If I run in the rain will I get less wet than if I walk the same distance?

Answer 1

You get more wet if you run. Some moron did research in to it once. That was money well spent

Answer 2

The show Mythbusters on Discovery Channel solved this little question. They set up a rain corridor inside, for a constant drizzle. Industrial sized fan for wind. Then, donning wetsuits, and pre-weighed coveralls, they ran and walked through the rain a set distance. They then weighed the coveralls again, and found that running through the rain gathered more water, and made them wetter.
I believe they tried it with a few different settings for downpour, and windspeed and came up with the same result. You get wetter running through the rain than walking.

It answered the question well enough for me.

I know I get soaked when cycling in the rain, compared to running in the rain - though that can be explained with that I am going/cycling faster that the rain falling, therefore I am more wet. Have you ever noticed that when you are driving and it is raining in a steady, but not downpour - that you need to turn your windsheild wipers on higher when you move than when you are at a stop light? Makes sense.

Answer 3

Here's a way to find out:

Pick a day with heavy rain falling. Weigh your clothes while they are dry. Put them on. Walk 100 yds. Undress and weigh your clothes. Subtract the dry weight from the wet weight of the clothing. Dry the clothes and repeat, running the 100 yds. Compare the two figures.

While I've never tried this experiment, I have always felt that I would get wetter if I run into the rain than if I just walk. This may be true only in my imagination. For sure, if I run, I get wetter in the front but my back stays drier.

Answer 4

That's a tricky question. It is possible you will not get as wet because you are spending less time in the rain. However, by running, it can cause you to splash more into puddles, and therefore your legs will get more wet. Depending on how much it is raining and how wet the ground is, depends on how wet you get if you run rather than walk:).

Answer 5

They did this test on mythbusters. I think the outcome was, you get more wet running. I can't remember. You will have to watch it.

Episode 1: Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?
Jamie and Adam set out to methodically bust three urban legends in the premiere episode of Mythbusters. Smoking in the bathroom — a bad habit made worse when shards of flaming toilet start flying. But is it really possible to explode a commode by spraying a flammable substance down the bowl then lighting a match? Jamie and Adam find out if this myth holds water. Speaking of soggy, do you get wetter running or walking in the rain? And can assassins use bullets made of ice in order to not leave evidence in their victims? Our guys put these fables to the test.

Answer 6

It depends.......

Just assign your self two arribitrary velocities: one for walking, one for running. Then, you would have to know at what angle the rain is falling in relation to your direction of travel. Once you have this, its very easy to calculate the speed of the rain: find the terminal velocity of an object with the mass of a rain drop. When you have all of that information, you can simply account for the surface area on your body(whether you are big or small). Finally, once you have all of that, you'll realize that it in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter because it's probably stopped raining.

Answer 7

One of the english universities actually did a study on this would you believe, it was on tv too! They reckoned that although you get to your destination quicker by running, you still get just as wet as if you were walking, apparently!!

Answer 8

Obviously one of those people that aren`t smart enough to come in from the rain.

Answer 9

Absolutely! I saw an episode of mythbusters that tested it, and it turned out that running does get you less wet than walking.

Answer 10

depends on how hard the rain is but yes, i think you will get less wet. my sister mistakenly thought if she went faster on an atv, the hail would hit her less...she had knots on her head for days..lmao

Answer 11

Run don't walk.

Apparently it's all to do with headgear. But there is a website where you can work out if it's better for your personally as size and speed make a difference.