Snow, sleet and freezing rain are not the same, and their impacts aren't either. Here is a look at what causes each and which type is the most dangerous. For pure snow to reach the ground, ...

Installation of weather stations by the research group (left: Yahaya Bashiru, right: Maxime Colin), with a thunderstorm cloud cluster approaching in the background on 21 July 2023, Bremen (Germany).

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In central North Carolina, we experience four types of winter precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. How do these forms of precipitation occur? All precipitation ...

December 2025 has been quite active in Maine, with residents experiencing every type of winter precipitation before the New Year. From the rain event on December 19, to the Norlun trough that dropped ...