The raindrops that patter onto roofs, sidewalks and umbrellas during a shower or storm fall in a wide range of sizes, as anyone who pays attention can see. The explanation for this variety turns out ...

The hows and whys of rainfall have been pondered for about as long as human beings have walked upright. Now a research team thinks it has discovered something everyone else missed: Some raindrops fall ...

Spring showers have arrived in London, but I don’t really mind. I find the splat of raindrops falling on puddles a very comforting sound, one that I associate with childhood and the urge to ...

A: The typical speed of a falling raindrop depends on the size of the drop. Gravity pulls everything downward. As an object falls, it experiences a frictional drag that counters the downward force of ...

For this week's Ask StormTeam 16 segment, Meteorologist Cindi Clawson answers a question about the speed of a falling raindrop. Dennis asks: How fast do raindrops fall? Cindi Clawson answers: In ...

The life cycle of a raindrop is probably the least of your concerns when you’re dashing for shelter during a downpour, but the raindrops that arrive at the ground are the shattered remnants of larger ...