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we ran into a big rainstorm on Highway 6, and the visibility was so poor we had to pull over
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The database will have information on how the likelihood and severity of 100-year rainfall events, as well as even rarer events – such as 1,000-year rainstorms, will shift depending on how much the planet warms during the next several decades.
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
The trip over the Florida peninsula was not kind to the would-be storm, which was disorganized, elongated and separated from the bulk of its rainstorm activity on Thursday morning.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Don’t let a sudden rainstorm stand in the way of your outdoor entertaining.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The air masses converge and create intense rainstorms.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
The trip over the Florida peninsula was not kind to the would-be storm, which was disorganized, elongated and separated from the bulk of its rainstorm activity on Thursday morning.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Don’t let a sudden rainstorm stand in the way of your outdoor entertaining.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The air masses converge and create intense rainstorms.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for rainstorm
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“Rainstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainstorm. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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rainstorm
noun
rain·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm 
: a storm of or with rain
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