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Hailstorm activity over India is seasonal and mainly occurs from March to June. The present study analyzes the diurnal spatial pattern of hail event occurrence and its intensity based on the hailstorm data of the India Meteorological Department surface observatories during March to June for the years 2014–2021. The study indicates that in all months, unlike thunderstorm events, hail events were clustered around the afternoon temperature maximum, becoming insignificant in the post evening hours. Spatially in March, hail events were mostly confined to the Himalayas. Their frequency increased in April throughout the Indian region with significant increase over the plains of India. In May, the frequency of hail events gradually decreased in the Himalayas, but persisted over the plains of India, becoming insignificant thereafter throughout the Indian region in June. Small hail events (<1 cm diameter hailstones …