DeKalb County, Alabama Hail Map & History
DeKalb County was hit as recently as 2026-08-07, 38 days ago. DeKalb County is hit in most years, often more than once. The largest stone on record here is 2.75 inches, a baseball and 2.8 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2011-06-15 near Ider.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Alabama. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 35 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 2.1 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 55 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 4 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2011, with 6 hail days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 7 days since 2022, against 2.3 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 2 of the 35 days on record passed it, 6%, the last on 2011-06-15. They land in the same month as everything else, March. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 8 of the 35 days.
Across the whole of Alabama, see the Alabama hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in DeKalb County
Reports cluster nearest Ider -- 7 of the county's 35 hail days -- then Fort Payne (6), Sylvania (4), Mentone (4) and Valley Head (4). Beyond those, NOAA names Geraldine, Rainsville, Powell, Skirum and Crossville on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Ider | 4 | 1.75″ |
| Geraldine | 4 | 1.00″ |
| Sylvania | 3 | 2.00″ |
| Mentone | 3 | 1.50″ |
| 5 NE Ider | 2 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in DeKalb County
The season runs March through July: 29 of the 35 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (83%). March is the single busiest month, with 8 of them (23%). That peak opens the window: the season starts at its worst and eases off from there. January and November are the only months that have never produced a reported hail day.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| February | 1 |
| March | 8 |
| April | 8 |
| May | 3 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 5 |
| August | 1 |
| September | 1 |
| October | 2 |
| December | 1 |
Recent DeKalb County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Powell. 2 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-05-02 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-04-10 | 1.50″ | 2 |
| 2024-05-08 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-07-20 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2023-07-02 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2021-04-24 | 1.25″ | 2 |
How to read the DeKalb County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 2.75 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own, over the state line included: Jackson County (26 hail days), Cherokee County (16), Marshall County (24) and Dade County, Georgia (13). DeKalb County takes more hail than any of them.
Jackson County · Cherokee County · Marshall County · Dade County, Georgia
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, DeKalb County, Alabama only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.