What is the difference between sleet and freezing rain?
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What is the difference between sleet and freezing rain?
Sleet bounces, freezing rain does not :)
Really, that's the difference.
Freezing rain is snow that melts into water and does not re-freeze before hitting the ground.
More specifically, freezing rain freezes on contact with a cold surface. See Freezing Rain: supercooled droplets freezing on impact this tends to put a coating of ice on whatever it sticks to. In a large amounts it can cause lots of damage due to it's weight pulling down power lines and trees.
Sleet is in the form of small ice pellets
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