is rain harder/more than showers?

Question

whats the difference?

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAIN AND SHOWERS???

Answer 1

In weather reports, rain and showers do not differ in terms of intensity, but rather in duration. The difference is somewhat subjective. Rain is continuous precipitation, usually covering a wide area. Showers are short periods of precipitation (rain or snow), usually scattered over a wide area.

Perhaps a way to see this more clearly is to read the weather reports themselves. The Weather Underground and other websites, display the raw METAR reports for each station. In METAR code:

R=rain
S=snow
W=shower
+ = heavy
- = light

So, R = rain, S = snow, RW = rain showers, SW = snow showers, R+ = heavy rain, RW+ = heavy rain showers, SW+ = heavy show showers, etc...

Answer 2

Rain is a type of precipitation. It is liquid and the radius of the drops that are falling is greater than 0.5 mm, distinguishing it from drizzle which has a smaller size.

Showers refer to the characteristic of the precipitation falling. Showers usually occur in bursts and the precipitation is usually heavy and results in low visibilities. Showers can be used to refer to both rain and snow.

Answer 3

Solid or liquid precipitation from a convective type of cloud is called showers.Showers will have short duration and fluctuation in intensity.
They are distinguished from the continuous or intermittent precipitation from layer clouds(stratiform clouds).Drop size may be slightly bigger than rain.
For example, hail can be called as shower whereas drizzle can not be called so.