Below that they are defined as snow or ice pellets.

The wind outside was filled with ice pellets blowing from the north.

Ice Pellets may form when rain falls though a very cold air mass.

Ice pellets usually bounce when hitting hard ground, and make a sound upon impact.

The day began with the clatter of ice pellets against the windows.

By Wednesday, the snow was forecast to change to ice pellets, officials said.

At last everyone is ready and we roar across the lake in a spray of ice pellets.

Then, ice pellets began to fall, flaying her back and shoulders.

Ice pellets, also known as sleet, are a solid form of water.

Ice pellets are usually (but not always) smaller than hailstones.

Were ice pellets truly trying to break our windows?

Sometimes, ice pellets bounce when they hit the ground.

The winds subsided, and the ice pellets became less frequent.

Near the front, precipitation was in the form of freezing rain and ice pellets.

Her eyes went to the window, where fine ice pellets bounced intermittently against the glass.

Some freezing rain and ice pellets are possible over the extreme southwest.

In Montreal, snow fell along with ice pellets and freezing rain.

"Rain in the form of very small ice pellets," Manfred answered.

Two centimeters of ice pellets lay across the ground.

A hint of what the weather held in store came as a few ice pellets smacked her face.

Scattered ice pellets began to rattle against the stones of the tower.

Inland, the snow was heavy at times with an occasional mix of rain and ice pellets.

Ice pellets are falling, bouncing off the stroller’s canopy.

At higher levels, but still in the cold air, there are no ice pellets, and the precipitation changes from snow to freezing rain.