Freezing rain is measured using a ruler or measuring stick to determine its vertical depth.  Sometimes radial or diameter of ice measurements are taken for ice that accumulates on tree branches and powerlines.  Power companies are often very interested in radial depths of ice because it could be important relative to how much weight from ice that a powerline can support.
 
 

 

• Freezing rain that falls into a heated rain gauge or one with anti-freeze is easily measured for liquid equivalence just as if it were regular rain.

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