West Virginia was hit as recently as 2026-06-12, 49 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 234 separate hail days in West Virginia since 2010, across 1,035 individual storm reports. 26 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 4.25 inches on 2019-05-23 near Elkview, Kanawha.
West Virginia's valleys around Charleston and the northern panhandle see hail from spring and summer storms. 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 West Virginia. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->West Virginia averages 14 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 2 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Wheeling.
West Virginia's busiest hail month is May, with 53 of its 234 hail days on record. March through August holds 204 of them, 87% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 1 |
| February | 4 |
| March | 19 |
| April | 36 |
| May | 53 |
| June | 45 |
| July | 29 |
| August | 22 |
| September | 18 |
| October | 6 |
| December | 1 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 23 | 1.75″ |
| Kanawha | 22 | 4.25″ |
| Mercer | 21 | 3.00″ |
| Monongalia | 18 | 2.00″ |
| Wood | 17 | 2.75″ |
| Jefferson | 17 | 2.50″ |
16 West Virginia 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.
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| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-20 | 1.75″ | 7 |
| 2026-05-18 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-13 | 1.00″ | 3 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1.50″ | 11 |
| 2026-03-26 | 1.50″ | 2 |
| 2026-03-22 | 1.50″ | 2 |
| 2026-02-19 | 1.75″ | 8 |
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, West Virginia only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.