(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 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 ...

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 ...

A hailstone that fell in Yuma County on Aug. 8 has shattered the state’s current size record, according to measurements taken by the National Weather Service and other meteorologists on Monday.

Hailstone sizes range from pea to grapefruit-sized, with larger hail falling at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Hail can pose a dangerous, and sometimes deadly threat to people and livestock.

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

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 officials ...