What's the difference between sleet and freezing rain?

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What's the difference between sleet and freezing rain?

2007-03-16 17:41:53 · 3 answers · asked by Peter 2 in Environment

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The difference between sleet and freezing rain is the temperature of the air at the various levels of the atmosphere. Sleet falls through air that is cold and then warmer layers near the ground. Freezing rain is all rain until it hits ground that is below freezing and then forms a sheet of ice.

2007-03-16 17:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Sleet forms high in the atmosphere, freezing rain forms closer to the ground.

2007-03-16 17:47:16 · answer #2 · answered by geezerrex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Sleet is water that is already frozen when it falls. Freezing rain is rain that freezes as it falls to the ground.

2007-03-16 17:50:00 · answer #3 · answered by The Fox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋