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Hail in South Carolina: today, this week and the last ten years

Every hail report NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged in South Carolina: today's and yesterday's as they come in, the last 90 days, and ten years of history. Each report is hail of 1 inch or larger — the size that damages roofs.

Today and yesterday

No hail reported in South Carolina today or yesterday (checked hourly; last update October 19, 2026).

The last 90 days

13 hail reports, 1 of them 2 inches or larger. The most recent was 2" on September 6, 2026 near 5 W Lexington, Lexington County.

DateHail sizeNOAA location
Sep 62"5 W Lexington, Lexington County
Sep 61.75"1 ENE Easley, Pickens County
Sep 61.25"6 NE Gilbert, Lexington County
Sep 61"1 NE Easley, Pickens County
Sep 61"Pickens, Pickens County
Sep 61"1 W Fork Shoals, Greenville County
Sep 61"3 NE Sangaree, Berkeley County
Sep 61"3 NNE Sangaree, Berkeley County
Sep 61"College Park, Berkeley County
Sep 51.75"3 ENE Belton, Anderson County
Aug 221"1 S Seneca, Oconee County
Aug 111"2 W Greer, Greenville County
Aug 111"5 SE Antreville, Abbeville County
1-inch-plus hail reports per year

2026 is the year so far.

Largest hail since 2016
  • 3"May 5, 2020
  • 3"March 21, 2017
  • 2.75"April 20, 2024
  • 2.75"April 7, 2022
  • 2.75"May 22, 2020

South Carolina's hailiest large cities, 2016–2025

Days with 1-inch-plus hail within 25 km, and each city's rank among 342 large US cities — the US cities with the most hail.

  • North Charleston26 days · #77
  • Charleston24 days · #88
  • Columbia7 days · #208

Did it hail at your house?

Check every NOAA hail report within 10 km of your address, back ten years — then see what a new roof would cost, measured from satellite.

Questions

Did it hail in South Carolina today?

No hail had been reported in South Carolina by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center today or yesterday when this page was last refreshed (hourly).

How often does it hail in South Carolina?

NOAA logged between 36 and 93 reports of 1-inch-or-larger hail a year in South Carolina from 2016 to 2025.

Did hail hit my house?

A report is a point where someone measured hail, not the storm's whole path. Check NOAA reports within 10 km of your own address with the free hail check, and have a licensed roofer inspect before anyone files a claim.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe-weather reports — its daily files for today and yesterday, read hourly, and its archive from 2016. A report is where a spotter or member of the public measured hail, so a storm can be bigger than its reports. Other states: hail by state.