North Carolina was hit as recently as 2026-07-28, 3 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 486 separate hail days in North Carolina since 2010, across 2,792 individual storm reports. 47 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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See call-center options ->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.
North Carolina's busiest hail month is June, with 107 of its 486 hail days on record. April through August holds 408 of them, 84% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 1 |
| February | 6 |
| March | 30 |
| April | 56 |
| May | 105 |
| June | 107 |
| July | 88 |
| August | 52 |
| September | 27 |
| October | 10 |
| November | 3 |
| December | 1 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Burke | 57 | 2.00″ |
| Wake | 47 | 2.75″ |
| Surry | 36 | 1.75″ |
| Mecklenburg | 34 | 2.00″ |
| Wilkes | 32 | 2.75″ |
| Catawba | 30 | 2.00″ |
59 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 · Rockingham County · Buncombe County · Iredell County · McDowell County · Rutherford County · Henderson County · Columbus County · Gaston County · Guilford County · Bladen County · Caldwell County · Cleveland County · Robeson County · Forsyth County · Harnett County · Johnston County · Cabarrus County · Nash County · Pitt County · Randolph County · Stokes County · Alamance County · Ashe County · Brunswick County · Davidson County · Watauga County · Cumberland County · Union County · Caswell County · Davie County · Duplin County · Beaufort County · Craven County · Granville County · Lincoln County · Pender County · Person County · Wilson County · Yadkin County · Franklin County · Madison County · Moore County · Onslow County · Martin County · Rowan County · Wayne County · Halifax County · Macon County · Sampson County · Transylvania County · Durham County · Edgecombe County · Haywood County
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2026-07-18 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-07-06 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-04 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-29 | 2.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-14 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2026-06-12 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-04-29 | 1.25″ | 5 |
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.