# How much water is in a cloud

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-water-is-in-a-cloud/216930 "2003-12-04T13:49:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![kip70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@kip70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kip70)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-water-is-in-a-cloud/216930/1 "2003-12-04T13:49:37Z")

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It’s definetly autum here in Holland. The whole country has been under a thick pack of clouds for a couple of days on end now. Which made me wonder: how much water is up there anyway? Let’s pick a sample of one square mile of this thick pack. If it was condensed, could you fill a swimming pool with it or just your bathtub?

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**Author:** ![croakdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@croakdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/croakdale)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-water-is-in-a-cloud/216930/2 "2003-12-04T14:19:25Z")

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the master speaks  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980313a.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980313a.html)

I’ve always wanted to say that 😉