ANSWERS: 8
  • Isn't this like asking what is the average automobile's speed in the United States? By the way the answer to both these questions is 19.37 mph. This takes into consideration only autos with engines running. Parked cars would change this average, but the average speed for plummeting rain drops would remain the same. I don't joke around.
  • Wind effects rain drops. Some rain drops go down, some side ways, and some even go upwards. That is how hail is formed. So, you see, there is no meaningful answer for the above question.
  • a rain drop falls very very VERY FAST something like 15mph. this was submitted by Corey L. of a very very VERY AWSOME school hahahahahah lol
  • it's 7 mph. No joke.
  • That very much depends on the size of the drop. Larger drops reach higher terminal velocity. The fastest vertical speeds are over 9 meters/second -- around 20 miles per hour.
  • well cant be that fast or id be coming home with holes in my hand! esp if it was hail stones :P OUCH!
  • The terminal velocity of a falling raindrop through still air depends on its size. An average raindrop is about 2 millimeters in diameter and has a maximum fall rate of about 14.5 miles per hour or 21 feet per second. A large raindrop, 5 mm in diameter, falls at 20 mph (29 feet/second), but drops of this size tend to fall apart into smaller drops. Drizzle, which has a diameter of 0.5 mm, has a fall rate of 4.5 mph (7 feet/second).
  • fairly fast

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