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Hail in North Carolina: reports, history and hardest-hit cities

5,681 hail reports in North Carolina since 2006. The largest stones measured 4 in (grapefruit) near Lumberton on Apr 20, 2024.

Recent hail in North Carolina

Hail map of North Carolina: the last 12 months

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Each dot is one hail report since Sep 29, 2025 (92 reports); hover or tap a dot for the date and size.

Hail days in North Carolina by year

Cities in North Carolina with the most hail

• Morganton
  91 hail days
• Valdese
  83 hail days
• Cajahs Mountain
  81 hail days
• Gamewell
  77 hail days
• Granite Falls
  77 hail days
• Sawmills
  72 hail days
• Icard
  71 hail days
• Longview
  71 hail days
• Fletcher
  70 hail days
• Hickory
  69 hail days
• Hudson
  69 hail days
• Mountain View
  69 hail days
• Mountain Home
  68 hail days
• Hendersonville
  67 hail days
• Etowah
  66 hail days
• Mills River
  66 hail days
• Bethlehem
  65 hail days
• Conover
  65 hail days
• Newton
  65 hail days
• Saint Stephens
  64 hail days
• Cary
  61 hail days
• Lenoir
  61 hail days
• Royal Pines
  61 hail days
• Bessemer City
  60 hail days
• Charlotte
  57 hail days
• Dallas
  56 hail days
• Marion
  54 hail days
• Asheville
  53 hail days
• Flat Rock
  53 hail days
• Morrisville
  53 hail days

Counties

• Alamance
  59 hail reports
• Alexander
  35 hail reports
• Alleghany
  37 hail reports
• Anson
  24 hail reports
• Ashe
  66 hail reports
• Avery
  31 hail reports
• Beaufort
  96 hail reports
• Bertie
  16 hail reports
• Bladen
  86 hail reports
• Brunswick
  72 hail reports
• Buncombe
  136 hail reports
• Burke
  160 hail reports
• Cabarrus
  88 hail reports
• Caldwell
  95 hail reports
• Carteret
  55 hail reports
• Caswell
  45 hail reports
• Catawba
  93 hail reports
• Chatham
  35 hail reports
• Cherokee
  20 hail reports
• Chowan
  16 hail reports
• Clay
  12 hail reports
• Cleveland
  104 hail reports
• Columbus
  86 hail reports
• Craven
  113 hail reports
• Cumberland
  71 hail reports
• Currituck
  16 hail reports
• Dare
  22 hail reports
• Davidson
  63 hail reports
• Davie
  42 hail reports
• Duplin
  75 hail reports
• Durham
  63 hail reports
• Edgecombe
  47 hail reports
• Forsyth
  67 hail reports
• Franklin
  44 hail reports
• Gaston
  89 hail reports
• Gates
  16 hail reports
• Graham
  10 hail reports
• Granville
  56 hail reports
• Greene
  26 hail reports
• Guilford
  134 hail reports
• Halifax
  36 hail reports
• Harnett
  52 hail reports
• Haywood
  39 hail reports
• Henderson
  103 hail reports
• Hertford
  12 hail reports
• Hoke
  28 hail reports
• Hyde
  10 hail reports
• Iredell
  105 hail reports
• Jackson
  37 hail reports
• Johnston
  110 hail reports
• Jones
  37 hail reports
• Lee
  28 hail reports
• Lenoir
  50 hail reports
• Lincoln
  72 hail reports
• Macon
  45 hail reports
• Madison
  42 hail reports
• Martin
  45 hail reports
• Mcdowell
  107 hail reports
• Mecklenburg
  114 hail reports
• Mitchell
  22 hail reports
• Montgomery
  31 hail reports
• Moore
  64 hail reports
• Nash
  70 hail reports
• New Hanover
  41 hail reports
• Northampton
  17 hail reports
• Onslow
  128 hail reports
• Orange
  41 hail reports
• Pamlico
  21 hail reports
• Pasquotank
  11 hail reports
• Pender
  56 hail reports
• Perquimans
  14 hail reports
• Person
  60 hail reports
• Pitt
  97 hail reports
• Polk
  49 hail reports
• Randolph
  73 hail reports
• Richmond
  24 hail reports
• Robeson
  89 hail reports
• Rockingham
  87 hail reports
• Rowan
  62 hail reports
• Rutherford
  87 hail reports
• Sampson
  60 hail reports
• Scotland
  25 hail reports
• Stanly
  35 hail reports
• Stokes
  54 hail reports
• Surry
  94 hail reports
• Swain
  13 hail reports
• Transylvania
  60 hail reports
• Tyrrell
  10 hail reports
• Union
  60 hail reports
• Vance
  26 hail reports
• Wake
  263 hail reports
• Warren
  13 hail reports
• Washington
  15 hail reports
• Watauga
  50 hail reports
• Wayne
  62 hail reports
• Wilkes
  92 hail reports
• Wilson
  42 hail reports
• Yadkin
  43 hail reports
• Yancey
  19 hail reports

All cities in North Carolina

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