You may have seen hail at least once or twice before, maybe up to the size of a golf ball. But the hail that fell 15 years ago in one South Dakota town was truly mind-blowing, and record-setting.

In today’s episode of In The Clouds, we will dive deeper into the world of hail! So what is hail? Hail is a type of precipitation, like rain, snow, and sleet. In this form, it’s a solid chunk of ice ...

The golf ball sized hail was the largest hailstone to fall in any of The Press' four county region - Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland and southern Ocean counties - since 2014.

Others, like the world's biggest hail, are mind-blowing just for their sheer size. Here are 15 weather records you might not know about: ...

What's the largest hailstone on record in the US? According to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, if ranked by diameter the hailstones fall in this order.

2010: The largest hailstone on record in the United States fell in Vivian, South Dakota. It was 8 inches in diameter, over 18 inches in circumference and weighed almost 2 pounds.

2010: The largest hailstone on record in the United States fell in Vivian, South Dakota. It was 8 inches in diameter, over 18 inches in circumference and weighed almost 2 pounds.

A slow moving cluster of thunderstorms Wednesday brought the largest hail in a dozen years to Cape May County, record rainfall in Atlantic City and flooding to the area.