It was raining in the city, a tropical shower replete with high-voltage cracks and ship-lift thunder.

Though the islands get less than 50 inches of rain each year, count on brief tropical showers between July and November.

The wide deck had canvas chairs and a "tropical shower" for sunbathers to cool off in under the hot sun.

Shortly after the sun came up, a tropical shower stormed across the island and rushed off eastward.

A heavy tropical shower was beating down upon them.

These night-time tropical showers and not the soil were what made the islands so fertile.

The wettest months are August through November; rain usually comes in brief tropical showers.

The mean annual rainfall is 1100 mm within 95 days of rainfall in the form of tropical showers.

It came with the drenching roar of a tropical shower, a drumming audible even above the wind.

By February, however, the tropical showers are sporadic and alternate with sunny days.