Sleet

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  • "Sleet" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911.

Sleet is a regionally variant term that refers to two distinct forms of precipitation:

  • Rain and snow mixed, snow that partially melts as it falls (UK, Ireland, and most Commonwealth countries)
  • Ice pellets, one of three forms of precipitation in "wintry showers" or "wintry mixes", the other two being snow and freezing rain (United States)

See also