Georgia Hail Map & History
Georgia was hit as recently as 2026-08-14, 31 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 445 separate hail days in Georgia since 2010, across 2,041 individual storm reports. 41 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 4.25 inches on 2011-05-26 near Morganton, Fannin.
Georgia's metro Atlanta and the Augusta corridor take damaging hail from spring frontal storms and summer cells. Pick a date below to see the NOAA radar swath and reports, or check a specific address.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Georgia. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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Georgia averages 26 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 2 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Columbus.
When it hails in Georgia
Georgia's busiest hail month is June, with 108 of its 445 hail days on record. March through August holds 390 of them, 88% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 10 |
| February | 12 |
| March | 50 |
| April | 55 |
| May | 79 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 63 |
| August | 35 |
| September | 14 |
| October | 7 |
| November | 5 |
| December | 7 |
Top Georgia counties by hail frequency
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Fulton | 32 | 1.75″ |
| Cobb | 29 | 1.75″ |
| Gwinnett | 26 | 2.75″ |
| Bulloch | 26 | 1.75″ |
| Effingham | 21 | 2.75″ |
| Coweta | 20 | 4.25″ |
Georgia hail history by county
26 Georgia counties have at least 13 NOAA hail days on record since 2010 -- enough archive signal for a page of their own. Ordered by hail days.
Fulton County · Cobb County · Bulloch County · Gwinnett County · Effingham County · Bartow County · Cherokee County · Coweta County · Gordon County · Troup County · Chatham County · Habersham County · Forsyth County · Laurens County · Liberty County · Columbia County · Hall County · Henry County · Thomas County · Bryan County · Rabun County · White County · Colquitt County · Dade County · Polk County · Union County
Recent Georgia hail days
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-04 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-07-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-17 | 1.00″ | 4 |
| 2026-04-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-03-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-03-09 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-03-06 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Georgia map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail in each ~1 km cell; the dots are individual SPC ground reports. Yellow is around an inch, red is 1.5 to 2″, and purple is 2″ and up -- see how hail size maps to roof damage. Click any spot on the map to see the hail history at that point, or look up a full street address on the hail history by address tool. Today's nationwide activity is on today's hail report.
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Georgia only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.