Precipitation Page
(all photographs by J. Gerencher)

Precipitation is solid or liquid water which falls from the skies and reaches the ground.  It includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Hail stones from a severe summer thunderstorm.
Boulder, Colorado

Snow storm at Squaw Valley Ski Area,
Lake Tahoe, California

Freezing rain on summit of Mt. Pocono.
Big Pocono State Park, Pennsylvania