Can you say It rains today?

Answer 1

Possibly in writing but not generally and certainly not in speech.To describe the weather we normally use the progressive form of the appropriate verb: It is raining today, or it is snowing. In weather terms, the basic present tense is used for customary actions (It rains twice a week in the Winter) or for gnomic statements (it never rains but it pours). We might say " It rains today" as part of a longer expression, for example saying "Naturally it rains today: we're supposed to have a picnic," but never when what we mean is simply that today's weather is rain.