North Carolina Hail Map & History
North Carolina was hit as recently as 2026-09-11, 3 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 494 separate hail days in North Carolina since 2010, across 2,829 individual storm reports. 48 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 4.5 inches on 2024-04-20 near Lumberton, Robeson.
North Carolina's Piedmont -- Charlotte, the Triad, and the Triangle -- sees hail from spring and summer convection. 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 North Carolina. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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North Carolina averages 29 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 3 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem.
When it hails in North Carolina
North Carolina's busiest hail month is June, with 107 of its 494 hail days on record. April through August holds 412 of them, 83% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 1 |
| February | 6 |
| March | 30 |
| April | 56 |
| May | 105 |
| June | 107 |
| July | 89 |
| August | 55 |
| September | 31 |
| October | 10 |
| November | 3 |
| December | 1 |
Top North Carolina counties by hail frequency
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Burke | 57 | 2.00″ |
| Wake | 49 | 2.75″ |
| Surry | 36 | 1.75″ |
| Mecklenburg | 34 | 2.00″ |
| Wilkes | 32 | 2.75″ |
| McDowell | 30 | 2.50″ |
North Carolina hail history by county
60 North Carolina 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.
Burke County · Wake County · Surry County · Mecklenburg County · Wilkes County · Catawba County · McDowell County · Rockingham County · Buncombe County · Iredell County · Rutherford County · Henderson County · Columbus County · Gaston County · Guilford County · Johnston County · Caldwell County · Bladen County · Cleveland County · Robeson County · Cabarrus County · Forsyth County · Harnett County · Pitt County · Nash County · Randolph County · Stokes County · Alamance County · Ashe County · Brunswick County · Davidson County · Watauga County · Craven County · Cumberland County · Union County · Caswell County · Davie County · Duplin County · Granville County · Beaufort County · Lincoln County · Pender County · Person County · Wilson County · Yadkin County · Franklin County · Madison County · Moore County · Onslow County · Martin County · Rowan County · Transylvania County · Wayne County · Edgecombe County · Halifax County · Macon County · Sampson County · Durham County · Haywood County · Lenoir County
Recent North Carolina hail days
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-09-06 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2.00″ | 12 |
| 2026-09-04 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-20 | 1.50″ | 2 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1.25″ | 11 |
| 2026-08-10 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-28 | 1.75″ | 4 |
How to read the North Carolina 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, North Carolina only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.