Does Darwin have a mango season?

Answer 1

Loosley called the Mango Season in recent times but more commonly called The Troppo Season, The Build Up or Stinger season.

Usually starts around September/October (sometimes later if it is a delayed start) in Darwin and a bit later the more south you go in the Top End. It's when some advanced forms of mangoes are first sold, and other mango trees are flowering in conjunction with humidity and temperature rise.

Troppo is also an appropriate terminology as some people are said to be driven a bit crazy with the high humidy and temperature. It is the beginning, or Build Up of the Wet Season (not the green season as called in other parts of Australia) where infrequent but very gusty and short lived thunderstorms add even more humidity to the already hot humid air.

Box Jellyfish begin to rapidly increase in population making swimming in the sea very risky and hence the terminology Stinger Season.