Hail is a form of solid precipitation consisting of ice balls or irregular lumps called hailstones, differing from ice pellets. Hail formation is hindered by low surface temperatures, which generally is the opposite for ice pellets. The distinction between hail and ice pellets lies in their formation and conditions under which they occur. Hail is typically associated with thunderstorms where upward drafts of air repeatedly lift water droplets into freezing layers of the atmosphere, which causes them to accumulate ice and eventually fall to the ground when they become too heavy.
From 1965, hail suppression programs have been undertaken by 15 countries.
By 2005, hail suppression programs have been undertaken by 15 countries since 1965.
In January 2010, the US National Weather Service increased its hail diameter threshold to 1 inch (2.5 cm), up from the previous threshold of 0.75 inches (1.9 cm).
On July 29, 2010, a stationary thunderstorm caused a foot of hail to accumulate in Boulder County, Colorado.
In 2023, hailstorms in the United States resulted in $46 billion in damage to cars, roofs, and crops, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS).
In Spring 2025, the "In-situ Collaborative Experiment for Collection of Hail In the Plains" (ICECHIP), the world's largest field campaign devoted to studying hail, began in the United States to study hail processes in thunderstorms, involving 100 scientists from four countries and 11 states.
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