Georgia Hail Statistics

Georgia averages 103 reports of 1-inch or larger hail a year, on 30.4 hail days. That ranks 24th of 51 and is 1% of all such reports in the US. Hail peaks in April.

Data: NOAA Storm Events, 2021–2025 yearly averages

103Reports of 1-inch+ hail a year, 24th most

30.4Hail days a year, 14th most

4.00 inLargest stone reported, June 14, 2023

When hail falls in Georgia

123 hail reports a year in all, 5.0 of them 2 inches or larger.
The most reports of 1-inch+ hail: Fulton County, about 4.6 a year.
The most reports come in April; nationally the peak is May.

Share of Georgia hail reports by month, 2021–2025.

Hail by county in Georgia

135 counties with at least one hail report, 2021–2025. Yearly averages, sorted by 1-inch+ reports. More people means more reports, so populous counties tend to rank higher.

Hail statistics by county in Georgia. Column headers sort the table.

Fulton	4.6	4.6	1.6	1.75 in
Coweta	3.8	3.8	1.2	1.75 in
Bartow	3.0	3.0	1.2	1.75 in
Cherokee	2.8	2.8	0.8	2.50 in
Thomas	2.4	3.0	1.2	2.00 in
Cobb	2.4	2.6	1.4	1.75 in
Troup	2.4	2.4	1.4	1.75 in
Chatham	2.2	3.2	1.8	1.75 in
Colquitt	2.0	2.8	1.6	4.00 in
Effingham	2.0	2.8	1.6	2.00 in
Tift	2.0	2.2	0.8	1.75 in
Forsyth	2.0	2.0	0.6	1.75 in
Dade	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.50 in
Bulloch	1.8	2.0	1.0	1.00 in
Turner	1.8	2.0	0.8	1.75 in
Muscogee	1.8	1.8	0.6	1.75 in
Habersham	1.6	2.2	1.4	1.25 in
Houston	1.6	1.6	1.0	1.75 in
Columbia	1.4	3.2	1.2	1.75 in
Richmond	1.4	2.8	1.6	2.00 in
Gordon	1.4	1.8	1.2	1.50 in
Grady	1.4	1.6	1.2	1.75 in
Gwinnett	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.50 in
Dougherty	1.4	1.4	0.6	3.75 in
Tattnall	1.4	1.4	0.4	2.50 in
Cook	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.75 in
Hall	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.75 in
Berrien	1.2	1.2	0.8	1.75 in
Bryan	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.75 in
Long	1.0	1.4	0.6	1.75 in
Polk	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.75 in
Peach	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.00 in
Randolph	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.00 in
Crisp	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.00 in
Lowndes	0.8	1.6	1.0	1.75 in
Lee	0.8	1.4	0.8	1.75 in
Wayne	0.8	1.4	0.8	1.75 in
Worth	0.8	1.2	0.6	1.75 in
DeKalb	0.8	1.0	0.2	1.75 in
Rabun	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.25 in
Meriwether	0.8	0.8	0.6	2.00 in
Dawson	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.75 in
Carroll	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
Laurens	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.00 in
Spalding	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.00 in
Douglas	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
White	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
Putnam	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.75 in
Fayette	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.50 in
Schley	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.25 in
Elbert	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.50 in
Whitfield	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.50 in
Walker	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.00 in
Taylor	0.8	0.8	0.2	2.00 in
Candler	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.25 in
Coffee	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
Stephens	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.25 in
Camden	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.75 in
Franklin	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.00 in
Brooks	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.00 in
Clinch	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.25 in
Clayton	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.25 in
Clarke	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.50 in
Harris	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.00 in
Walton	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.75 in
Jones	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.75 in
Terrell	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.00 in
Heard	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.50 in
Pike	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.50 in
Pickens	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.00 in
Paulding	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.00 in
Jackson	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.00 in
Liberty	0.4	1.2	1.0	1.50 in
Screven	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.25 in
Atkinson	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.75 in
Mitchell	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.50 in
Hart	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.00 in
Oconee	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.50 in
Johnson	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.75 in
Irwin	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.75 in
Henry	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.50 in
Bibb	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.75 in
Decatur	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.50 in
Early	0.4	0.4	0.2	2.50 in
Catoosa	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Dodge	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Madison	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.50 in
Murray	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Burke	0.2	1.6	1.2	1.00 in
Jenkins	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.00 in
Glynn	0.2	0.6	0.2	1.00 in
Chattooga	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Baker	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Echols	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.50 in
Sumter	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Jefferson	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Talbot	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Newton	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Monroe	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.25 in
Washington	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Lamar	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.25 in
Wilkinson	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.25 in
Jasper	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Greene	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Barrow	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Montgomery	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.25 in
Ware	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Charlton	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Treutlen	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Emanuel	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.50 in
Baldwin	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Lumpkin	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Pulaski	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Floyd	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Warren	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Quitman	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Fannin	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Telfair	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Twiggs	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Wilkes	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Dooly	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Marion	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Miller	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.50 in
Ben Hill	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Calhoun	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Lanier	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Webster	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Appling	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Haralson	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Lincoln	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.70 in
Brantley	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.88 in
McDuffie	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.50 in
Pierce	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.75 in
McIntosh	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.75 in
Butts	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.75 in

About these numbers

Hail reports from the NOAA Storm Events Database, 2021–2025, averaged per year. These are reports to the National Weather Service, not every storm: places with more people report more hail. Full methodology.

Cite: Home Stats Data, "Georgia Hail Statistics," https://homestatsdata.com/storm-risk/hail-statistics/georgia/