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Limits RegistryA hailstone weighing 1.02 kg (2.25 lb) fell on Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, on April 14, 1986, during a storm that killed 92 people — the heaviest hailstone ever officially recorded, per the World Meteorological Organization. This is a distinct record from the largest hailstone by diameter (a 2010 stone from Vivian, South Dakota, USA, measuring about 20 cm across), since diameter and mass records are not always held by the same stone.
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A hailstone weighing 1.02 kg (2.25 lb) fell on Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, on April 14, 1986, during a storm that killed 92 people — the heaviest hailstone ever officially recorded, per the World Meteorological Organization. This is a distinct record from the largest hailstone by diameter (a 2010 stone from Vivian, South Dakota, USA, measuring about 20 cm across), since diameter and mass records are not always held by the same stone.
The greatest mass of any single hailstone officially recorded and verified, as distinct from records for largest hailstone diameter.
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Limits Registry. LR-HEAVIEST-HAILSTONE-BY-MASS. Heaviest hailstone ever recorded. 2026.