Interesting Facts about the Rain

Interesting Facts About the Rain - Little Known Rain Facts

Everybody knows what rain is but do you know where it comes from? Rain is simply recycled water that has evaporated from our oceans, rivers, lakes and streams. Rain drops form from ice / snow crystals at the cloud level. Oddly enough rain starts out as a flat oval and then as it falls it changes into the classic tear drop shape. Rain drops usually range in size from .02 inches to .031 inches. This rain then can fall at speeds up to 22 MPH. Rain is typically classified into two types light and heavy rain. Light rain is considered to be an accumulation of no more than .10 inches per hour while heavy rain is anything more than .30 of rain per hour.

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Interesting Facts About the Rain - Interesting Rain Quotes

April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.
- T. S. Eliot

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather just different kinds of good weather.
- John Ruskin

For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I think it rains That tongues may loosen from the porch Uncleave roof tops of the mouth, hang heavy with knowledge.
- Wole Soyinka

I think God invented rain to give dead people something to complain about.
- David Brenner

He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Bible

It will never rain roses; when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
- George Eliot

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
- Clint Eastwood

Clouds that thunder do not always rain.
- Armenian Proverb

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
- John Updike

Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.
- Richard Cushing

If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with a little rain.
- Dolly Parton

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.
- Don Delillo

Some people are making such thorough plans for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.
- William Feather

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Interesting Facts About the Rain - Rainest Places in the US

Mobile, Ala.: 67 inches average annual rainfall; 59 average annual rainy days

Pensacola, Fla.: 65 inches average annual rainfall; 56 average annual rainy days

New Orleans, La.: 64 inches average annual rainfall; 59 average annual rainy days

West Palm Beach, Fla.: 63 inches average annual rainfall; 58 average annual rainy days

Lafayette, La.: 62 inches average annual rainfall; 55 average annual rainy days

Baton Rouge, La.: 62 inches average annual rainfall; 56 average annual rainy days

Miami, Fla.: 62 inches average annual rainfall; 57 average annual rainy days

Port Arthur, Texas: 61 inches average annual rainfall; 51 average annual rainy days

Tallahassee, Fla.: 61 inches average annual rainfall; 56 average annual rainy days

Lake Charles, La.: 58 inches average annual rainfall; 50 average annual rainy days

For more information visit the MSNBC website for more information about rainiest cities in the US
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Interesting Facts About the Rain - Fun Things to do While Raining

Well I am pretty sure none of you are as weird as me as far as my like of taking walks in the rain so I figured I would tell you about some of the things I like to do while its raining outside especially at night or winter. First of all I really enjoy crawling up in a blanket and read my kindle. There is something pleasant about reading while listening to the rain against the roof.

I also love to sleep while its raining. There is no feeling like slipping into something comfy, dimming the lights and let the rain ease you into a deep restful sleep. I usually wake up really refreshed the next day after doing this.

If its raining during the morning or day then I usually will breakout a jigsaw puzzle or a board game out and spend time with my family.

Last but certainly not least I like to play on squidoo by creating more lenses while its raining. You had to know that would make the list :-)