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Hail in West Virginia: reports, history and hardest-hit cities

2,027 hail reports in West Virginia since 2006. The largest stones measured 4.25 in near Pinch on May 23, 2019.

Recent hail in West Virginia

Hail map of West Virginia: the last 12 months

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Each dot is one hail report since Sep 29, 2025 (75 reports); hover or tap a dot for the date and size.

Hail days in West Virginia by year

Cities in West Virginia with the most hail

• Cross Lanes
  42 hail days
• Charleston
  41 hail days
• South Charleston
  40 hail days
• Dunbar
  39 hail days
• Huntington
  39 hail days
• Pinch
  36 hail days
• Vienna
  36 hail days
• Blennerhassett
  35 hail days
• Beckley
  34 hail days
• Kenova
  34 hail days
• Parkersburg
  34 hail days
• Princeton
  33 hail days
• Barboursville
  32 hail days
• Pea Ridge
  32 hail days
• Shannondale
  32 hail days
• Brookhaven
  31 hail days
• Crab Orchard
  31 hail days
• Martinsburg
  31 hail days
• Bethlehem
  30 hail days
• Cheat Lake
  30 hail days
• Clarksburg
  30 hail days
• Nitro
  30 hail days
• Ranson
  30 hail days
• Bridgeport
  29 hail days
• Charles Town
  29 hail days
• Inwood
  29 hail days
• Morgantown
  29 hail days
• Bluefield
  28 hail days
• Pleasant Valley
  28 hail days
• Weirton Heights
  28 hail days

Counties

• Barbour
  17 hail reports
• Berkeley
  67 hail reports
• Boone
  27 hail reports
• Braxton
  22 hail reports
• Brooke
  14 hail reports
• Cabell
  50 hail reports
• Calhoun
  23 hail reports
• Clay
  17 hail reports
• Doddridge
  15 hail reports
• Fayette
  50 hail reports
• Gilmer
  19 hail reports
• Grant
  16 hail reports
• Greenbrier
  72 hail reports
• Hampshire
  35 hail reports
• Hancock
  29 hail reports
• Hardy
  16 hail reports
• Harrison
  58 hail reports
• Jackson
  52 hail reports
• Jefferson
  45 hail reports
• Kanawha
  151 hail reports
• Lewis
  41 hail reports
• Lincoln
  33 hail reports
• Logan
  46 hail reports
• Marion
  31 hail reports
• Marshall
  19 hail reports
• Mason
  45 hail reports
• Mcdowell
  49 hail reports
• Mercer
  61 hail reports
• Mineral
  16 hail reports
• Mingo
  44 hail reports
• Monongalia
  60 hail reports
• Monroe
  28 hail reports
• Morgan
  22 hail reports
• Nicholas
  50 hail reports
• Ohio
  24 hail reports
• Pendleton
  25 hail reports
• Pleasants
  10 hail reports
• Pocahontas
  23 hail reports
• Preston
  51 hail reports
• Putnam
  66 hail reports
• Raleigh
  69 hail reports
• Randolph
  28 hail reports
• Ritchie
  17 hail reports
• Roane
  16 hail reports
• Summers
  30 hail reports
• Taylor
  23 hail reports
• Tucker
  16 hail reports
• Tyler
  19 hail reports
• Upshur
  37 hail reports
• Wayne
  46 hail reports
• Webster
  20 hail reports
• Wetzel
  22 hail reports
• Wirt
  10 hail reports
• Wood
  78 hail reports
• Wyoming
  57 hail reports

All cities in West Virginia

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