It depends on how strong the updrafts in a thunderstorm are. The stronger these updrafts (winds), the larger the hailstone it can support. As long as the hail remains supported in the cloud, it will continue to accrete ice and grow larger.
The smallest hailstone on record was about the size of a pea, approximately 0.2 inches (5 mm) in diameter.
The largest recorded hailstone fell in Vivian, South Dakota, USA, on July 23, 2010, with a diameter of 8 inches and weight of 1.94 pounds. While hailstorms vary in intensity and size, this event holds the record for the largest hailstone measured.
it actually depend on the sample size.
It depends on whether you measure diameter or circumference. The largest circumference was in a hailstone that fell near Aurora, Nebraska on June 22, 2003. It was 18.75 inches in circumference and 7 inches in diameter. The largest diameter was recorded near Vivian, South Dakota on July 23, 2010. The hailstone was 8 inches in diameter and 18.625 inches in circumference. The official record goes to the Vivian hailstone. This difference has to do with the fact that the largest hailstones are often lopsided.
An ice pellet with a diameter larger than 5 mm is called a hailstone. Hailstones are formed when updrafts in thunderstorms carry water droplets high into the atmosphere where they freeze. As more water freezes onto the hailstone, it continues to grow in size until it eventually falls to the ground.
The smallest hailstone on record was about the size of a pea, approximately 0.2 inches (5 mm) in diameter.
as big as your face
Tony Hailstone is 6'.
John Hailstone was born in 1759.
John Hailstone died in 1847.
Bernard Hailstone died in 1987.
Bernard Hailstone was born in 1910.
Dominic Hailstone was born in 1973.
Samuel Hailstone died in 1851.
Samuel Hailstone was born in 1768.
hailstone looks like lumps of ice
basicaly hailstone means frozen rainfalling