{"id":2348,"date":"2026-04-23T16:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:35:02","slug":"is-golf-ball-sized-hail-expected-to-increase-due-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2348","title":{"rendered":"Is golf ball-sized hail expected to increase due to climate change?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>YES. Climate researchers predict storms that produce golf ball-size or larger hail will become more frequent, thanks to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41612-024-00728-9#:~:text=Near%2Dsurface%20hailstones%20%3C4%20cm,are%20expected%20across%20the%20U.S.\">a 2024 study by Northern Illinois University<\/a>, a warmer climate increases water vapor in the air, which provides energy for thunderstorms like those seen April 14, 2026, in Wisconsin that produced large hail.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>AllSides highlights content from\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/\"><em>Gigafact<\/em><\/a><em>, a network of newsrooms that respond\u00a0to online claims. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2026\/04\/golf-ball-sized-hail-expected-to-increase-due-to-climate-change-wisconsin\/?utm_source=gigafact.org&amp;utm_medium=referral\"><em>View the full fact brief on Wisconsin Watch<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allsides.com\/news\/2026-04-23-0700\/severe-weather-golf-ball-sized-hail-expected-increase-due-climate-change\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YES. Climate researchers predict storms that produce golf ball-size or larger hail will become more frequent, thanks to climate change. \u00a0 According to a 2024 study by Northern Illinois University, a warmer climate increases water vapor in the air, which provides energy for thunderstorms like those seen April 14, 2026, in Wisconsin that produced large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-political-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}