I did not ask for snow yet and so snow was stingy

My first time to see and touch a snow. At around 3:10pm today, as I was sitting in the kitchen and staring at the balcony watching for birds to feed on the bread crumbs, I've noticed that there were "numerable" (approximately only around less than 15 particles) small white particles falling down the balcony. I've thought it was just some white stuffs from the wind. When I went out to check it, and touch it, it melted immediately in my finger. And immediately it stopped raining snow.