A: The typical speed of a falling raindrop depends on the size of the drop. Gravity pulls everything downward. As an object falls, it experiences a frictional drag that counters the downward force of ...

The largest raindrops in a thunderstorm usually fall at the very beginning of the rain. They are followed by smaller drops that mix in as the rain continues. Why is that? Tommy Korren, Plainfield Dear ...

The hows and whys of rainfall have been pondered for about as long as human beings have walked upright, but now a team of researchers think they have discovered something everyone else missed: Some ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The typical speed of a falling raindrop depends on the size of the drop. A large raindrop, about the size of a house fly, has ...