Jackson County, Alabama Hail Map & History
Jackson County was hit as recently as 2026-08-20, 25 days ago. Jackson County is hit in most years. 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 2023-06-18 near Woodville.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Alabama. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-08-20, around Pisgah. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Jackson County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 26 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.5 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 42 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 5 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2025 alone produced 6 of the 26 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 9 days since 2022.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 26 days on record passed it, 4%, the last on 2023-06-18. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in June, not May. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 4 of the 26 days.
Across the whole of Alabama, see the Alabama hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Jackson County
Reports cluster nearest Scottsboro -- 6 of the county's 26 hail days -- then Woodville (5), Pisgah (4), Bridgeport (3) and Higdon (2). Beyond those, NOAA names Paint Rock, Hollywood and Skyline on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Pisgah | 4 | 1.75″ |
| 1 ENE Woodville | 2 | 2.75″ |
| Higdon | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Paint Rock | 2 | 1.50″ |
| Scottsboro | 2 | 1.25″ |
When it hails in Jackson County
The season runs March through July: 23 of the 26 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (88%). May is the single busiest month, with 6 of them (23%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in August, October and November, outside that window. Reports span 8 of the 12 calendar months; the other 4 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| March | 5 |
| April | 4 |
| May | 6 |
| June | 4 |
| July | 4 |
| August | 1 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 1 |
Recent Jackson County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Pisgah. 2 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-06-27 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-06-25 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2025-05-20 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2025-05-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-05-02 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2025-03-31 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Jackson 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: DeKalb County (35 hail days), Marshall County (24), Madison County (49), Dade County, Georgia (13) and Marion County, Tennessee (16). Jackson County sits in between.
DeKalb County · Marshall County · Madison County · Dade County, Georgia · Marion County, Tennessee
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Jackson County, Alabama only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.