I live in the Pacific Northwest for the rain. Seriously. I love the rain. Of course, it isn’t pleasant to run in, so I don’t complain about clear mornings. However, I feel we’ve had enough sun, smoke, and heat. I’m ready for rain.
Not only did we get rain today, but we got wind, which makes my trees dance. My cats love to look out the window and watch the motion. I like it too, but mostly I like listening to the rain ping off our porch roof.
In honor of the rain, I found some cool rain facts from weather.com. One of them surprised me. I’m going to go for a run/walk in the rain later today because nothing will stop my streak (and because I like to walk in the rain.)
Remarkable Rain Facts
- Petrichor is the smell of rain.
- Falling raindrops are not tear-shaped. They are round in the upper atmosphere and change into a jelly bean with a flat end due to air resistance.
- Depending on the raindrop’s size and how far it has to fall, raindrops can take between 2 and 7 minutes to reach the ground.
- Mawsynram in the Meghalaya State of India is the wettest place in the world. It gets an average of 470 inches of rain a year. In comparison, Boston gets 47 inches of rain a year.
- Every minute, a billion tons of rain falls on the earth.