What do you like best about rainy days?

[Cbsteffen]

Best thing I like is staying in the house all warm and dry and cozy and usually sleeping.  Now if you want to know what I hate it is taking son to work in the rain and getting wet as water pours off my roof at the entrance/exit to my house.

I totally agree with you. Dark skies make people sleepy, but nobody likes to get wet from rain (probably except waterfowl).

[ladysurvivor]

The best thing I like a about rainy days is the way the rain can calm me. I love to watch it fall on the leaves and drown the window panes. When I lived in a trailer, I would love to hear it fall on the tin roof. When it rains, I love to sit on the couch, wrapped in a blanket, and read a good mystery. Then after the rain, I see how green the grass has become.

[1imaginarygirl]

I love rainy days as long as there aren't too many in a row. I love thunderstorms at night. I love watching the lightning. I even love running in the rain if it's not too cold. Everyone seems to love the smell of rain. I was curious why rain has a smell, so I looked it up...

One of these odors, called "petrichor," lingers when rain falls after a prolonged dry spell. Petrichor — the term was coined in 1964 by two Australian scientists studying the smells of wet weather — is derived from a pair of chemical reactions.

Some plants secrete oils during dry periods, and when it rains, these oils are released into the air. The second reaction that creates petrichor occurs when chemicals produced by soil-dwelling bacteria known as actinomycetes are released. These aromatic compounds combine to create the pleasant petrichor scent when rain hits the ground.

Another scent associated with rain is ozone. During a thunderstorm, lightning can split oxygen and nitrogen molecules in the atmosphere, and they in turn can recombine into nitric oxide. This substance interacts with other chemicals in the atmosphere to form ozone, which has a sharp smell faintly reminiscent of chlorine.

[aflyingmonkey]

I love that it has been raining here in Southern California a couple times a week, briefly.  It gives all my plants a good soaking, free water is a blessing here even though it has been raining quite a bit.   It's been super cold though for MAY... hopefully we will have a relatively cool summer & not in the 110s like last year.   

[fillfran82]

It give me a reason to stay inside the house and relax...that is on the days that I do not have to work. Most of the time I am running around at stores and time slips by, so the rainy days keep me on track with cleaning the house, relaxing and doing things that I have put on the back burner.

Hello!

I just enjoy the calmness it provides and the excuse it gives you to do nothing and relax. Highly recommend it with a good book. 

[darkxtsuna]

The sound of it falling and I just need to wipe my car the next day.

[mapiklfish]

I love everything about rainy days.  I especially like thunder and lighting, the sound of the rain, the darkness.  Everything!

[pstovall]

A rainy day just has a different feel to it.  I do like the smell and the sound when it's falling gently on the roof.  It's a good time to curl up with FusionCash or a good book. In cooler weather, a cup of hot chocolate adds to the ambience. On the other hand, if I am keeping my granddog, a rainy day is no fun.  She identifies rain with thunder and whether it's raining or not, she displays anxiety with shivering, chattering teeth, and clingyness! I do have some music that was made to relieve stress in dogs which helps, but sometimes it's slow working.

[ktheodos]

there's a sense of calm about them.....and an excuse to stay indoors....

[alaskah]

I don't know about days, but I love when it thunderstorms are night. It's a nice "white noise" - usually helps me sleep better.

[bremer51]

I like rainy days because my garden needs them.

[tnshpalmer85]

I just like to be inside my home on rainy days. I like to watch movies or talk on the phone and catch up with people I haven't spoken to in a while.

[bshee58]

Sleeping, looking at tv. Listening to the rain and thunder as it hits the windows and roof.

[MichelleHW101]

Rainy days I love staying in and watching a mystery movie.  My grandma, God Rest Her Soul, used to say a mystery is always that much better when it's rainy outside. 

[Mizzkizz7]

I love rainy days for the sound of the rain, listening to it while my window is cracked, getting excellent sleep, watching a good movie.