Dante hail is state record
By Melanie Brandert
Argus Leader
Published: August 24, 2007
A large hail stone that fell in Dante Tuesday night was confirmed Friday by State Climatologist Dennis Todey as a state record, according to National Weather Service in Sioux Falls.
Todey measured the stone, which is 6 7/8 inches in diameter, weighs 1 pound and has a circumference of 18 inches. The hail bests the previous record of 6 inches set in Custer County on June 22, 1968.
The stone falls just short of the national record of 7 inches and 18 3/4 inches circumference in Aurora, Neb., in June 2003. The stone isn’t quite as heavy as a 1.5-pound one that fell in 1970 in Coffeyville, Kan.
Large hail punched holes in nearly every roof in Dante, the weather service said.
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