Hailstones the size of baseballs pelted Bristol, Connecticut, on the evening of July 4, 2026, producing what could be the ...

Saturday evening was supposed to be all about fireworks, backyard cookouts and Fourth of July celebrations. Instead, nature ...

A grapefruit-size hailstone that pummeled Oahu during a hailstorm this month has now been confirmed as the largest on record for the state of Hawaii, announced officials with the National Oceanic and ...

NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) confirmed a hailstone that fell in the Texas panhandle during a June 2024 severe weather event was the largest in the state’s history. In a report, the ...

Hailstones are formed during thunderstorms, when raindrops are propelled into very cold parts of a cloud, where they freeze. Once the particles are heavy enough, gravity pulls them back towards Earth.