Is rain by the sea different to rain inland?

Question

Is the rain by the coast salty? ...and does it differ to rain inland? ...i am living by the sea and wonder if the rain is salty like the sea water.

Answer 1

No, there wouldn't be a difference.
As water evaporates into clouds, it is 'distilled'. When the cloud vapor releases the moisture it comes down as pure water, no matter where.
It does pick up contaminants through the air at times, though.

Answer 2

they have analised rain all over theplace
and the rain in front of the beach comes 100 % from the sea and contains a certain salt content

just behind the beach with the first forrest it maybe 90% from the sea and 10% from the forrest

as you go inland the the forrest percentage goes up and the sea percentage goes down
the rain becoming less salty all the time

until there come the point that 100 % of the rain is from the forrests and does not contain salt any more ,

and from then on all the rain going further and further inland only comes from the trees ,

and 90% of the rainwater that benefits us in farming comes from the forrests

of this rain 60% is absorbed by the trees as it comes down over a forrest and the 40% that makes it to the ground, is water of another quality
as it contains sugars and other chemicals left behinds by the insects and birds
and acts as a fertilizer that improves the soil

so inland rain is of better quality for growth than rain water from the coast line

and this is also the reason that cars who live on the coast rust a lot quicker than those who live inland
and one needs to vulcanise your car if you live near the beach

Answer 3

There could be a very slight difference between rain inland and by the sea. It depends on where the clouds formed. For a rain drop (or snowflake that melts into a raindrop) to form there must be a particle such as dust for the moisture in a cloud to collect on (nucleate). Inland the dust may differ from at sea. At sea, strong wave action may produce billions of tiny water droplets that are so light they may be swept aloft with evaporated moisture. When the water drops evaporate the salt is left as an impurity in the air that can help raindrops nucleate. Therefore, trace amounts of salt may exist in rainwater (even inland if the clouds formed over the seas). The rain is always almost pure water with nil salt compared to sea water.

Answer 4

It can be.

Rain over the sea may have some aerosolized salt water in it that wouldn't happen far inland. It's not really rain, per se, more like mist, but the effect is the same.

Small amounts of organics from living stuff contribute to the "flavor" of local rainfall. This depends on where the water came from, and where it's falling.

Answer 5

Yes it has salt in it and that accelerates corrosion.