Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why is it called the rainy season? Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:46:39 -0500 Lines: 63 Message-ID: <40D1E70F.8010307@yahoo.com> References: <40CF9298.5090501@yahoo.com> <40CFB1FA.8010806@hotmail.com> <2je6atFvhvl6U1@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de lROQepkru3a4/aE37+nuKwu/SswT2U1P3o8eG+0O8FDOERbdfm User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:14628 Haluk Skywalker wrote: > "Mad Dan" , haber iletisinde sunlari > yazdi:badf481.0406152318.41c96536@posting.google.com... > >> Declan Murphy wrote in message > > news:<40CFB1FA.8010806@hotmail.com>... > >>> John W. wrote: >>> >>>> Mad Dan wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Why is it called the rainy season, and how do you know when >>>>> it's >>>> > begun > >>>>> and ended? >>>>> >>>> >>>> It's one of those weather pattern thingees, like a >>>> low/high/depression/something in somewhere that happens every >>>> year. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Obviously, looking at the weather's no guide at all >>>> >>>> I've found that it seems to be more likely to rain in >>>> March/April than in June, or whenever the rainy season is >>>> supposed to be in full >>> > effect. > >>>> I wonder if the rainy season is getting weaker/shorter >>>> gradually over >>> > time? > >>> The wettest month in Okazaki is usually September. >>> http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/images/rainfall.gif But thats only >>> terms of volume - typhoons etc. June has the most rainy days, >>> miserable drizzly English style rain. >> >> >> >> >> To all respondents, thank you. You've all been: >> >> 1) Relevant 2) Informative 3) Prompt 4) Inoffensive >> >> In short, I think you've broken every rule of not usenet! > > > Sorry, I had a project in my hands and couldn't reply... Not that it > didn't cross my mind to write someting like "perhaps it has something > to do with the RAIN!!!" > You're crazy. It has nothing to do with the rain. The rainy season occurs because June is the month when most people get married. John W.