A high performance rain tire includes a tread band, having an inner portion and an outer portion as well as a central zone. There are formed in the tread band: two circumferential grooves in the inner portion, a central circumferential groove and a plurality of inner transverse grooves and a plurality of outer transverse grooves, wherein the inner transverse grooves include a central inner section which defines an angle with respect to the equatorial plane of between approximately −95° and approximately −135° and the outer transverse grooves include a central outer section which defines an angle, relative to the equatorial plane, of between approximately +125° and approximately +165°.