You know, so wonderful smells rain lying on the pavement purple ...

In Portugal, the rain is a good reason not to go to work.



Rain was the cause of the weather forecasts on the radio. When the American owner of the radio station was hit by rain, he established a new section the weather forecast, which talked about the rain several times a day.



The game of darts appeared because of the rain. Once the archers in the competition caught in the rain. Going to a bar, they started throwing arrows at a target shortened wall.



In fact, there is no smell of rain. The aroma that we refer to the smell of rain, in fact, isolated actin and cyanobacteria. The substance, which gives the smell of rain is called geosmin.



Ugandans do not scare thunder, t. To. In a country with a rain storm is 250 times a year.



In the city residents Couple synchronize watches the rain, because showers every day are at the same time.



In arid Bostsvane people greet pool word that means "rain", as the national currency in the country is also called "rain».



In Cuba, it rains only during siesta, and Thailand - only at night.



In the XVII century in the UK passed a law about the rain on which the incorrectly executed forecaster predicting rain.



A person can stay completely dry in the rain, if it is in the desert. In fact, there are rains in the desert, but it is impossible to know about the rain because drops just does not get to the ground, evaporating under the influence of hot air.

All phrases of the Hydrometeorological Center of the rain have a specific meaning. For example, when the phrase "intermittent rain" is meant that the duration of the rain will not be more than 3 hours. The phrase "will rain" means the duration of the rain for at least half a day. The phrase "without significant rainfall" does not mean it would not rain, it means that the rain will fall no more than 0, 3 liters per square meter.



City Cherrapunji (India) - the wettest in the world. During the year there falls 26 460 mm of rain.



Acidity conventional rain - pH 5, 6. If the acidity level below what is called acid rain. When rain pH 5, 5 are killed bacteria, and at 4, 5 are killed insects, amphibians and fish.



In the town Uaynsberg, Ohio on July 29 every year without fail the rain, it lasts for a hundred years.



Today we can arrange artificial rain. Dry ice particles shed from the plane directly to the cumulus cloud. The cloud enveloped by water and carbon dioxide as a snowflake falling on the road heating and turning into rain. Thus, it is possible to deal with drought and dissipate the clouds.



Every year, on the ground shed 519,000 km3 of rain (every km3 - a billion tons of water).



About one in a hundred million people suffer from allergies in the rain. Any effect of water on the skin causes redness, swelling, and the rain from getting such people may die.



In San Francisco, the weather station reports rain to the degree of probability, for example, 4/6. Just 10 local meteorologists vote on whether or not the rain, and the result is announced to the audience that's "relative" form.



The heaviest hailstones rained from the sky in Gopalgandzh 14.04.1986. The weight of the hailstone exceeded 1 kg, this "blue moon" killed 92 people.



The rainiest places on the planet are experiencing water shortages in winter. When the rainy season comes so arid winter that residents have to buy water in other cities.