Do meteorites fall in the rain or snow?
Yes. Meteorites fall in any weather. Clouds and rain are far below where meteors glow, so a meteorite can fall during a storm, but nobody would see the fireball.
Meteorites do not care about the weather. They fall whether it is sunny, rainy, snowy or windy.
Here is why. Shooting stars and fireballs glow very high up, usually between about 20 and 120 kilometres above the ground. Most clouds are much lower, below about 12 kilometres. So the fiery part of a meteorite's fall happens far above the weather.
After the glowing stops, a surviving meteorite falls the rest of the way in the dark. It passes through clouds, rain or snow without stopping, and lands on the ground. Wind can blow small meteorites sideways a little as they fall, which scientists take into account when working out where to search.
Hidden by clouds. If it is cloudy, nobody on the ground will see the fireball, because the clouds block the view. That is one reason why many meteorite falls are never noticed. Sometimes people hear the boom of a fireball above the clouds without seeing anything.
Rain is bad for meteorites. Rain is bad news for a meteorite once it lands, because water makes the metal inside start to rust. Scientists like to find meteorites quickly, before rain spoils them.
Snow helps. Snow can actually help searchers, because a dark meteorite is easy to spot on white snow.