NatureWorld record
Most days of hail in one year
Record
132 days
- Holder
- Kericho
What to remember
In Kericho, hail fell on 132 days in a single year, a world record.
The figure makes more sense knowing that hail is produced by cumulonimbus, the towering thunderstorm clouds, and that a hail shower usually lasts a short time over a narrow strip.
The record counts days, not amounts of ice.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Hail” (revision used 1371034155). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: nssl0001, National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Collection, Photo licensed under Public domain (Wikimedia Commons).
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