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hailstorm

noun

Definition of hailstorm

as in thunderstorm

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Recent Examples of hailstorm At least one wedding guest seemed unfazed by the hailstorm, as a man in the video smiled with his hands in his pockets and didn’t seem rushed to find shelter. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026 Tomoyuki Sugano allowed a run over 6 2/3 innings to win for the seventh time in his last eight starts and the Colorado Rockies beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Friday night after a hailstorm delayed the start an hour. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 On one such patrol, dead butterflies carpeted the forest floor, frozen and hurt by a sudden hailstorm the previous day. — Jhanisse Vaca Daza, Time, 6 June 2026 Weather damage If severe weather, such as a hailstorm or flood, damages your car, your warranty likely won’t cover any repairs (but as with accident damage, your auto insurance may cover this). — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hailstorm

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Noun

Delays are frustrating but necessary Because lightning can happen before or after a thunderstorm is overhead, rain is a poor indicator of lightning danger.

— Chris Vagasky, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
However, by Thursday night, any isolated afternoon thunderstorm east of DFW will quickly fade with the loss of daytime heating.

— Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of thunderstorm

Noun

Other sensational Sepang memories involve the severe rainstorms that regularly threaten this track.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
An intense rainstorm spoiled some of the fanfare around the announcement of a revival (one of the stars, Austin Scott, was supposed to throw out the first pitch), but the day’s larger point was clear.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of rainstorm

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The fires, which started during a windstorm in January 2025, killed 31 people in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities.

— Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
In back-to-back appearances Wednesday at a daylong economic summit in Fort Lauderdale, Jolly touted his proposal for a state catastrophic insurance fund that would be a place for all Floridians to buy windstorm insurance coverage.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of windstorm

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By the time they were done, the track was much drier and there were only a few laps of wet-weather action before a largely dry race.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Onishchenko told the state news agency TASS that the onset of cold weather would likely prevent transmission.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of weather

Noun

Regardless of warmer than normal temperatures, only a marginal amount of cold air is needed to produce snowstorms.

— Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
However, when the problem is considered outside the airline’s control, such as a snowstorm, those compensation policies generally don’t apply.

— Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of snowstorm

Noun

In March 2025, Moncler Grenoble traveled to Courchevel, the French Alps ski resort located in the Tarentaise Valley, and the show was staged amid a blizzard at the Courchevel Altiport, Europe’s highest airport at 6,588 feet.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
In 2023, a blizzard dumped unprecedented amounts of snow, trapping people inside for days.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of blizzard

Noun

In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.

— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
Low pressure at both the upper level of the atmosphere and near the surface keep the chance of occasional showers (maybe a thundershower) and cooler temperatures around through Tuesday.

— Molly Robey, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2022

Definition of thundershower

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