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Rain Aura

The appearance of a faint white or grey fog or glow around and above objects and people during a rainstorm. This is a representation of a real-world phenomenon — a kind of mist generated by the shattering of raindrops impacting on a surface — which normally can only be seen under the right angles and light conditions, but which in anime can be seen all the time during a rainstorm. Adds an almost otherworldly air to rainy scenes, but also makes drawing rain much easier.

Examples:

Anime and Manga

Kamichama Karin, the source of the image above.
Frequently seen in Ranma 1/2.
The "D digging in the dump" scene from Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.
Click here◊ for an example from the anime One Piece.
Seen in a Flash Back to James and Annie's funeral in Soukou No Strain.

Theater

This is simulated using a fog machine in the Les Misérables song "On My Own", in which Eponine sings about how the rain makes the pavement look like silver.

Western Animation

The episode "Haunted" from Teen Titans subtly gives away a secret early on when Robin has a Rain Aura but Slade does not...

Real Life

Go somewhere that's at once miserably hot and horridly humid. Stir in one (1) cloudburst. Observe the steam rising from the pavement. Repeat as necessary.

Weather and Environment

Rain, Rain, Go Away