雨致衰减（英语：rain fade, rain attenuation），简称雨衰减、雨衰，是指微波信号因大气中的雨、雪、冰导致信号减弱的现象。由雪导致的信号减弱现象称为雪衰，雨雪共同作用时则称为雨雪衰。通常频率越高，衰减越大，对于10 GHz以上的通信，就必须考虑雨衰对信号的影响。

解决雨衰的可行方法有站址分集、上行功率控制、信道编码、抗雨衰的纠错编码、传输速率自适应技术、业务分集。除此之外，还可以更换较大的接收天线、在接收设备上涂上疏水涂料，目前只有超疏水性的物质，如莲叶，可以抗雨、雪、冰。

Rain fade refers primarily to the absorption of a microwave radio frequency (RF) signal by atmospheric rain, snow or ice, and losses which are especially prevalent at frequencies above 11 GHz. It also refers to the degradation of a signal caused by the electromagnetic interference of the leading edge of a storm front. Rain fade can be caused by precipitation at the uplink or downlink location. However, it does not need to be raining at a location for it to be affected by rain fade, as the signal may pass through precipitation many miles away, especially if the satellite dish has a low look angle. From 5 to 20 percent of rain fade or satellite signal attenuation may also be caused by rain, snow or ice on the uplink or downlink antenna reflector, radome or feed horn. Rain fade is not limited to satellite uplinks or downlinks, it also can affect terrestrial point to point microwave links (those on the earth's surface).