You can expect torrential rain if you visit during November. Sorry I’m late I got caught in a downpour and had to wait until it had passed. 
We’ve had light showers all morning but it looks like the afternoon will be brighter. I have had enough of this incessant rain!. Fortunately, there was no serious damage to any property. Let’s go home, it looks like it’s going to piss it down soon. You’d better take your umbrella it’s raining cats and dogs outside. Look at those clouds! Let’s get inside before it starts tipping down. It’s been bucketing down all afternoon but I hope it stops before the party. Unfortunately for Liz, it poured down all day on her wedding day. It’s drizzling at the moment but I wouldn’t be surprised if it starts chucking it down soon. I don’t think I need an umbrella it’s only spitting. Let’s look at how some of these words can be used in sentences: If you do get caught in heavy rain you might end up ‘soaked through’ or ‘dripping wet’ these both mean that you and your clothes are very wet! Example sentences to describe different types of rain Pelting rain seems to have particularly large raindrops that fall very hard. You could describe rain as ‘incessant’ if it has been going on for a long time and feels like it will never end. Drivingĭriving rain is accompanied by strong wind that blows it into the sides of buildings (or straight in your face, if you’re caught out in it). This is the type of rain you may experience in countries with a monsoon season. Torrential rain is very heavy and lasts for a long time. A delugeĪ deluge of rain is a large amount that falls suddenly, possibly causing flooding. This one is a fun idiom to describe rain! Whoever thought to imagine cats and dogs falling from the sky? Anyway, it’s just another way to describe rain falling heavily. ‘Pissing’ is an informal word for urinating. You should be certain that the person you are speaking to is comfortable with this kind of language. Why do the British have so many ways to talk about bad weather?! This one is rude slang, so be careful how you use it. Here’s another phrase to describe heavy rain, again usually heard in the UK. This is a primarily British expression for heavy rain. ‘Bucketing down’ and ‘raining buckets’ both describe heavy and persistent rain. A downpourĪlso featuring the word ‘pour’, a downpour is a short but sudden burst of heavy rain. 
This description of rain is used in the nursery rhyme, It’s Raining, It’s Pouring.
You can say ‘it’s pouring’ or ‘it’s pouring down’ when the rain is steady and heavy. You might have heard of April showers, which are characteristic of spring weather. A showerĪ shower is a quick burst of fairly light rain. Often it starts spitting and then turns into heavier rain. When it is spitting, the rain is falling quite slowly and gently. ‘Drizzle’ can be a noun or a verb, and you may use ‘drizzly’ as an adjective for rain like this. Describing light rain Drizzleĭrizzle is a steady but very light rain, almost mist-like. The following descriptive words for rain are grouped according to the type of rain that they describe, from light to heavy. Then, we will cover some more descriptive words for rain, for those who wish to explore other aspects of it. So, we’re going to begin with some common idioms and phrases to describe rain in everyday conversation. However, there are other situations when you may need a more poetic way to describe rain, focusing not just on how much of it there is, but how it looks, smells or sounds. For example, if you are going outside in this weather, you need to know whether to take an umbrella, or perhaps consider catching a bus instead of walking. You may wish to describe rain in a very practical way.
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