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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