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Sleet and hail will normally melt into water that can be counted by a rain gauge, although wind effects are perhaps more likely to distort measurements.
Sleet and hail will normally melt into water that can be counted by a rain gauge, although wind effects are perhaps more likely to distort measurements.


[[Snow]] is a bit different as the timing of arrival and melting can be separated by several days.
Snow can be recorded using the [[Weather Diary]], it is a bit different to rain as it is not automatically recorded and the timing of arrival and melting can be separated by several days.
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