This is a list of the costliest or deadliest

hail Hail is a form of solid Precipitation (meteorology), precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailsto ...

storms on record.

Notable events

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Africa

Australia

Largest by country

* 15 March 1808 –

Somerset Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...

, England,

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~ "hailstones, touching perhaps 100 mm in places, causing great damage. Indeed, some in Somerset were reported to be over a foot long (at 333 mm)" and up to 220 g. * 29 June 1917 − According to Japan Meteological Agency and Saitama prefectural government has official confirmed report, a and , like a pumpkin size hail and others many large size hail show in Kumagaya,

Saitama Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 ( ...

, where 10−60 centimeters hole hit occurs in

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on five place, and one person death.(Source:Saitama Prefecture, Japan Meteological Agency) * 27 August 1973 – Cedoux, Saskatchewan, Canada, nicknamed ''Gawel'' stone at a diameter of heaviest at and * 19 July 2023 – Carmignano di Brenta,

Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...

Northern Italy Northern Italy (, , ) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four Northwest Italy, northwestern Regions of Italy, regions of Piedmo ...

~ * 31 July 1987 – during

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

Tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...

official larger than , reported * 14 April 1986 –

Gopalganj District, Bangladesh Gopalganj District () is a district in Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. The district has 1,172,415 inhabitants and its surface area is 1,490 km2. The main town of the district is also called Gopalganj. It is the bank of the Madhumati river an ...

() * 19 October 2021 – Yalboroo, Queensland, Australia (16 cm) * 23 July 2010 – Vivian, South Dakota, United States (~ diameter & ~ circumference) * 28 July 2013 –

Reutlingen Reutlingen (; ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen (district), district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it had an estimated population of 116,456. Reutlingen has a Reutlingen University, univ ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

, Germany (14.1 cm diameter & 360–380 g weight)

References

External links

50 most intense hailstorms in Britain
( TORRO)
TORRO hail scales

USA hail Reports
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