Hailstorm in middle of summer seems weird.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Any one else have this happen?

[Almasi_Krisz]

So far with me it only happened in the summer, so it seems summer exclusive.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Hail is frozen water.. summer is heat.. lol I am so confused :-)

[Brendylyon]

Hail happens in Summer. Its hot at ground level but colder at high elevations, causing ice to form. The more convection, or circulation of air at high elevations (caused by hot rising air) the bigger the ice balls get. When they do drop finally, its after they become so heavy that the turbulent circulation cant hold them up anymore. Thus, hailstorm.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Weird, lived here for 18 years. And we get snow in winter so we are in a "cold" zone. And have never had hail. Lived in maryland for 20+ years and can not recall one summer we had hail happen.

Did a google and turns out you are correct. But the thought of hail during summer is weird to be honest.

[tlsrace]

Yup normal for Southern Ontario. Would like a screen telling damage.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Now that would makes sense. but tropical areas what I am used to, why I thought it strange.

[Blackcat]

Originally posted by dragonsphotoworks:

Any one else have this happen?

Umm I am from Texas I have seen it hail on day that was 102 ( or 40) before and leave a foot of hail stones. I have seen them as large as a softball. And lost pets livestock and a few trucks to it.

[Krazzy K]

Hail storms happen mainly in the spring going towards summer, at least in the US. Usually before a thunderstorm or tornado's, all the warm and cool air mixing or sucking wet cold air up. Something like that. Tornado warnings usually follow. Tornado's season is the spring, something when it's building results in hail

[mauvbot]

We had hail two days ago during the middle of summer on a hot'ish day, 90f (32c).

[Mairiak]

This ♥♥♥♥ happens and farmers don't like it. Can be in spring, summer or even beginning of autumn (2024 right before the harvest of grape, here, so a whole area could not produce wine).
I remember one a few years ago, quite happy to have my car in an underground parking. Lots of damage to cars, windows, etc.

It goes so far that some "rockets" are used by farmers to try to prevent hail storms.

I had no hail storms yet in the game, is it more frequent in the mountain or edge maps than the plain ?

[SmartCheetah]

Originally posted by dragonsphotoworks:

Any one else have this happen?

Hail is pretty common in summer, especially in UK and most of the Northern Europe. I think each season we got like 2-3 hailstorms of various sizes in the late spring/summer.

[SmartCheetah]

Originally posted by SmartCheetah:

Originally posted by dragonsphotoworks:

Any one else have this happen?

Hail is pretty common in summer, especially in UK(where the game is supposed to be placed in) and most of the Northern Europe. I think each season we got like 2-3 hailstorms of various sizes in the late spring/summer.

[Ole "Slim Jolo" the Hobo Hero]

I've literally been snowed on at the end of June in the middle of summer from the same conditions that otherwise form a hail storm (and before you joke 'well canada is cold,' I promise you snow after May in a place like lower warm/dry BC interior is still quite uncommon haha. Snow at the end of April in Manitoba, sure can happen but generally winter is 'over' everywhere that isn't far north come April)

Hail storms in Canada only literally happen IN summer, when temperatures are otherwise hot and humid enough to meet a cold front and form the conditions that make hail in the first place

Hail is a very common component of severe thunderstorms / plow winds / tornadoes as well which is when we're more normally see it. It's actually kind of insane to me living in maryland that OP has never seen it because I'd think the wet air coming off the Atlantic meeting the hotter/dryer continental weather coming off Maryland would make conditions like that constantly.

We get it in the prairies in Canada frequent enough and it's only in summer, because, well, in winter it's just cold and just snows, not hails haha

[galadon3]

Yepp, I'll never forget when I took my umbrella outta my backpack after like 4 weeks of sunshine in august thinking it silly to carry it around... that very day... HAIL.

[Jambie Lionheart]

I'm British, summer hail is normal, yet occasional occurrence. Even in America, can sometimes get it.