On May 5, 2025, a rare hailstorm hit Baoding, Hebei Province, with thick hail covering the ground like snow.
On May 5, 2025, a rare hailstorm hit Baoding, Hebei Province, with thick hail covering the ground like snow.
Extreme weather frequently occurs in mainland China. On May 5, the beginning of summer, a rare hailstorm suddenly hit Baoding, Hebei Province . Thick hail covered the ground like snow, and crops were severely damaged. Netizens joked that it was " the wrath of heaven " and "there must be something wrong when things are abnormal! There is injustice."

Videos circulating online showed hail falling in a dense and crackling manner. On some highways, a thick layer of hail covered the roads and farmland like snow. Some vehicles parked on the roadside had their wheels buried. People in the video said, "Look at the big hail." "The hail is too big." "Oh! Forget about the wheat, it's over now."


A netizen posted that on the evening of May 5, hail suddenly hit many places in Baoding City, including Xushui District, Qingyuan District, and Lianchi District. The hail lasted for about 10 minutes and piled up on the ground like snow, even covering the wheels of the cars.

The hailstorms were accompanied by strong winds, which damaged crops and toppled trees.

According to mainland Jimu News, a resident of Dawangdian Town, Xushui District, Baoding City, said that hail started falling at around 5:20 p.m. and lasted for about 10 minutes. Another resident of Dawangdian Town said that she was watching her children in the store when she heard crackling noises outside and went out to see that hail had begun to fall.

A car owner who was driving along Wusi Road in Baoding said that hail started falling in the area he passed at around 5:57 p.m., lasted for two or three minutes and then stopped, but started again a few minutes later and lasted for two or three minutes.

At 17:56 on May 5, the Baoding Meteorological Observatory in Hebei Province issued an orange hail warning, saying that Gaoyang County, Qingyuan District, Xushui District, Mancheng District, Lianchi District and Jingxiu District of Baoding City are expected to be affected by hail weather in the next two hours.

Regarding the rare hailstorm in history , netizens said, "Spring doesn't feel like spring, summer doesn't feel like summer, the weather is not normal anymore." "If it rains a little more, it will be winter." "There are strange signs in the sky, who are they warning?"

(Translated by Google)