Jefferson County, West Virginia Hail Map & History
Jefferson County was hit as recently as 2026-08-27, 18 days ago. Jefferson 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 2018-05-14 near Ranson.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in West Virginia. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-08-27, around Shepherdstown. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Jefferson 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 18 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.1 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 29 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 6 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2011 alone produced 4 of the 18 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 4 days since 2022.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 18 days on record passed it, 6%, the last on 2018-05-14. They land in the same month as everything else, May.
Across the whole of West Virginia, see the West Virginia hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Jefferson County
Reports cluster nearest Charles Town -- 5 of the county's 18 hail days -- then Middleway (4), Shepherdstown (4), Summit Point (3) and Ranson (2). Beyond those, NOAA names Kearneysville on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Town | 5 | 1.00″ |
| 1 Nne Middleway | 2 | 1.25″ |
| 1 Ene Summit Point | 2 | 1.00″ |
| 1 Wsw Ranson | 1 | 2.50″ |
| 3 Ene Summit Point | 1 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Jefferson County
The season runs April through July: 15 of the 18 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (83%). May is the single busiest month, with 5 of them (28%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in March, August and September, outside that window. Reports span 7 of the 12 calendar months; the other 5 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| March | 1 |
| April | 1 |
| May | 5 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 4 |
| August | 1 |
| September | 1 |
Recent Jefferson County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Shepherdstown. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-07-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-03-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-07-27 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2019-06-02 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2018-05-14 | 2.50″ | 7 |
| 2018-05-10 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2017-05-18 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Jefferson 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, over the state line included: Berkeley County (24 hail days), Morgan County (13), Pendleton County (15), Frederick County, Virginia (20) and Loudoun County, Virginia (28). Jefferson County sits in between.
Berkeley County · Morgan County · Pendleton County · Frederick County, Virginia · Loudoun County, Virginia
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Jefferson County, West Virginia only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.