Why does rain ‘have a smell’?

Why does rain ‘have a smell’?

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – As we march into the fall, some parts of the country are seeing rainfall for the first time in a while. Sometimes when it has not rained for a long time, there is a distinct smell that accompanies the rain – but why? In 1964, Australian scientists coined the term “petrichor”…