Eli5: How exactly do clouds rain? Does the temperature get cold so it condenses?

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Eli5: How exactly do clouds rain? Does the temperature get cold so it condenses?

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Humid air getting cold enough for water to condense is how you get a cloud in the first place. Clouds are tiny suspended droplets of *liquid* water.

Rain falls when enough water condenses out that those droplets begin to combine and become heavy enough that air currents can’t support them anymore.

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