I like the rain

Yet another annoying discovery in a landslide toward alienation is my love for rain.  Every list of Best Climates to live in is strictly based on number of sunny days, or the number of days with no rain.  I LOVE rain, and I love the green that succeeds it.  Why would I want it to be sunny ALL the time?  I want the rain to come down in Buckets for about an hour a day and cool everything off, or the warm driving rain to flow in torrential downpours so I can go outside in it and be inundated in that beautiful stuff.  I've never understood how people can hate rain, except when I lacked the appropriate clothing or equipment to keep warm in a cold rain.  Even then, I loved to go out in it, and to smell the plants and hear the sounds of the drops hitting everything.  How could I NOT LOVE the rain?  It makes me happy!