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Rain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to non-liquid kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet. Rain requires the presence of a thick layer of the atmosphere to have temperatures above the melting point of water near and above the Earth's surface...

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1952

3.15.1952

In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.

3.16.1952

In Cilaos, Réunion, convert 1870 of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.

1970

11.26.1970

In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.