In weather, the term precipitation includes:

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In weather, the term precipitation includes:

Precipitation means water or ice that falls from clouds to the Earth's surface. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail fit this definition because they are actual particles that descend from the sky under different atmospheric conditions. Fog and mist are clouds near or at ground level and don’t fall; dew forms when water vapor condenses on surfaces, not from the sky. So the forms that truly fall from the clouds are rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Precipitation means water or ice that falls from clouds to the Earth's surface. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail fit this definition because they are actual particles that descend from the sky under different atmospheric conditions. Fog and mist are clouds near or at ground level and don’t fall; dew forms when water vapor condenses on surfaces, not from the sky. So the forms that truly fall from the clouds are rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

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