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Hoar frost or rime ice? How to spot the difference

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January 6, 2026

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That icy, wintry white covering tree branches around Calgary could be one of two weather wonders: rime ice or hoar frost. We asked a meteorologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada how to tell them apart.

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