It may rain today.

[Untaught88]

Hi,

It may rain today.

Can I make the above sentence interrogative as in:

May it rain?

I don't think it can be used as an interrogative sentence but I am not sure.

 

[Barb_D]

Do you think it will rain today?
Does the forecast call for rain today?
Is it supposed to rain today?

All normal questions.
"May it rain?" does not work.

 

[emsr2d2]

"May", to a lot of people, indicates a request for or possibility of permission.

It might rain today.
Might it rain today?

 

[Barb_D]

I was wondering if "Might it rain today?" would sound natural in modern British English. (It would sound rather unnatural in American English.)

 

[Raymott]

Unnatural here too. AusE. But "It might rain today" is a natural statement.