Unlike zombies, drowned simply freeze to death in powder snow instead of converting to frostbite.
As with to MC-268579 (for which I have requested review), this may be intended, but the inconsistency with other variants is remarkable enough that it seems best to get Mojang’s opinion on this.
For a video, see MC-312382.
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