By Trevor Beckwith

Precipitation

Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most precipitation falls as rain.

What is precipitation?

Precipitation by State

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Forms of Precipitation

Precipitation is all part of the water cycle

Precipitation is sometimes mistaken for rain

Precipitation is any form of water falling onto Earth’s surface.

Facts:

The water cycle not only contains precipitation

It also contains evaporation, and condensation

Rain falls from clouds in the sky in the form of water droplets, this is called precipitation.

The highest amount of rainfall ever recorded in 24 hours is 182.5 centimeters (71.9 inches) in Foc-Foc, La Réunion. This occurred during tropical cyclone Denise on January 8, 1966.

Heavy rain can cause flooding and landslides.

Rain

Snow is frozen rain Snow forms when water vapor in the

atmosphere freezes into ice crystals. Light and fluffy snow is often called

‘powder’.

Snow

 It is precipitation that froze or refroze before hitting the ground.

 It indicates that there is at least a layer in the atmosphere that is above freezing in temperature. 

 Unlike hail, sleet is mostly small in size. 

Sleet

Hail causes about $1 billion dollars in damage to property and crops each year, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

The states that typically have the highest hail risk include Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, according to NOAA’s Severe Storm database.

Hail was the number one cause of homeowners insurance losses in Texas during the period from 1999-2011, at $10.4 billion, according to the Texas Department of Insurance. Water-related losses were second at $8.9B, followed by hurricane-related losses at $6.7B, and fire-related losses at $5.9B. 

Hail

https://www.disastersafety.org/blog/10-hail-facts/

www.currentresults.com http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle

precipitation.html

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/rain.html

Me https://

answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090608123133AA9rkG0

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