Hail
Hail are big chunk of snow that can make a huge impact on many things. They can be a size of a softball. Imagine a big snow as big as a softball hitting in your head. You will be in lots of pain.
How can hail form?
Hail form by water droplet freezing, and they just kept adding layers and layers until the cloud can't hold that much cweight so it fall down and destroy thing.
Where do hail usually appear?
Hail usually occur in high mountain. Not only that, it usually occur in part of China,northern India and much of the Europe.
What are some of the size of hail?
Hail come from many different sizes and each of those different sizes have different name. So here's a list of what size it is to be call what.
Size (inches) Name
0.50 Marbel
0.75 Penny
0.88 Nickel
1 Quarter
1.25 Half dollar
1.50 Ping pong
1.75 Golf ball
2 Hen egg
2.50 Tennis ball
2.75 Baseball
3 Tea cup
4 Grape fruit
4.50 Softball
Size (inches) Name
0.50 Marbel
0.75 Penny
0.88 Nickel
1 Quarter
1.25 Half dollar
1.50 Ping pong
1.75 Golf ball
2 Hen egg
2.50 Tennis ball
2.75 Baseball
3 Tea cup
4 Grape fruit
4.50 Softball
What is the biggest hailstone ever?
A softball size hail is really big. But how about a 17.8 cm wide. That is almost a size of the soccer ball.
Cool fact
About 24 people in the U.S get injure by hail ever year.
Hail cost more than 1 billion every year.
Hail cost more than 1 billion every year.
What can hail do to us?
Hail can cause lots of damage like destroy home's roof or car window.
Hail storm usually don't last more than 15 minutes.
The biggest hailstorm cost 2 billion dollars in damage.
Hail storm usually don't last more than 15 minutes.
The biggest hailstorm cost 2 billion dollars in damage.