Precipitation - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'precipitation' is the definition.
(I know that rain is a type of precipitation)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for rain that I've seen before include "Come down in showers" , "Weather - shower" , "Precipitation" , "See 12" , "Storm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Universal, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Irish Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Guardian and The Telegraph.

'precipitation' is the definition.
(I know that Snow is a type of precipitation)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for snow that I've seen before include "Wintry flakes?" , "author" , "It falls in flakes" , "'See amid the winter's ... (Christmas carol)" , "Weather feature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Universal, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Irish Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Guardian and The Telegraph.

'precipitation' is the definition.
(I know that dew is a type of precipitation)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for dew that I've seen before include "Early-morning moisture" , "Dawn deposit" , "Night-time condensate" , "Early morning moisture" , "Morning condensation as on grass" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Star Tribune, the Newsday and the Penny Press.

'precipitation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for raindrops that I've seen before include "Beads of precipitation" , "''... keep fallin' on my head'' (from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)" , "'. . . . . . . . . keep falling on my head' (song)" , "Liquid precipitation" , "Pardon, Sir, are they small quantities of water, strangely?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

'precipitation' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for haste that I've seen before include "More of this can slow you up!" , "Rapidity" , "Heats (anag.)" , "Hurriedness" , "Undue speed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Independent and The Guardian.

'precipitation' is the definition.
(sleet is a kind of precipitation)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for sleet that I've seen before include "Partly melted falling snow or hail" , "Mixed rain and melting snow" , "Partially frozen rain" , "Mixture of rain and snow" , "Partly melted falling 16 across or 18 down" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Independent and The Guardian.

Precipitation (8)