NOAA hail reports · updated hourly

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

Every hail report NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged in Virginia: 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 Virginia today or yesterday (checked hourly; last update October 19, 2026).

The last 90 days

40 hail reports, 9 of them 2 inches or larger. The most recent was 1.25" on September 21, 2026 near 4 S Endicott, Patrick County.

DateHail sizeNOAA location
Sep 211.25"4 S Endicott, Patrick County
Sep 41.5"2 ESE Oakpark, Madison County
Sep 41.5"1 NNW Barboursville, Orange County
Sep 41"1 W Luray, Page County
Sep 41"2 SW Ashland, Hanover County
Sep 31.75"2 S Broadway, Rockingham County
Sep 31"1 S Broadway, Rockingham County
Sep 21.5"Timberville, Rockingham County
Aug 271"Timberville, Rockingham County
Aug 143.5"Union Mills, Fluvanna County
Aug 142.75"1 N Lake Monticello, Fluvanna County
Aug 142.75"Union Mills, Fluvanna County
Aug 142.5"2 E Charlottesville, Albemarle County
Aug 142.2"3 E Charlottesville, Albemarle County
Aug 141.75"3 NNE Charlottesville, Albemarle County
Aug 141.75"2 WNW Shadwell, Albemarle County
Aug 141.75"2 SSE Shadwell, Albemarle County
Aug 141.75"1 E Lake Monticello, Fluvanna County
Aug 141.5"1 S Keswick, Albemarle County
Aug 141.5"Jefferson, Powhatan County
Aug 141.25"1 E Lake Monticello, Fluvanna County
Aug 141"1 E Charlottesville, City of Charlotte County
Aug 101"2 WSW Poquoson, York County
Jul 282.5"2 SW Mustoe, Highland County
Jul 281.75"1 WNW Wickliffe, Clarke County

The 25 most recent of 40.

1-inch-plus hail reports per year

2026 is the year so far.

Largest hail since 2016
  • 4.75"August 7, 2023
  • 3.5"August 14, 2026 · Union Mills
  • 3"June 16, 2022
  • 3"May 27, 2017
  • 3"September 28, 2016

Virginia'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.

  • Richmond21 days · #97
  • Alexandria21 days · #99
  • Norfolk18 days · #116
  • Chesapeake13 days · #150
  • Virginia Beach13 days · #153
  • Hampton11 days · #178
  • Newport News9 days · #196
  • Suffolk8 days · #205

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 Virginia today?

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

How often does it hail in Virginia?

NOAA logged between 53 and 191 reports of 1-inch-or-larger hail a year in Virginia 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.