A surfer runs across the hail-covered sand in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Joel Webster of Melrose, Mass., removes hail from his camper amid the rare sight of the white stuff covering the parking lot and sand at Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A blanket of hail covers the beach just north of the Huntington Beach Pier on Monday morning. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Hail covers the beach north of the Huntington Beach Pier on Monday morning. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Bob Gillespie admires a rainbow outside the children’s daycare he runs in Huntington Beach as a storm rolls through Southern California on Monday morning. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)
A couple make tracks in the hail on the beach in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A woman uses an umbrella to duck under the rain and hail as she walks on the sand in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Surfer Derek Peters of Huntington Beach stretches before surfing amid a rare blanket of hail on the sand. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Surfer Derek Peters of Huntington Beach heads out across a rare blanket of hail that made Huntington -- “Surf City” -- look more like “Snow City.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
As rain and hail fall, pier walkers duck for cover in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Surfers run across the white sand as they join crowds checking out the rare sight of a blanket of hail at Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A snowman made of hail stands on a wall at Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Derek Clancy, 4, of Huntington Beach -- for a day, “Snow City” instead of “Surf City” -- throws a snowball made of hail. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A young man uses an umbrella to guard against the elements as he walks on the hail-covered sand in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A couple walk in sandals through slush left behind as hail fell in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Dru Peebles, of Huntington Beach, does a back flip amid rare sight of a blanket of hail on the beach in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
