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Technically Rain is "precipitation". Water in the air (water vapour) changes to liquid form (water) and then falls under gravity to the ground. So a state change from Gas to Liquid has occurred. Snow either froms from "frozen rain" gas - liquid - solid or directly from gas to solid if conditions are right.

This normally happens when the temperature of the air changes, cold fronts and warm fronts in your weather reports, and to form clouds it is normally to need a "nuclei" to form on - dust etc in the air helps.

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