Abstract: he environmental characteristics and convective mode of significant hailstorms (those storms producing reported hail 5 cm or larger in diameter) in Finland during 1972?2011 were analyzed. Altogether, 23 significant-hail-day ...

Abstract: Two approaches to producing a hail climatology for Finland are compared. The first approach is based on 70 yr of hail reports from different sources (newspapers, storm spotters, and other volunteers). The second is derived ...

Abstract: A climatology of severe hail (2 cm in diameter or larger) in Finland was constructed by collecting newspaper, storm-spotter, and eyewitness reports. The climatology covered the warm season (1 May?14 September) during the ...