Kong, an onshore wind, improve air quality.

[26] The pH level of water becomes more balanced due to the charging of local aquifers during the wet season.

[7] Arroyos that are dry at other times of the year fill with runoff, in some cases with water as deep as 10 feet (3.0 m).

[41] The Ghaggar-Hakra River, which only flows during India's monsoon season, can flood and severely damage local crops.

[42] Floods can be exacerbated by fires that occurred during the previous dry season, which cause soils which are sandy or composed of loam to become hydrophobic, or water repellent.

[52] Within the tropics and warmer areas of the subtropics, decreased salinity of near shore wetlands due to the rains causes an increase in crocodile nesting.