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That is the largest hail recorded in southern California. A severe thunderstorm also struck San Bernardino. [2] 3 September 1970 Coffeyville, Kansas, US At the time the largest hailstone ever found in the U.S., measuring 5.7 in (140 mm) diameter, 17.5 in (440 mm) circumference, and 1.67 lb (760 g). 30 July 1979 Fort Collins, Colorado, US
On July 6, 1928, Potter received the largest hailstone ever recorded, which measured approximately 17 inches (43.2 centimeters) in diameter and weighed approximately 1.5 pounds (680 grams). [6] Another hailstone of that diameter measurement was recovered in Aurora, Nebraska on June 22, 2003.
What's the biggest hailstone on record? The largest hailstone in diameter, and heaviest ever recovered in the U.S., measured 8 inches in diameter and weighed 1.9 pounds.
A hailstone found by storm chaser Val Castor on June 2, 2024 near Vigo Park, Texas. ... 2010, holds the United States record for the largest size with a diameter of 8 inches and the heaviest ...
This event produced the largest hailstone ever recorded in Hawaii since records began in 1950. The hailstone was measured at 4.25 in (10 cm) long, 2.25 in (6 cm) tall, and 2 in (5 cm) wide. [2] National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Birchard stated that the event was "unprecedented." [3]
A 3.5-inch hailstone is about the size of a softball. But Wednesday’s storms didn’t bring the biggest hailstones ever recorded in the Kansas City area. ... he found only eight reports of three ...
The hailstone measuring 7.75 inches (19.7 cm) in diameter, 15.5 inches (39 cm) in circumference, and weighing 1.1 pounds (0.50 kg) set a new record for the largest hailstone by diameter in the state of Kansas, breaking the old record of 5.7 inches (14 cm) set by a hailstone in Coffeyville, Kansas, on September 3, 1970. [125]
Corey Davis, from the North Carolina Climatologist's office, told AccuWeather that, if confirmed, the 4.5-inch report would tie the unofficial state record for the largest hailstone diameter.