(CNN)-- A South Dakota ranch worker who found a record-setting hailstone says the chunks of ice falling from the sky sounded like "big bricks" being thrown at his house. Leslie "Les" Scott found ...

The research paper is published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. "People tend to think of a hailstone as a perfect sphere, like a golf ball or cricket ball," Dr. Soderholm said.

The record hailstone being measured next to a softball. The 21st time is the charm, apparently. Colorado officially has a new largest hailstone on record, according to the Colorado Climate Center.

A hailstone that hit Yuma County during Aug. 8’s wave of severe weather — including the strongest tornado ever recorded in Colorado — has officially broken the state record, climate ...

It may have set a world record, he said. The record for the largest hailstone in the US belongs to an 8-inch wonder that fell near Vivian, South Dakota, in 2010, according to the National Oceanic ...

The longer the hail is suspended, the bigger it gets. To create a baseball-size hailstone, which is 2.75 inches, the updraft would need to be 80 to 100 mph and the hailstone would need to be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Tomorrow (23 April) is Record Store Day, which is a chance ...

Hailstone library to improve extreme weather forecasting. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 31, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 / 240816121529.htm ...