According to Wikipedia, the average August rainfall in the capital, Freetown, is over a meter (~42")[0]. Tropical wet-and-dry climates, they're wild!

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown#Climate

It was seriously, seriously impressive to live in that environment.

I wound up finding mould on my clothes, on my fridge, inside my Jeep, etc. etc. It was extremely hard, so after a month I drove north into Mali where the rainy season was basically over :)

I saw rain staggeringly heavy more times than I can count on the West Coast of Africa - it was truly incredible. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure I ever got it on film.