Rockingham County, Virginia Hail Map & History
Rockingham County was hit as recently as 2026-09-03, 11 days ago. Rockingham County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 1.75 inches, a golf ball and 1.8 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2026-09-03 near Broadway.
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 22 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.3 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 45 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. 6 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2011, with 4 hail days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 6 days since 2022.
No stone of 2 inches or more has ever been reported in Rockingham County: all 22 hail days on record topped out below that. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 5 of the 22 days.
Across the whole of Virginia, see the Virginia hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Rockingham County
Reports cluster nearest Swift Run -- 4 of the county's 22 hail days -- then Massanutten (3), Timberville (3), Harrisonburg (2) and Montevideo (2). Beyond those, NOAA names Criders on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Swift Run | 3 | 1.00″ |
| Timberville | 2 | 1.50″ |
| 2 Nne Grottoes | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 2 NNW Harrisonburg | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 2 S Broadway | 1 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Rockingham County
The season runs May through September: 19 of the 22 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (86%). June is the single busiest month, with 6 of them (27%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in March and April, outside that window. Reports span 7 of the 12 calendar months; the other 5 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| March | 1 |
| April | 2 |
| May | 2 |
| June | 6 |
| July | 3 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 5 |
Recent Rockingham County hail days
That day put 2 reports on the map, the biggest 1.75 inches near Broadway. 3 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-27 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-05-15 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2023-06-26 | 1.50″ | 4 |
| 2022-07-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2021-09-28 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2021-07-06 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Rockingham 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 1.75 inches, which is the red band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own, over the state line included: Augusta County (27 hail days), Shenandoah County (19), Albemarle County (30) and Pendleton County, West Virginia (15). Rockingham County sits in between.
Augusta County · Shenandoah County · Albemarle County · Pendleton County, West Virginia
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Rockingham County, Virginia only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.