No, in general, rain does not cause satellite TV to lose reception. This is a misconception continually kept alive primarily by the cable providers and non-satellite customers who've "heard" that it goes out.
The primary reason for losing signal is a low signal strength to start with, caused by either poor alignment or obstructions in the line-of-sight (trees/leaves, houses, etc). Heavy rain or storm cloud cover can cause the signal level to decrease. If you have a 100 strength to start with, it can probably go down to the 50-60 range before dropping out. That's a 40-50 "point" decrease. If your strength is only 65 to start with, it only has to decrease 5-15 "points" to drop out. Best solution: Get as high strength as possible and simply don't settle for "good enough". Dishes rarely move, unless hit very hard. More often, that tree that you're pointing over has grown taller now...
Snow accumulating on the dish and/or LNB usually is not a problem. Ice, on the other hand, can be. Depending on where one lives, the mounting location of the dish might want to take that into consideration.
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