What determines if rain is warm or cold?

Whether a raindrop is closer to the cold or warm end of that range depends on a number of things including what temperature it starts at high up in the clouds ... read more

Mainly the elevation of formation. Anything formed above 3,000 meters is going to be on the chilly side even on the equator, yet this greatly tends to be the minimum line of of most rain, I guess. read more

Whether a raindrop is closer to the cold or warm end of that range depends on a number of things including what temperature it starts at high up in the clouds and what the air temperatures are in the upper atmosphere where those clouds are floating. read more

The type of front is determined by which air mass is moving. read more