Within a cloud, water droplets condense onto one another, causing the droplets to grow. When these water droplets get too heavy to stay suspended in the cloud, they fall to Earth as rain. ... When it evaporates—that is, rises from Earth's surface into the atmosphere—water is in the form of a gas, water vapor.

What is it called when it rains from clouds?

Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most precipitation falls as rain.

How does it rain when there are no clouds?

Serein (/sɪˈriːn/; French: [səʁɛ̃]) refers to rain falling from a cloudless sky. ... Another explanation is that the rain is not actually originating above where it falls, but rather is being blown from a distant cloud by strong winds at altitude (which may not be felt at ground level due to a high vertical wind shear).