World’s Largest Hailstones Large hail has accompanied the recent spate of tornado outbreaks across the U.S. including stones 4.5” in diameter in the Abilene, Texas area on April 24 and ...

World's largest hailstone: Lump of ice the size of a football that fell from the sky during a 'supercell' thunderstorm in Argentina two years ago is dubbed 'gargantuan hail' ...

THE world’s largest hailstone — wider than a football — is thought to have fallen in Argentina. Scientists who quizzed witnesses and studied pictures after a thunderstorm said it could have ...

Atmospheric scientists at Penn State now believe one stone filmed during the storm, estimated at up to 9.3 inches across, may approach or even exceed the world record for biggest hail.

The U.S. and world’s largest documented hailstone fell at Coffeyville, Kan., on Sept. 3, 1970. It weighed 1.67 lbs. and measured 5.6 inches in diameter (17.5O circumference). The hailstone fell ...

The largest hailstone recovered in the United States fell in Vivian, South Dakota, on June 23, 2010, with a diameter of 8 inches and a circumference of 18.62 inches. It weighed 1 lb 15 oz ...

Here’s a list of some of the world's most interesting weather facts and how some compare to what we've experienced here in Virginia. ... Largest hailstone in the U.S. was the size of a volleyball.

Last week, the National Climate Extremes Committee confirmed that a hailstone that fell July 23 at Vivian, S.D., is indeed the nation’s largest. Local National Weather Service personnel ...

On June 22, 2003, chunks of ice the size of softballs rained down on Aurora, Neb. One, a jagged behemoth with a 7-inch (17.8-centimeter) diameter, entered the record books as the largest U.S ...

At 4.25 inches long, 2.25 inches tall and 2 inches wide, a hailstone that fell on the windward side of Oahu this month has been declared the largest ever to fall on Hawaii, the National Weather ...