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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 4.00 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 Oct 5, 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

Aberdeen · Ahoskie · Albemarle · Angier · Apex · Archdale · Archer Lodge · Asheboro · Asheville · Ayden · Bayshore · Beaufort · Belmont · Benson · Bermuda Run · Bessemer City · Bethlehem · Black Mountain · Boiling Spring Lakes · Boiling Springs · Boone · Brevard · Briar Chapel · Brices Creek · Brogden · Buies Creek · Burgaw · Burlington · Butner · Cajahs Mountain · Canton · Carolina Beach · Carolina Shores · Carrboro · Cary · Chapel Hill · Charlotte · Cherryville · China Grove · Clayton · Clemmons · Clinton · Concord · Conover · Cornelius · Cramerton · Creedmoor · Cullowhee · Dallas · Dana · Davidson · Dunn · Durham · East Flat Rock · East Rockingham · Eastover · Eden · Edenton · Elizabeth City · Elizabethtown · Elkin · Elon · Elroy · Emerald Isle · Enochville · Erwin · Etowah · Fairfield Harbour · Fairmont · Fairview · Farmville · Fayetteville · Flat Rock · Fletcher · Forest City · Forest Oaks · Fort Bragg · Franklin · Fuquay-Varina · Gamewell · Garner · Gastonia · Gibsonville · Glen Raven · Goldsboro · Graham · Granite Falls · Granite Quarry · Greensboro · Greenville · Grifton · Half Moon · Hamlet · Hampstead · Harrisburg · Havelock · Henderson · Hendersonville · Hickory · High Point · Hillsborough · Holly Springs · Hope Mills · Hudson · Huntersville · Icard · Indian Trail · Jacksonville · James City · Jamestown · Kannapolis · Kernersville · Kill Devil Hills · King · Kings Grant · Kings Mountain · Kinston · Kitty Hawk · Knightdale · La Grange · Lake Junaluska · Lake Norman of Catawba · Lake Park · Landis · Laurinburg · Leland · Lenoir · Lewisville · Lexington · Liberty · Lillington · Lincolnton · Locust · Long Beach · Longview · Louisburg · Lowell · Lowesville · Lumberton · Maiden · Mar-Mac · Marion · Marshville · Marvin · Masonboro · Matthews · Mebane · Midland · Midway · Mills River · Mineral Springs · Mint Hill · Mocksville · Monroe · Mooresville · Morehead City · Morganton · Morrisville · Mount Airy · Mount Holly · Mount Olive · Mountain Home · Mountain View · Moyock · Murfreesboro · Murraysville · Myrtle Grove · Nags Head · Nashville · New Bern · Newport · Newton · North Wilkesboro · Northchase · Oak Island · Oak Ridge · Ogden · Oxford · Pembroke · Pinehurst · Pineville · Piney Green · Pittsboro · Pleasant Garden · Plymouth · Polkton · Pope Air Force Base (historical) · Raeford · Raleigh · Randleman · Ranlo · Red Oak · Red Springs · Reidsville · River Bend · River Road · Roanoke Rapids · Rockfish · Rockingham · Rocky Mount · Rolesville · Roxboro · Royal Pines · Rural Hall · Rutherfordton · Saint James · Saint Stephens · Salisbury · Sanford · Sawmills · Seagate · Selma · Seven Lakes · Shallotte · Shelby · Siler City · Silver Lake · Skippers Corner · Smithfield · Sneads Ferry · South Gastonia · South Rosemary · Southern Pines · Southern Shores · Southport · Spencer · Spindale · Spring Lake · Stallings · Stanley · Statesville · Stokesdale · Summerfield · Sunset Beach · Swannanoa · Swansboro · Sylva · Tabor City · Tarboro · Thomasville · Tobaccoville · Trent Woods · Trinity · Troutman · Troy · Tyro · Unionville · Valdese · Wadesboro · Wake Forest · Walkertown · Wallace · Wallburg · Warsaw · Washington · Waxhaw · Waynesville · Weaverville · Weddington · Welcome · Wendell · Wentworth · Wesley Chapel · Westport · Whispering Pines · Whiteville · Wilkesboro · Williamston · Wilmington · Wilson · Windsor · Wingate · Winston-Salem · Winterville · Woodfin · Wrightsboro · Wrightsville Beach · Yadkinville · Zebulon