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The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. [1] Generally, the season lasts at least one month. [2] The term green season is also sometimes used as a euphemism by tourist authorities. [3]
The "Dry" and Hot Season (a relative term as the city does not truly have a dry season) occurs when seasonal south-west winds blow from Sumatra toward the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia but are blocked by the Titiwangsa Mountain Range. The temperature may reach 40 degrees Celsius. The Rainy season usually occurs between October and March.
The rainy season occurs from September to February and it is a major source of energy for the Hadley circulation during boreal winter. It is associated with the development of the Siberian High and the movement of the heating maxima from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere.
Tropical monsoon climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18 °C (64 °F) in every month of the year and a dry season. [ 1 ] : 200–1 The tropical monsoon climate is the intermediate climate between the wet Af (or tropical rainforest climate ) and the drier Aw (or tropical savanna climate ).
Aerial view of Bora Bora in French Polynesia Tropical sunset over the sea in Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia. Many tropical areas have both a dry and a wet season. The wet season, rainy season or green season is the time of year, ranging from one or more months when most of the average annual rainfall in a region falls. [9]
The best exposure of Cambrian rocks (541 to 485 Ma) in Malaysia is the Machinchang Formation, ... March to November is a long rainy season. September is the wettest ...
The Southern sections of Asia are mild to hot, while far northeastern areas such as Siberia are very cold, and East Asia has a temperate climate. The highest temperature recorded in Asia was 54 °C (at Ahvaz Airport, Iran on June 29, 2017, and at Tirat Zvi, Israel on June 21, 1942).