Freezing Precipitation
•Freezing
precipitation is rain or drizzle that freezes on surfaces and leads to the development of an ice
glaze.
•Freezing
precipitation is responsible for about 20% of all winter weather-related injuries.
•Freezing
precipitation occurs in about a fourth of all winter weather events in the continental US.
•Ice
storm is defined as a freezing precipitation weather event with ice accumulation of at least 0.25 in (0.64cm).
•Half
of the freezing precipitation events qualify as ice storms.