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What Makes Hail?

  • January 19, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Hailstones form when raindrops bond to snowflakes inside a thunderstorm. The frozen pellets swirl inside the cloud, gathering more ice and growing. A hailstone in South Dakota set a world record in 2010, measuring 18.5 inches around and weighing two pounds!

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