Transcription: Yes, this is the summer rainy season which arrives along with thunder and lightning at the hottest time of the year. Its effect is to turn the dry summer desert green in August and September. The other hot deserts in the southwest have only one rainy season. In the Mojave Desert most of the year's rainfall is in winter. In the Chihuahuan it falls mostly in the summer. As a consequence these deserts have a more sparse and less diverse vegetation than the Sonoran.