The most recent reported hail day was 2023-09-07 -- 2 years ago, with nothing reported since. Halifax County is hit in about half the years on record. The largest stone on record here is 3 inches, a teacup and 3 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2016-09-28 near Cluster Springs.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Virginia. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2023-09-07, around Ringgold. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Halifax 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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See call-center options ->NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 26 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.5 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 43 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 8 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2016 alone produced 8 of the 26 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 6 days since 2022.
3 of the 26 days reached 2 inches or more -- 12%, or about one hail day in 9, the last on 2016-09-28. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in April, not May. 7 of the 26 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of Virginia, see the Virginia hail map and history.
Reports cluster nearest Cluster Springs -- 4 of the county's 26 hail days -- then Alton (4), Halifax (3), South Boston (3) and Scottsburg (3). Beyond those, NOAA names Ingram, Turbeville, Clover and Leda on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Alton | 4 | 2.75″ |
| Turbeville | 2 | 2.50″ |
| 1 S Leda | 2 | 1.50″ |
| 5 Sse Ingram | 2 | 1.00″ |
| 1 N Cluster Springs | 1 | 3.00″ |
The season runs April through September: 23 of the 26 hail days on record fall in those 6 months (88%). May is the single busiest month, with 7 of them (27%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in February and March, outside that window. Reports span 7 of the 12 calendar months; the other 5 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| February | 2 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 5 |
| May | 7 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 2 |
| September | 4 |
That day put 2 reports on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Ringgold. No hail day has been reported here yet this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-07 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2023-07-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-06-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-05-06 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-05-03 | 1.00″ | 3 |
| 2022-05-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2021-04-09 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2017-05-10 | 1.25″ | 2 |
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 3 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
The nearest counties with a page of their own, over the state line included: Pittsylvania County (40 hail days), Campbell County (20), Henry County (27), Person County, North Carolina (17) and Caswell County, North Carolina (18). Halifax County sits in between.
Pittsylvania County · Campbell County · Henry County · Person County, North Carolina · Caswell County, North Carolina
Back to the Virginia hail map or the U.S. hail map.
Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Halifax County, Virginia only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.