Hail (weather condition)

Hail (Japanese: あられ Hail) is a type of weather introduced in battle in Generation III. It was introduced in the overworld in Generation IV.
It will last for five turns if created using (Generation VI onward) or , or eight, if created by a Pokémon holding an Icy Rock. If created using Snow Warning (prior to Generation VI) or encountered in the overworld, it will last until replaced.
In , causes a hailstorm after dealing damage.
Hail does not exist in Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Generation IX, as it has been replaced by snow.
==Description==
Event 	Gen III 	Gen IV 	Gen V 	Gen VI 	Gen VII 	Gen VIII
If naturally occurring	N/A 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It's hailing!"
used 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!"
activated 	N/A 	" <Pokémon>'s Snow Warning whipped up a hailstorm!"	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!" 	"It started to hail!"
After turn is complete	"Hail continues to fall." 	"Hail continues to fall." 	(no text) 	(no text) 	(no text) 	(no text)
When damaging Pokémon 	" <Pokémon> is by <sc>Hail</sc>!"	" <Pokémon> is buffeted by the Hail!" 	" <Pokémon> is buffeted by the hail!"	" <Pokémon> is buffeted by the hail!"	" <Pokémon> is buffeted by the hail!"	" <Pokémon> is buffeted by the hail!"
When hail ends 	"The hail stopped." 	"The hail stopped." 	"The hail stopped." 	"The hail stopped." 	"The hail stopped." 	"The hail stopped."
==On the field==
===Main series===
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Sinnoh
| 
| Always; mostly hailstorm, light snow on January 12 and certain days have blizzard
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Sinnoh
| 
| Always a blizzard
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Sinnoh
| Acuity Lakefront
| Always; mostly hailstorm and certain days have light snow
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Sinnoh
| Snowpoint City
| Always; mostly light snow and certain days have diamond dust
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Sinnoh
| Mount Coronet peak
| Always hailstorm
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Johto
| Mt. Silver Cave peak
| Always; mostly hailstorm and certain days have diamond dust
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Unova
| Driftveil City, Cold Storage, , Mistralton City, , Twist Mountain
| Most days during winter; snow and hailHail April 1-4, 9-10, 13, 19-20; snow April 11-12, 14, 18, 21-24, 28-30Hail August 1-2, 8-10, 18-19; snow August 11-13, 20-24, 28-31Hail December 1-3, 8-9, 18; snow December 4, 10-14, 19-24, 28-31
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Unova
| Icirrus City, Dragonspiral Tower, 
| Most days during winter; snow, blizzard and diamond dustSnow April 1-4, 9-13, 17-23, 27-29; blizzard April 14, 24, 30Snow August 1-3, 7-10, 12-13, 18-22, 27-28, 31; blizzard August 11, 23-24, 29-30Snow December 1-4, 8-12, 17-21, 27-28; blizzard December 12-14, 22-24, 29-30
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Unova
| Floccesy Town, , Floccesy Ranch
| Most days during winter; light snow only April 3, 5, 9, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, 30
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Unova
| Virbank City, Virbank Complex
| Most days during winter; light snow only April 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, 30 
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Kalos
| Dendemille Town
| Occasionally; light snow only
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Kalos
| Frost Cavern
| Occasionally, outside only;hailstorm, day and night, or light snow only, only during the day
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Kalos
| 
| Always
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Kalos
| Anistar City
| Occasionally; light snow only
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 
| Alola
| Tapu Village
| Some days
|-
| style="background:#FFF" | 
| style="background:#FFF" | Alola
| style="background:#FFF" | Mount Lanakila
| style="background:#FFF" | 6 PM - 11:59 PM
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="background:#FFF; " | 
| Galar
| : at Steamdrift Way
| style="background:#FFF; " | Always
|}
In Galar, there are different types of weather occurring in the Wild Area and the Crown Tundra. The type of weather will affect which wild Pokémon appear in the area. During Snow and Blizzard overworld weather, the in-battle weather condition will be Hail. There are nine types of weather in the Wild Area. It is the only weather condition to not occur in the Isle of Armor.
For the Blizzard overworld weather to occur in the Wild Area, there is a prerequisite to have first visited Hammerlocke.
===Mystery Dungeon series===
Game	Dungeon 	Floors 	Notes<noinclude>
 	Uproar Forest 	3 and 6 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Sky Tower 	11, 15 and 18 	
 	Howling Forest 	3, 6, 9 and 13 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Lightning Field 	5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Mt. Faraway 	4, 8, 10, 14, 17, 22,24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34and 36 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Northern Range 	4, 8, 11 and 15 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Pitfall Valley 	3, 6, 10 and 15 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Wyvern Hill 	4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24and 28 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Purity Forest 	15, 21, 24, 28, 32, 38,43, 48, 52, 57, 61, 67,81 and 89 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	 	5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Zero Isle North 	5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30,35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60,65, 70 and 74	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead.The weather on floors 45, 50, 55 and 60 might be overriden by sandstorms
 	Zero Isle East 	10, 17, 26, 28 and 36 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Zero Isle West 	9, 10, 17, 18, 26, 27,35 and 36 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Zero Isle South 	15, 21, 24, 28, 32, 38,43, 48, 52, 57, 61, 67, 81 and 89 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Zero Isle Center 	15, 21, 24 and 28 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead.The weather on floor 15 might be overriden by sandstorms
 	Destiny Tower 	15, 21, 24, 28, 32, 38,43, 48, 52, 57, 61, 67, 81 and 89 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions insteadThe weather on floor 89 might be overriden by sandstorms
 	Southeastern Islands 	4, 8, 12, 15 and 24 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Inferno Cave 	7, 15, 17, 24 and 28 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Star Cave 	14 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Sky Peak Mountain Path	Summit 2 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Fortune Ravine 	Pit 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions instead
 	Southern Jungle 	4, 7 and 10 	Might be any of the other six weather conditions insteadThe weather on floor 4 might be overriden by sandstorms
Additionally, in the following dungeons, Pokémon with can spawn, causing hail to occur and possibly override existing weather:
*In Explorers series:
** in Crevice Cave
** in Hidden Land, floors 20-24 of Zero Isle South, floors 20-24 of Destiny Tower and in Oblivion Forest
==Effects==
===In battle===
* At the end of each turn, damages each Pokémon for 1/16 of its maximum HP, unless it is ; has one of the Abilities , , , or ; or is holding Safety Goggles.
* Activates the following : , , , and . Additionally, turns from its Noice Face form to its Ice Face form.
** Causes Forecast to change to its Snowy Form.
* Changes to an move and doubles its power.
* From Generation IV onward, allows to bypass accuracy check.
** In , allows to hit through and 30% of the time.
* Halves the power of and .
* Causes , , and to recover ¼ of the user's maximum .
* Allows to be used, though the effect lingers even after Hail ends.
===Outside of battle===
 and Honey will fail if it is hailing in the area.
==Variations==
===Light snow===
Snow falls slowly to the ground. It is in Snowpoint City, in occasionn on Acuity Lakefront and on January 12 in Generation IV. In Generation V, it is referred to as "Snowy" by the gate's bulletin and is found on many days during in all places snow falls. In Generation VI, it is occasionally found in Dendemille Town and Anistar City, and sometimes falls outside Frost Cavern in the day after rescuing . No battles take place outside any buildings in Snowpoint City, so it is unclear if any weather is assumed in battle in Generation IV. In Generation V, however, light snow does not cause hail in battle, while in Generation IV and VI, it does.
===Hailstorm===
Precipitate falls more quickly and heavily, falling diagonally from one of the top corners of the screen, leaving the impression that it is being carried by strong winds, and sometimes appears to be mixed with hail. In Generation IV, it is found on , Acuity Lakefront, and at the summit of Mt. Silver. In Generation V, it is referred to as "Hail" by the gate's bulletin and is found on some days during the winter in Driftveil City, Cold Storage, , Mistralton City, , and Twist Mountain. In Generation VI, there is always a hailstorm on , as well as sometimes outside Frost Cavern, although only before rescuing .
===Blizzard===
Snow whips around, making it difficult to see. In Generation IV, it is found on , and less often on . In Generation V, it is only found occasionally in Icirrus City, Dragonspiral Tower, and in the winter.
==In animation==
==In the manga==
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, in addition to the aforementioned move and Ability, hail also appeared at the Battle Arcade as a result of the game board in Interrupting Ivysaur.
==In other generations==
===In battle===
====Core series games====
====Side series games====
====Spin-off series games====
===Interface elements===
===In the overworld===
====Light snow====
====Hailstorm====
====Blizzard====
==Trivia==
* Despite being referred to as "" in the games, the way it is depicted is more similar to . While hail cannot occur during a snowstorm or in snowy areas in the real world, ice pellets can.
** In real life, hail most commonly occurs in winter in mild climates. In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, just like in real life, hail only occurs in areas with a warmer climate (e.g. Driftveil City); colder climates (e.g. Icirrus City, Dragonspiral Tower and ) instead have light snow or blizzards.
* An unused hail quote appears within the code of the games.
:
The hail crashes down.
The hail is crashing down.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
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ja:あられ (天気)
zh:冰雹（天气）