In my experience, proper freezing rain (as in supercooled liquid) will coat everything with a layer of ice - including vertical brick walls, power lines, tree branches etc.

Rain that falls onto freezing surfaces just leads to icy roads and pavements rather than a buildup on vertical surfaces.

The pavements and roads have patchy icy on them but are mostly damp probably as the ground temp is just above freezing. Grass is icy with frost and ice.

-0.7c .

Possible changeover later around 6ish

Where is “here”..?

I'm hearing reports that's roads over the Peak District are lethal. -1c and heavy rain freezing on contact. Be aware.

My lights are flickering too. Over on the Yorkshire regional thread on NW others are saying the same thing.

We had freezing rain, I think in either the 2007/8;or 2008/9 winter. It was really fascinating and treacherous underfoot. 

Same here. 

Dew points have not got above zero here all day... so expect similar for yourself.

We had another 'flicker' in the leccy 5 mins or so ago? The NetW reports covered a huge are from sheffield up to north yorks so it has to be transmission issues.

Anyone else get the latest flicker?

Well there was ice on the telephone wire as I mentioned and also some on the bushes in the front garden. Nothing on roads & pavements though, far too wet.

Quite an interesting break down.

The precipitation arrived at 1pm and was preceded with an ice rain / light snow mix. The light snow part of it lasted all of 5 minutes.

The ice rain gradually became mixed with normal rain and by 2pm was entirely rain. Over the higher ground the ice rain mix was evident until 2.30pm.

Its now lashing down at +2.2c and the RH is 91%. DP 1c

The first band of precipitation must have arrived as the last dregs of sub zero air aloft was just departing. Just enough to provide a few flakes as I was out delivering cards. 

Around 6 years ago we had freezing rain here in a NW-SE slider across the UK where the rest of the country got snow. Bushes, etc. were coated with ice - it was amazing... and lethal!

Yeh 2013 or 2012. My car was coated in it, window wipers rendered useless, roads like wet marble.  icicles everywhere.

I remember this, not sure of the year but I recall it was in February. I remember walking through Bolton town centre and I began wondering why my hands were becoming so cold simply because it was raining. I then realised that surfaces, bollards and the like were becoming coated with ice. When I got back hom every branch and twig was coated in ice, my front garden was quite a magical sight glistening under the street light outside my house.

I think this may have been one of those events when significant snowfall was forecast but we got freezing rain instead.

A lot of moans up here with sleet, ice pellets and heavy rain rather than snow. However just north of the Highland line in Highland Perthshire there has been heavy snow and multiple accidents on the roads. Ice is a problem on the ground further South and East.

Cold, heavy rain here at 1c.  Early this afternoon we had about one pellet per minute of graupel, then it turned to light rain and got progressively heavier. 

Exciting. Which 9 months, Nick?