1. Snow: This is the most common type of solid precipitation. It forms when water vapor in the atmosphere freezes into tiny ice crystals, which then clump together to form snowflakes.

2. Sleet: This occurs when rain falls through a layer of freezing air. The raindrops freeze into small, ice pellets. Sleet is often described as feeling like tiny, hard marbles.

3. Hail: Hailstones are formed when strong updrafts in thunderstorms carry water droplets high into the atmosphere where they freeze. The hailstones continue to grow as more water droplets freeze onto them, until they become heavy enough to fall to the ground. Hailstones can range in size from small pellets to golf balls or larger.