2006-12-21 10:20:28 · 5 answers · asked by collegeray2006 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
somewhere between 5 and 20 mph, depending on the size of the drop- bigger = faster.
Here's a site that has an interactive tool to calculate drop speed:
http://www.grow.arizona.edu/Grow--GrowResources.php?ResourceId=146
Note: Rain is not free falling... drops are significantly affected by air resistance. If they weren't, they would continue to speed up until they hit the earth at thousands of miles per hour...
2006-12-21 10:23:56 · answer #1 · answered by TG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of rain drops fall is about 10 km/h. Because , atmos-
phere slowing rain before its reach the ground.
2006-12-21 18:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by frank 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this question varies on the size of the raindrop, wind velocity, temperature and most importantly is someone to follow the raindrop and measure its rate of descent. Researchers here have studied this for years and tried following a raindrop using a small airplane but the plane kept crashing as it got near the ground. There is presently a shortage of researchers here at the moment.
2006-12-22 00:10:43 · answer #3 · answered by Waalee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the motion of dropping rain is free - falling with the acceleration of about 10m/s^2
2006-12-21 18:24:56 · answer #4 · answered by James Chan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MythBusters did a thing on rain in season 1 (episode 1), check it out, its pretty interesting:
2006-12-21 18:29:10 · answer #5 · answered by solidstateonline 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋