What seasons are more liable to rain than others?

The Spring and Autumn are generally the most rainy seasons, the vapors
_rise_ more plentifully in Spring; and in the Autumn, as the sun
recedes from us and the cold increases, the vapors, which lingered
above us during the summer heats, _fall_ more easily.

_Recede_, to fall back, to retreat.


What is Snow?

Rain congealed by cold in the atmosphere, which causes it to fall to
the earth in white flakes. Snow fertilizes the ground by defending the
roots of plants from the intenser cold of the air and the piercing
winds.

_Congealed_, turned by the force of cold from a fluid to a
solid state; hardened.

_Fertilize_, to render fruitful.

_Intenser_, raised to a higher degree, more powerful.


What is Hail?

Drops of rain frozen in their passage through cold air. Hail assumes