It does occasionally rain in desert areas, usually during the spring. The pattern is that desert areas usually get one period where they get heavy rainfall for a short period of time, sometimes resulting in flash floods then several months without rain.
Phoenix monsoon season is basically July through end of September and to a lesser extent December and January. Not Spring. Although we have had a few summers lately with virtually no rain therefore a drought even by desert standards.
Weeelllll Desert: arid land with usually sparse vegetationespecially : such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually (MW)
Drought: a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
So not equivalent, less than 25 cm is not abnormal for a desert, but a lack of even that much in a desert would be a drought and raise the chance of fire. Deserts are not always the Great Erg.
sergioandrade Premium Member 5 months ago
It does occasionally rain in desert areas, usually during the spring. The pattern is that desert areas usually get one period where they get heavy rainfall for a short period of time, sometimes resulting in flash floods then several months without rain.
catsrule411 5 months ago
Phoenix monsoon season is basically July through end of September and to a lesser extent December and January. Not Spring. Although we have had a few summers lately with virtually no rain therefore a drought even by desert standards.
bunwarpgazoo Premium Member 5 months ago
Weeelllll Desert: arid land with usually sparse vegetationespecially : such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually (MW)
Drought: a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
So not equivalent, less than 25 cm is not abnormal for a desert, but a lack of even that much in a desert would be a drought and raise the chance of fire. Deserts are not always the Great Erg.
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member 5 months ago
Nothing stoopid about that at all. As the other commenters have noted, even deserts have wet periods.
markkahler52 5 months ago
It’s just that the ground can’t absorb the rain to a degree that will help it in the best possible way