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Practically, there are only two seasons, the " dry " and 

 " wet." Both are influenced by monsoonal action. In the Nort' 

 part the wet season sets in during the summer months, commen 

 in December and lasting till March or April. During that 

 smart cyclones, locally called "willy-willies " and "cock-eyed bobs 

 times sweep over the land, causing occasionally damage to stock 

 property. In the South, the wet season sets in after Ea 

 generally May, lasts through the winter and ends in October, 

 a few occasional showers during the summer months. During t 

 winter months the weather is made up of heavy showers and c 

 sunny intervals. In the South- Western corner the moisture-h 

 clouds which are carried on one side over the Southern Ocean, 

 the other over the Indian Ocean, impinge over the rangt 

 mountains which rise a few miles from the coast line, and i 

 parallel with it for a distance of over 300 miles, and there diss 

 into heavy rain. Once blown over these ranges, farther to 

 eastward, they meet with no obstruction to bring about t 

 precipitation, and thus are carried away into the vast unset 

 interior, where the farther from the coast the drier is the cliniat 



The following table gives the average rainfall in Wes 

 Australia at points located in the several divisions of the State 



