winter precipitation
Frozen falling moisture
Winter precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, or other moisture that falls during winter months.
The term appears frequently in weather forecasts and climate discussions, often when conditions are uncertain: The storm will bring significant winter precipitation to the region.
It serves as a catch-all when forecasters can't predict the exact form moisture will take.
- slushPartly melted snow
- graupelIce-coated snow pellets
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- lake effect snowMoisture from unfrozen bodies
- freezing rainPrecipitation forming ice on surfaces
freezing drizzle · blizzard · sleet · ice pellets · hail · whiteout · diamond dust · ice crystals · wintry mix · snowstorm · thundersnow · accumulation · rime · flurry · virga · frost · powder · wet snow
- winter weatherblizzards, blizzard, snow, snowstorm, snowstorms
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- snow sciencesnow depth, snowpack, snow pit, snow tube, core samples
seasonal timing
winter precipitationsummer rain
Precipitation in hot season
monsoon rains · tropical rainfall · summer storms · spring rain · spring showers