--- title: Russian Hailstorm Video from Siberia is Terrifying description: So much for sunbathing canonical: https://time.com/2983114/russia-siberia-hail-storm-video/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-14T20:59:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:40.706Z og:title: Russian Hailstorm Video from Siberia is Terrifying og:description: So much for sunbathing og:url: https://time.com/2983114/russia-siberia-hail-storm-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1b0f7d3c590e1a8/69869bafcd68487447095a82/russian-hailstorm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: russian-hailstorm og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Russian Hailstorm Video from Siberia is Terrifying twitter:description: So much for sunbathing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1b0f7d3c590e1a8/69869bafcd68487447095a82/russian-hailstorm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Freak Hailstorm on a Russian Beach Is Terrifying to Watch  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 14, 2014 8:59 PM UTC  Youtube  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 14, 2014 8:59 PM UTC It’s all fun and games at the beach until large balls of ice fall from the sky. That’s exactly what happens in this video, which shows cheerful, smiling Russians suddenly freak out and run for cover as debris starts flying and alarmingly forceful hail begins to pelt them (that shot of ice hitting the water looks down right apocalyptic). The original uploader says the hail brought with it a sudden 35-degree temperature drop (Fahrenheit), which would probably have been greatly appreciated in the supposedly 100+ degree temperatures had it not been for, you know, painful meteorological phenomena. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2983114/russia-siberia-hail-storm-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2983114/russia-siberia-hail-storm-video/"},"headline":"This Freak Hailstorm on a Russian Beach Is Terrifying to Watch","datePublished":"2014-07-14T20:59:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:40.706Z","description":"So much for sunbathing","url":"https://time.com/2983114/russia-siberia-hail-storm-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","weather","russia","Viral video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1b0f7d3c590e1a8/69869bafcd68487447095a82/russian-hailstorm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1b0f7d3c590e1a8/69869bafcd68487447095a82/russian-hailstorm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"russian-hailstorm","caption":"","creditText":"Youtube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2983114/russia-siberia-hail-storm-video/","name":"This Freak Hailstorm on a Russian Beach Is Terrifying to Watch"}}]}] ```