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It depends on the season, in the winter it'd be undoubtedly warm, and in the summer it'd feel arctic. But I voted warm, cold rain is truly miserable, 66F and rain isn't.
Whether I consider something a warm rain or a cool rain depends on the temperature of the rain, not the air around me. I thought that was how everyone saw it, since the modifier is attached to the word "rain."
You can have 66 degree air temperature with a warm spring rain, or 66 degree air temperature with a chilly autumn rain (as examples).
If you are actually talking about 66 degree rain, I'd call it warm.
it rained today in the upper 60s/low 70s and it felt mostly chilly. I had shorts and a raincoat.
the most warmth i felt today was sun glaring through rolling clouds, i did for a while though feel warm while raining but not much.
75 F+ is warm rain.
66 F is as "warm" as our winter rains get. Our rare summer monsoons are way too sparse and isolated to be counted as reliable rain. Most of our rain will and does fall between the temperature 50 and 65 F and is thunderless but with the warmer than normal SST along with the emerging El Nino, I'm thinking we'll have more of these "mildish" vs "cold" rain events this winter. 75 F+ and raining just won't happen here in winter or spring.
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66 F is as "warm" as our winter rains get. Our rare summer monsoons are way too sparse and isolated to be counted as reliable rain. Most of our rain will and does fall between the temperature 50 and 65 F and is thunderless but with the warmer than normal SST along with the emerging El Nino, I'm thinking we'll have more of these "mildish" vs "cold" rain events this winter. 75 F+ and raining just won't happen here in winter or spring.
I'm not arguing 75 f rain in winter. I'm saying 66 F isn't warm, even yesterday's low 70s and rain didn't make me take off my coat.
I'm not arguing 75 f rain in winter. I'm saying 66 F isn't warm, even yesterday's low 70s and rain didn't make me take off my coat.
Our music have a song (from the 1980s) that have the lyrics like "shivering without a raincoat" (translated from Indonesian). Tells about the Jakarta late afternoon/evening rain (just before sunset). which means rain with temp can up to the 80s F. Definitely 80F with no rain is warm (even bordering hot with the sunny skies) for many Indonesians but 80F rain is cool bordering cold to them. Once there're a blackout and our clasroom reached like 80-82 F (the AC remote control was broken) and all the people were uncomfortably hot. But NOT like that if its raining even with the same temp. That explains how Indonesian associated cold with rain even in 80s fahrenheit and hence the term "warm rain" is oxymoronic here.
66F rain usually feels closer to warm rain than cold rain to me, though I wouldn't call the sensation "warm"; that temperature range can harbor warm, cold, cool, or mild rain depending on how the rain was formed.
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Originally Posted by divisionbyzero0
Our music have a song (from the 1980s) that have the lyrics like "shivering without a raincoat" (translated from Indonesian). Tells about the Jakarta late afternoon/evening rain (just before sunset). which means rain with temp can up to the 80s F. Definitely 80F with no rain is warm (even bordering hot with the sunny skies) for many Indonesians but 80F rain is cool bordering cold to them. Once there're a blackout and our clasroom reached like 80-82 F (the AC remote control was broken) and all the people were uncomfortably hot. But NOT like that if its raining even with the same temp. That explains how Indonesian associated cold with rain even in 80s fahrenheit and hence the term "warm rain" is oxymoronic here.
Ah, but if they ever had 33F with driving rain in Indonesia they'd know what "cold rain" and "warm rain" refers to .
We never have true cold rain (unless in true highlands).
Actually the cause of the association of "cold-rain" here, is the windy conditions that comes with the rain + sudden temp drop + the fact that human body loses heat 25x faster in the (rain) water than in the air.
If it happened in the summer, it would no doubt be a chilly rain, especially by my climate standards. However if it fell during winter, it would be a warm rain. 66 F is typical springtime rain.
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