{"id":245,"date":"2026-05-18T11:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:02:48","slug":"is-golf-ball-size-hail-expected-to-increase-due-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"Is golf ball-size hail expected to increase due to climate change?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Yes.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Climate researchers predict storms that produce golf ball-size or larger hail will become more frequent, thanks to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=243\">Who\u2019s testing the tap water in Ca\u00f1on City? Not the agencies responsible for cleaning up the toxic plume from the Cotter Uranium Mill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0a 2024 study by Northern Illinois University, a warmer climate increases water vapor in the air, which provides energy for thunderstorms like those seen April 14, 2026, in Wisconsin that produced large hail.<\/p>\n<p>Hail is created when strong updrafts of air are pushed up into the colder atmosphere, freezing water droplets and pushing them around, making the droplets bigger and bigger. Eventually, those hailstones get too heavy and fall to earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur study suggests golf ball-size hail or larger will become more common because of more atmospheric instability, which leads to stronger thunderstorm updrafts,\u201d NIU Atmospheric Science Professor Victor Gensini\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=241\">Northeastern Colorado has a lot to brag about, but also big socioeconomic challenges that will take many hands to solve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 2017 study in Nature\u00a0that looked at historic patterns and forecasts also found hailstone size is expected to increase due to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>See full source list below.<\/p>\n<p><em>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Colorado Sun partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs \u2014 bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=239\">Town of Campo under mandatory evacuation after Oklahoma wildfire moves into southeastern Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. 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