17 WORDS FOR RAIN
- Fog
- Light Mist
- Heavy Mist
- Mizzle
- Spit
- Drizzle
- Sprinkle
- Light Rain
- Rain
- Showers
- Squall
- Downpour
- Sheets
- Torrents
- Cats and Dogs
- Buckets
- Monsoon—“Frog-Choker”
Where we live, it rains plenty (average of over 6 feet per year). Rain falls in many patterns, so we've compiled a "Rain Scale", 17 stages of rain with "fog" the lightest form of rain. Some may question fog as a category of rain, but sitting in the thick fog all day in September on the High Divide in Olympic National Park, we were soaked!. Monsoon (aka "frog-choker") is what we're calling the heaviest rain. This is a work in progress, so feel free to comment and add your ideas. Also, check the Beaufort Rain Scale from the Brits (another rainy place) which breaks rain into a scale of 11. See the Beaufort Rain Scale.
2 comments:
I remember having this conversation with you people at the beach! I love the list. I saw fog this morning and it's just so fitting. Love the frog-killing too!
Also, I am reading a book called The Anthology of Turquoise, and I discovered that the Mayas have 9 words for the color blue. Thus, it seems only fitting that we should have 17 words for rain!
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