Rain Rain Go Away!

Rain, Rain Go Away

Come Again Some Other Day...

We're sick of the rain and ready for the nice weather that we're supposed to get later this week! I think we're all feeling couped up and need to open the windows again and get out to ride bikes and play baseball!

HURRY UP SUMMER!! :)

Here are some "fun" facts about rain:

Did you know that one inch of rain = 4.7 gallons of Water per square yard?

The world's heaviest average rain fall (about 430 inches) occurs in Cherrapunji, India, where as much as 87 feet of rain has fallen in one year.

Mt. Waialeale in Kauai, Hawaii, has up to 350 rainy days every year.

The wettest state in the United States is Louisiana, with annual rainfall of 56 inches.

Rainfall is classified as light if not more than 0.10 inch per hour, and heavy if more than 0.30 inch per hour.

All precipitation starts as ice or snow crystals at cloud level.

Freezing rain is rain that freezes as it hits the ground; sleet is frozen ice pellets.

Rain drops are not shaped like this , they are shaped like this as they fall.

The umbrella was originally intended for shade from the hot Egyptian sun.

Raindrops vary in size from 0.02 inch to about .031 inch diameter.

Big, heavy raindrops can fall at speeds up to 22 miles per hour!