Is the frequency of golf ball-sized hail evidence of climate change? Yes | The types of storms that produce golf ball-size or larger hail are becoming more frequent, thanks to climate change.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/factcheck/2026/04/23/is-the-frequency-of-golf-ball-sized-hail-evidence-of-climate-change/89735104007/

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GreatRam@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 116d (1 reply)

That's a big golf ball

grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one · 2 pts · 116d

more like a snowball

Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 116d

Can confirm. Normally where I live, we may get a hail storm once a year, maybe one every other year. But so far this year we've had 4 storms with golf ball sized hail or lager, and we're not even half way through the year