Lexington County, South Carolina Hail Map & History
Lexington County was hit as recently as 2026-09-06, 8 days ago. Lexington County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2 inches, a hen egg and twice the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2026-09-06 near Lexington.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in South Carolina. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-09-06, around Lexington. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Lexington 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 28 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.6 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 76 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. 5 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2012, with 5 hail days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 5 days since 2022, against 1.9 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 2 of the 28 days on record passed it, 7%, the last on 2026-09-06. They land in the same month as everything else, July. 7 of the 28 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of South Carolina, see the South Carolina hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Lexington County
Reports cluster nearest Lexington -- 8 of the county's 28 hail days -- then Red Bank (7), Gilbert (5), Pelion (5) and Chapin (4). Beyond those, NOAA names South Congaree, Gaston, Leesville, Irmo and Batesburg on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Gilbert | 3 | 2.00″ |
| 2 Sse Red Bank | 3 | 1.75″ |
| Chapin | 3 | 1.75″ |
| 1 Sw South Congaree | 3 | 1.50″ |
| Leesville | 2 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Lexington County
The season runs March through August: 23 of the 28 hail days on record fall in those 6 months (82%). July is the single busiest month, with 8 of them (29%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in September, October and November, outside that window. January, February and December are the only months that have never produced a reported hail day.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| March | 2 |
| April | 3 |
| May | 3 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 8 |
| August | 2 |
| September | 2 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 2 |
Recent Lexington County hail days
That day put 3 reports on the map, the biggest 2 inches near Lexington. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | 2.00″ | 3 |
| 2023-09-07 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2023-06-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-03-26 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2022-05-01 | 1.75″ | 11 |
| 2021-05-03 | 1.75″ | 5 |
| 2018-07-23 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2018-06-25 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Lexington 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 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: Richland County (21 hail days), Newberry County (16) and Fairfield County (20). Lexington County takes more hail than any of them.
Richland County · Newberry County · Fairfield County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Lexington County, South Carolina only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.