This document defines and provides details about precipitation. It begins by defining precipitation as water released from clouds in forms such as rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. The document then provides state-by-state precipitation statistics for the US and defines the different forms of precipitation, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail. It includes facts about rainfall records and hail damage costs. Sources are listed at the end.

1. By Trevor Beckwith
Precipitation

2.  Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain,
freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the
water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the
Earth. Most precipitation falls as rain.
What is precipitation?

3. Precipitation by State
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4. Forms of Precipitation

5.  Precipitation is all part of the water cycle
 Precipitation is sometimes mistaken for rain
 Precipitation is any form of water falling
onto Earth’s surface.
Facts:
 The water cycle not only contains
precipitation
 It also contains evaporation, and
condensation

6.  Rain falls from clouds in the sky in the form
of water droplets, this is called precipitation.
 The highest amount of rainfall ever recorded
in 24 hours is 182.5 centimeters (71.9 inches)
in Foc-Foc, La Réunion. This occurred
during tropical cyclone Denise on January 8,
1966.
 Heavy rain can cause flooding and landslides.
Rain

7.  Snow is frozen rain
 Snow forms when water vapor in the
atmosphere freezes into ice crystals.
 Light and fluffy snow is often called ‘powder’.
Snow

8.  It is precipitation that froze or refroze before
hitting the ground.
 It indicates that there is at least a layer in the
atmosphere that is above freezing in
temperature.
 Unlike hail, sleet is mostly small in size.
Sleet

9.  Hail causes about $1 billion dollars in damage to
property and crops each year, according to the
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA).
 The states that typically have the highest hail
risk include Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Texas, and Wyoming, according to NOAA’s
Severe Storm database.
 Hail was the number one cause of homeowners
insurance losses in Texas during the period from
1999-2011, at $10.4 billion, according to the
Texas Department of Insurance. Water-related
losses were second at $8.9B, followed by
hurricane-related losses at $6.7B, and fire-
related losses at $5.9B.
Hail

10.  https://www.disastersafety.org/blog/10
-hail-facts/
 www.currentresults.com
 http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle
precipitation.html
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http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencef
acts/weather/rain.html
 Me
 https://answers.yahoo.com/question/i
ndex?qid=20090608123133AA9rkG0
Sources

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