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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
The largest hail is believed to have fallen over Offley, which sits to the southwest of Hitchin. The largest measured hail had a circumference of 343 mm (13.5 in), however anecdotal reports suggest hailstones may have reached as large as 445 mm (17.5 in), which would make these hailstones among some of the largest to have ever been documented.
Hail in association with the parent thunderstorm weighed up to 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), among the heaviest hailstones measured anywhere in the world; [3] though the measurement came with few details, it is comparable to the world record, a hailstone also measuring 1 kg (2.2 lb) in Bangladesh on April 15, 1986. [12]
Hail: How it forms and why it's destructive How big could hailstones get? “That’s the million-dollar question,” Kumjian said. So far, the world-record hailstone was found in Bangladesh in ...
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More storm chasers trying to document the largest hailstones could account for some of the recent upswing, but last June remains an outlier. Because documenting hail size is difficult, only nine ...
At one location in southern Parker County, the hail accumulated to a depth of 18 in (460 mm). [3] [5] The first region of hail produced by the storm – encompassing a swath 40 mi (64 km) long – included hail sizes ranging from 2.5–4.5 in (6.5–11.5 cm) and was accompanied by wind gusts topping 55 mph (90 km/h).
[9] Hailstones over 100 mm in size were recorded, with Canada’s new largest hailstone being recorded with a width of 123 mm and a weight of 292.71 g. [10] On August 5, 2024 Calgary hail storm the 2nd-costliest disaster in Canadian history after $2.8 billion in damage. [11]