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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Get free access Check an addressSince 2010, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 481 separate hail days in North Carolina, including 46 days with hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. The largest stone on record here: 4.50″ on 2024-04-20 near 1 SSE Lumberton, Robeson. The most recent reported hail day was 2026-06-14. Major metros watched here: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem.
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| BURKE | 53 | 2.00″ |
| WAKE | 42 | 2.75″ |
| SURRY | 33 | 1.75″ |
| MECKLENBURG | 32 | 2.00″ |
| WILKES | 29 | 1.75″ |
| CATAWBA | 27 | 2.00″ |
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-14 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2026-06-12 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-04-29 | 1.25″ | 5 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-11-08 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-09-25 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-09-04 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-07-09 | 1.00″ | 1 |
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.