The most hail ever to fall was in Kansas USA. The hail was 46cm deep.
Great Plains of the USA
Warm humid air from the Gulf of Mexico meets Cold dry air from Canada creates powerful storms when they meet, these storms often cause hail and tornadoes
Yes.
The ice crystals that fall from the sky are called snow or snowflakes.
Ice pellets are commonly referred to as sleet. Hail is similar, but is larger (5mm or more) and is formed from small pieces of ice. Ice pellets and Hail have different meteorological designations.
hail
The Midwest and southern states have the most hailstorms, but they can occur wherever there is enough uplift in the storm cell to allow for water to freeze and fall as hail.
Spring and fall.
no
fall and winter
Rain, hail, snow and sleet can fall in most deserts.
sometimes it isn't cold enough for the hail to fall in it's ice form.
Yes.
The ice crystals that fall from the sky are called snow or snowflakes.
The heaviest hail on record (currently) is 132 grams.
Yes. Although it is relatively rare, Maine can get hail.
No, hail doesn't fall in tornadoes, but it often falls near them.
It forms as hail. Hail actually starts out in the upper portion of a thunderstorm a graupel, a form of ice pellet somewhat between sleet and snow. The pellets collect layer after layer of ice until the fall out of the thunderstorm.
Tornadoes are usually accompanied by rain and are often accompanied by hail.