Albemarle County, Virginia Hail Map & History
Albemarle County was hit as recently as 2026-08-14, 31 days ago. Albemarle County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2.5 inches, a tennis ball and 2.5 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2026-08-14 near Charlottesville.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Virginia. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 30 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.8 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 62 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. 5 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2011 alone produced 6 of the 30 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 7 days since 2022.
5 of the 30 days reached 2 inches or more -- 17%, or about one hail day in 6, the last on 2026-08-14. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in August, not June. 8 of the 30 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of Virginia, see the Virginia hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Albemarle County
Reports cluster nearest Earlysville -- 5 of the county's 30 hail days -- then Charlottesville (4), Scottsville (3), Stony Point (3) and Ivy (3). Beyond those, NOAA names Covesville, White Hall, Keswick, North Garden and Hollymead on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| 3 N Earlysville | 3 | 1.75″ |
| Earlysville | 2 | 2.50″ |
| 3 E Charlottesville | 2 | 2.20″ |
| Covesville | 2 | 1.00″ |
| 2 E Charlottesville | 1 | 2.50″ |
When it hails in Albemarle County
The season runs May through August: 25 of the 30 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (83%). June is the single busiest month, with 10 of them (33%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in April and September, outside that window. Reports span 6 of the 12 calendar months; the other 6 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| April | 3 |
| May | 6 |
| June | 10 |
| July | 5 |
| August | 4 |
| September | 2 |
Recent Albemarle County hail days
That day put 6 reports on the map, the biggest 2.5 inches near Charlottesville. 2 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 2.50″ | 6 |
| 2026-07-04 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-05-15 | 2.00″ | 3 |
| 2023-08-07 | 2.50″ | 3 |
| 2023-06-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-07-25 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2022-04-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2021-09-28 | 1.75″ | 6 |
How to read the Albemarle 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 2.5 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: Nelson County (21 hail days), Orange County (16) and Louisa County (13). Albemarle County takes more hail than any of them.
Nelson County · Orange County · Louisa County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Albemarle County, Virginia only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.