Most rain is frozen when it starts its journey down to the ground but melts on the way.
Winter
Freezing rain
In Freezing rain.
RAIN
it would thunder and have lightning
There are records of freezing rain occurring in the US dating back to the late 19th century, but pinpointing the exact first year it occurred nationwide would be challenging. Freezing rain can happen in various parts of the country during cold weather events.
freezing rain. hail is caused by gusts of air repeatedly blowing precipitation back into the atmosphere, where it acquires a new layer of H2O. so in this case it is not likely to occur.
At 25 degrees F, snow is the most likely form of precipitation to occur. This is because temperatures at or below freezing (32 degrees F) typically support the formation of snowflakes rather than rain.
During a severe thunderstorm with many clouds below freezing, the most likely form of precipitation is sleet or freezing rain. Sleet occurs when ice pellets form as raindrops freeze while falling through a sub-freezing layer of air. Freezing rain happens when raindrops freeze upon contact with cold surfaces, creating a layer of ice. Both forms can lead to hazardous conditions, such as icy roads and power outages.
Hail is most likely to form in frozen tundra's and in places that have a big amount of precipitation (rain) for example, if there's a storm with a LOT of rain and the temperature is currently below freezing (33F) then hail is most likely to form there. if the temperature is a negative number like -15F then hail will become bigger and it can have a chance of destroying something
Before would be a very bad choice as the rain would likely dissolve the rock salt and wash most of the rock salt away before the rain actually began to freeze significantly.
Freezing rain occurs when the temputer ins below freezing