Global warming
Freezing precipitation is called sleet or freezing rain.
Sleet is a physical change because it is the result of rain freezing as it falls through a layer of cold air near the ground. The change from rain to sleet does not involve a chemical reaction, but rather a change in state from liquid to solid.
sleet or freezing rain, depending on the temperature profile. If the raindrops freeze completely into ice pellets before hitting the ground, it is sleet. If the raindrops freeze upon impact with surfaces at or below freezing, it is freezing rain.
.... They're both cold
Sleet
Freezing rain and sleet are the same thing if you leave it up to the basics. Both of them are tiny bits of ice falling from the clouds.
It becomes sleet...
Freezing rain Sleet
ground temperature below freezing, and air temperature slightly above freezing.
sleet
The 4 main precipitaions are rain, hail, sleek and snow
Sleet requires temperatures to be below freezing in the lower part of the atmosphere and at the surface, so yes, it occurs in the winter.