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The largest hailstone on record fell on July 23, 2010 in Vivian Nebraska. It was 18.5 inches in circumference and nearly 2 pounds in weight.

The biggest ones typically fall in the US Great Plains, but even there it's quite rare to see anything more than the size of baseballs.

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