2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/84559We show that the hourly rainfall rate distribution can be described by a simple power law to a good approximation. We show that the exponent of the distribution in tropics is universal and is equal to $1.13\pm 0.11$. At higher latitudes the exponent increases and is found to lie in the range 1.3-1.6.8 pages, 4 figuresAtmospheric and Oceanic Physicstext