[from Natural Hazards Research Centre files]

Size [cm]

Descriptive term

0.3

Pellet, rice

0.5

Small hail

1.0

Pea, musket ball

1.5

Cherry, grape, nutmeg

2.0

Marble, lark egg, gooseberry, bullet, Australian 5 cent coin

2.2

Australian 10 cent coin

2.7

Australian 20 cent coin

3.0

Australian 50 cent coin

3.5

Table tennis ball

3.7

Walnut

4.0

Pigeon egg

4.2

Golf ball, goose egg

5.5

Chicken egg, pullet egg, duck egg

6.0

Billiard ball

6.3

Tennis ball

7.0

Cricket ball

8.0

Fist, orange

10.0

Grapefruit