Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1901 — Big and Little Raindrops. [ARTICLE]

Big and Little Raindrops.

The Paris Meteorologist society has undertaken the laborious task of measuring the dimensions of raindrops. It is found that the largest are about one-sixth of an inch and the smallest one-600th of an inch in diameter. They are larger in summer than in winter, and larger In hot than in cold climates. At the moment of condensation of the water vapor to the liquid state great numbers of extremely small drops are formed in close proximity. As they fall they come together and coalesce in consequence of mutual attraction, and so what we call raindrops are formed.