Winter weather: The difference between snow, sleet, and freezing rain

Rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain are all potential types of winter precipitation. Rain is liquid water, while the other three are frozen at the end of their atmospheric journey. So, if snow, sleet, and freezing rain are all frozen water, what’s the difference? What is snow? The first thing to know is that no … Continue reading Winter weather: The difference between snow, sleet, and freezing rain