Question about Hail???

Question

I live in Northern CA (San Jose). It does hail every once in a while in the winter, but I forget how often. How often does it hail in San Jose, CA or in the Bay Area?

Answer 1

Hail is rare in San Jose mainly because of the cold water along the coast will help keep the lower to middle levels of the atmosphere from getting too unstable to support the production of hasil.  If hail do fall, most of the time it will only be pea size or smaller.  Based on my own memory, I would say they will get 2 to 4 days per year where they will experience a shower or thunderstorm cell with hail .  If you go farther inland or go up to the nearby coastal range, you should see a few more days on the average per year with precipitation falling in the form of hail.

Answer 2

Maybe once or twice a year.