Rain is an integral part of the weather on our planet. Somewhere they pray for him, and somewhere they curse him - it all depends on the country and on what this rain brings with it. In arid lands, water pouring from the sky is the greatest boon, and in rainy lands, rain is hated by all locals. Be that as it may, nothing can be done with it - if it has already started to rain, all that remains is to wait patiently for it to end.
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The Dry Valleys in Antarctica are rightfully considered the driest place on the planet - there has been no rainfall for millions of years.
The rainiest place on the planet is Mount Waieleale, USA, Hawaii (see facts about Hawaii).
The diameter of a large raindrop can be up to 6-7 millimeters. Larger drops do not reach the ground, scattering into smaller ones even in the air, no matter how strong the rain is.
After hurricanes, it sometimes rains from snakes, frogs and other creatures if the hurricane lifts a fair amount of them into the air. This has happened, and these cases are officially documented (see facts about hurricanes).
A rainbow can only be seen when it rains.
According to the chronicles, in 1209 in the west of modern Europe it rained without stopping for about two and a half months - from May 20th to August 9th.
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It rains not only on Earth. For example, they also happen on Titan, only they are not made of water there, but of liquid methane (see the facts about the satellite Titan).
The game of darts owes its invention to rain. The archers, for whom the rain did not disrupt the competition, went out of boredom to the tavern, where they began to practice throwing short darts at the target.
The Netherlands and Belgium are considered to be some of the rainiest countries in Europe and the world at large (see facts about Belgium).
In Thailand, it almost never rains during the day - only at night.
In Russian weather forecasts, the phrase "intermittent rain" means that the expected duration of rain will not exceed three hours.
The rainiest settlement in the world is the city of Cherrapunji in India.
In Portugal, rain is the official reason for being late for work (see facts about Portugal).
In the United States, Ohio, there is the town of Weinsburg. It is notable for the fact that it has been raining on its territory for more than a hundred years every year on July 29.
There is an allergy to rain (not to water, but to rain, more precisely, to the bacteria contained in rainwater). Fortunately, it is extremely rare - an average of one case per hundred million people.
About 519 trillion tons of water are poured onto the Earth every year. Of course, all this water falls from heaven not once or twice - evaporating, it rushes up, so that soon it will rain down again.
In especially hot deserts, sometimes rainwater evaporates before it reaches the ground.