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Guadalajara was hit by a meter of hail overnight. It’s the end of June.
"A freak hail storm on Sunday struck Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most populous cities, shocking residents and trapping vehicles in a deluge of ice pellets up to two meters (yards) deep." news.yahoo.com/freak-hail-sto…
The storm didn't deliver two full meters of hail; deluges that deep accumulated only in particular areas, thanks in part to drifts and. But still, the event struck locals as unimaginable.
'"I've never seen such scenes in Guadalajara," said the state governor, Enrique Alfaro. "Then we ask ourselves if climate change is real. These are never-before-seen natural phenomenons," he said. "It's incredible."'
"At least six neighborhoods in the city outskirts woke up to ice pellets up to two meters deep. At least 50 vehicles were swept away by the deluge of ice in hilly areas, some buried under piles of pellets." In recent days, temperatures had hit 88F.
