There was an exceptionally heavy hailstorm in Napier, Hastings, Clive and Havelock North area at 3:33pm on the 11th December 1928.

Hail stones reached the size of golf balls and had a diameter of 4.0 cm.

A hailstorm caused widespread destruction of orchards in Napier, Hasting, Pakowhai, Mangateretere, Clive, Te Mata and Havelock North.

Apples, pears, cherries, peas, tomatos, potatoes and cabbages all suffered severely.

The hailstorm was exceptionally severe in parts by the school.

The damage was considerable, especially among crops of tomatoes.

One grower alone had 30,000 tomato plants, 25,000 kumera plants and a large crop of marrows totally destroyed.

Windows and glasshouse were smashed by the hail.

One paddock of about 40 acres was covered completely by hail.

Cherries were completely spoiled and many vegetable plants were cut down by the hail.

A large glasshouse was completely wrecked and the trees were stripped of their fruit.

Many orchardists on the Napier and Lower Te Mata Road had their fruit completely spoiled. Many hundreds of pounds of damage was done.

It was an exceptionally severe hail storm and the most disastrous known for years.

In the suburb of Greenmeadows the damage ran into thousands of pounds.

Parke Island caught the full force of the storm and glasshouses were destroyed.

A large number of advanced tomato plants were totally ruined.

The Mission Station at Greenmeadows fared very badly. All the crops on the flat including hay, pumpkins, and maize were ruined. While in the vineyards, grapes were stripped of their leaves, and it was feared that the whole seasons crop may be total loss.

Every house in Greenmeadows had atleast some windows broken and in the business area many windows were smashed.

Water found its way into buildings through the numerous broken windows.