Mason County, West Virginia Hail Map & History
Mason County was hit as recently as 2026-08-10, 35 days ago. Mason County is hit in about half the years on record. 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 2026-08-10 near Point Pleasant.
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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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 16 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 0.9 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 22 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 7 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2019, with 3 hail days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 3 days since 2022, against 1.1 a year before that.
No stone of 2 inches or more has ever been reported in Mason County: all 16 hail days on record topped out below that. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 3 of the 16 days.
Across the whole of West Virginia, see the West Virginia hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Mason County
Reports cluster nearest Buffalo -- 4 of the county's 16 hail days -- then Leon (3), Point Pleasant (2), Mason (2) and New Haven (2).
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Mason | 2 | 1.50″ |
| 7 SW Buffalo | 2 | 1.00″ |
| 5 NNE Point Pleasant | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 7 Se Gallipolis | 1 | 1.75″ |
| Mount Olive | 1 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Mason County
The season runs April through August: 14 of the 16 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (88%). May is the single busiest month, with 6 of them (38%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in March 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 | 4 |
| May | 6 |
| June | 1 |
| July | 1 |
| August | 2 |
| September | 1 |
Recent Mason County hail days
That day put 2 reports on the map, the biggest 1.75 inches near Point Pleasant. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2025-04-14 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-07-18 | 1.00″ | 4 |
| 2020-08-25 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2020-04-08 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2019-05-26 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2019-05-23 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2019-05-17 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Mason 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: Jackson County (17 hail days), Kanawha County (22), Wood County (17), Gallia County, Ohio (13) and Lawrence County, Ohio (16). Mason County sits in between.
Jackson County · Kanawha County · Wood County · Gallia County, Ohio · Lawrence County, Ohio
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Mason County, West Virginia only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.