rain shower

noun

Origin of rain shower

before 1000; Middle English; Old English

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Anything left may transition to rain showers or drizzle during midday hours.
D.C.-area forecast: Turning warmer and breezy today. Snow chances rise Saturday night into Sunday. | A. Camden Walker | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Express forecastForecast in detailSunshine should hang on today, but clouds are back tomorrow with just a few light rain showers early on.
D.C.-area forecast: Sunny today and showers early Friday before a chilly weekend | David Streit | February 4, 2021 | Washington Post
Skies remain mostly cloudy tomorrow with a few scattered rain showers possible and highs in the upper 30s to mid-40s.
Updated forecast: After coating of snow and sleet, period of freezing rain possible overnight | Jason Samenow, Dan Stillman | January 26, 2021 | Washington Post
We could see a rain shower as soon as late morning and midday, but rain chances rise more notably the closer we get to sunset.
D.C.-area forecast: Showers by late afternoon or evening, then perhaps some snow showers Saturday | A. Camden Walker | January 15, 2021 | Washington Post
Widely scattered snow or rain showers are possible in the afternoon.
D.C.-area forecast: Mild for mid-winter today but cooling down by the weekend | David Streit | January 14, 2021 | Washington Post

It is very pleasant here to-day, a little cooler than it has been—a good rain shower last evening.
The Wound Dresser | Walt Whitman
A heavy rain shower came up about ten o'clock at night and continued at intervals until late the next morning.
Along Alaska's Great River | Frederick Schwatka
Blowin' hot an' cold, rangin' from a balmy breeze through a rain shower or a thunder-storm, up to a snortin' tornado.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan Dunn
He sees the gunners busy on the left, the horses standing behind them as if all the whistling sounds are only a rain-shower.
Impressions of a War Correspondent | George Lynch
The cloud-seeders provided a cooling rain-shower at about 0100 every night to wash away the day's grime.
Starman's Quest | Robert Silverberg

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