News Hail has been reported in the US 4,800 times so far in 2023, more than all of last year July 17, 2023Janet Loehrke, USA TODAYComments Off on Hail has been reported in the US 4,800 times so far in 2023, more than all of last year Summer storms can bring large, damaging hail in the central and eastern U.S. Here's how hail forms and how hailstones can grow dangerously large.