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The 1888 Moradabad Hail was a severe hailstorm that occurred on 30 April (135 Years ago as of 2023) in Moradabad, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It had the highest mortality associated with a hailstorm, and killed 248 people, 1700 cattle and sheep with hailstones as large as “goose eggs and oranges and cricket balls.[1] The hailstones were reportedly as big as oranges and in some places accumulated to up to 2 feet in height.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "New Mortality Records Announced". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Orange-sized hail reported in India — History.com This Day in History — 4/30/1888". History.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Top 10 bizarre and most extreme Indian weather anomalies". Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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