'Incredible' freak summer hailstorm hits Mexican city of Guadalajara

Guadalajara has been experiencing a summer in the 30s, but residents woke up on Sunday to ice levels two-metres deep.

A man walks as hail covers the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, after a storm. Source: AAP

A freak hailstorm has struck Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most populous cities, shocking residents and trapping vehicles in a deluge of ice pellets up to two metres deep.

"I've never seen such scenes in Guadalajara," said the state governor, Enrique Alfaro.

"Then we ask ourselves if climate change is real. These are never-before-seen natural phenomenons," he said.

"It's incredible."

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