April Showers bring May Hail Storms?

If you were to ask me what my biggest complain is about living in the desert of Southern California I would NOT say it is the traffic, or the smog, or the fast paced pushy people. No I would say that it is the HEAT. The thing I hate most about this time of year is the looming sense that THE HEAT is coming. As days start to get warmer the temperature climbs and you know that 80 leads to 90 to 100 to 110 degrees. So hot you can't get in the car and put the kids in their carseat because the seat will burn their little booties.
You can guess why everyone was a bit surprised last Thursday to see this in our yard. Not snow, but hail...the size of popcorn. During an uncharacteristic spring thunderstorm it suddenly started hailing so hard you could not talk over it. It lasted long enough to completely cover the ground where it stayed for almost 14 hours. Even more crazy is the fact that it only hailed in the 2 block radius surrounding our house. The rest of town was just wet, not white. Bella thought it was snow. I would have too. After all it is cold white stuff covering the ground. She went outside made snow angels, threw snow balls, and asked if Santa was coming soon.
She could hardly remember that 3 days earlier her and dad were sweating in 90 degree heat making this spiderweb. I can hardly believe it myself.
It is funny to think that one year ago this same weekend we had umbrellas and canopies in the backyard to protect us from the blazing sun during my graduation party. Glad it waited a year to hail on Memorail Day weekend.