<p>I noticed that the Middle East's rainy season generally runs from <a href="https://weatherspark.com/y/104018/Average-Weather-in-Riyadh-Saudi-Arabia-Year-Round#Sections-Rain" rel="nofollow noreferrer">November to May</a>; but Florida, which is at almost the same latitude, is exactly the opposite, peaking from <a href="https://weatherspark.com/y/18622/Average-Weather-in-Miami-Florida-United-States-Year-Round#Sections-Rain" rel="nofollow noreferrer">May to November</a>.  Can anyone provide a rationale as to why?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>

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2022-10-12T03:16:29.740Z
Thanks!  The ITCZ is therefore "inverting" what would ordinarily be the the same schedule then, since they're close in latitude?  That's wild...
Jordan Fine
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2022-10-13T16:51:01.937Z
@gansub I would venture that his statement for about Florida is entirely true, regardless of ENSO phase
JeopardyTempest
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2022-10-13T17:14:30.147Z
Looks like for Orlando only one out of 120 years has had more rainfall Nov-April than from May-Nov! (That year 2010 did have an intense wet winter during El Niño, then a drier summer during La Niña) And only 11 of the cool season years are even within 10 inches. I know nothing about Middle East rain precip off hand, and would have to dig more for data than the easy sources I'm familiar with for the US, so can't speak on that side.
JeopardyTempest
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2022-10-13T17:15:27.230Z
(And I also don't know if it's different in FL east coast spots where onshore flow is more important in winter, and seabreeze precip is easier to miss in the summer... it may well be... but indeed Jordan hit the mark on Orlando at least!)
JeopardyTempest
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2022-10-14T15:02:39.607Z
@gansub definitely true in general, but the scale is reasonably small in comparison to the big picture there :-)
JeopardyTempest
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2022-10-15T04:35:35.857Z
So then what's the true reason Florida and the ME are ordinarily completely inverted timeframe-wise?  The rains of the ME roughly correlate to late fall/winter, whereas the rains of FL correlate to spring/summer?
Jordan Fine
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Why are rainy seasons different in different locations?
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# Why are rainy seasons different in different locations?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-11)

I noticed that the Middle East's rainy season generally runs from [November to May](https://weatherspark.com/y/104018/Average-Weather-in-Riyadh-Saudi-Arabia-Year-Round#Sections-Rain); but Florida, which is at almost the same latitude, is exactly the opposite, peaking from [May to November](https://weatherspark.com/y/18622/Average-Weather-in-Miami-Florida-United-States-Year-Round#Sections-Rain). Can anyone provide a rationale as to why?

Thanks.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks!  The ITCZ is therefore "inverting" what would ordinarily be the the same schedule then, since they're close in latitude?  That's wild...  
> **username_1**: @gansub I would venture that his statement for about Florida is entirely true, regardless of ENSO phase  
> **username_1**: Looks like for Orlando only one out of 120 years has had more rainfall Nov-April than from May-Nov! (That year 2010 did have an intense wet winter during El Niño, then a drier summer during La Niña) And only 11 of the cool season years are even within 10 inches. I know nothing about Middle East rain precip off hand, and would have to dig more for data than the easy sources I'm familiar with for the US, so can't speak on that side.  
> **username_1**: (And I also don't know if it's different in FL east coast spots where onshore flow is more important in winter, and seabreeze precip is easier to miss in the summer... it may well be... but indeed username_0 hit the mark on Orlando at least!)  
> **username_1**: @gansub definitely true in general, but the scale is reasonably small in comparison to the big picture there :-)  
> **username_0**: So then what's the true reason Florida and the ME are ordinarily completely inverted timeframe-wise?  The rains of the ME roughly correlate to late fall/winter, whereas the rains of FL correlate to spring/summer?  

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