Virginia Hail Statistics

Virginia averages 96.4 reports of 1-inch or larger hail a year, on 21.0 hail days. That ranks 26th of 51 and is 1% of all such reports in the US. Hail peaks in May.

Data: NOAA Storm Events, 2021–2025 yearly averages

96.4Reports of 1-inch+ hail a year, 26th most

21.0Hail days a year, 26th most

4.00 inLargest stone reported, August 7, 2023

When hail falls in Virginia

106 hail reports a year in all, 5.0 of them 2 inches or larger.
The most reports of 1-inch+ hail: Loudoun County, about 7.4 a year.
The most reports come in May; nationally the peak is May.

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

Hail by county in Virginia

108 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 Virginia. Column headers sort the table.

Loudoun	7.4	7.4	2.0	2.50 in
Henrico	3.4	3.4	1.2	2.40 in
Chesterfield	2.8	2.8	1.8	1.50 in
Pittsylvania	2.6	3.4	1.8	1.75 in
Albemarle	2.6	2.6	1.4	2.50 in
Carroll	2.2	2.4	1.4	2.00 in
Fairfax	2.2	2.2	1.6	1.75 in
Rockingham	2.2	2.2	1.0	1.75 in
Halifax	2.0	2.2	1.4	1.75 in
Henry	2.0	2.0	1.4	2.00 in
Virginia Beach city	2.0	2.0	1.2	1.50 in
Augusta	1.8	1.8	1.4	3.00 in
Prince Edward	1.8	1.8	0.6	2.00 in
Norfolk city	1.8	1.8	0.6	1.25 in
Campbell	1.6	2.2	1.2	2.50 in
Chesapeake city	1.6	1.6	0.6	2.00 in
Louisa	1.6	1.6	1.0	3.00 in
Floyd	1.4	1.8	1.0	1.75 in
Stafford	1.4	1.4	1.0	2.25 in
Lee	1.4	1.4	0.6	1.50 in
Nelson	1.4	1.4	1.0	1.00 in
Bedford	1.2	1.8	1.2	1.00 in
Franklin	1.2	1.4	0.8	1.75 in
Shenandoah	1.2	1.2	0.8	1.50 in
Grayson	1.2	1.2	0.4	1.75 in
Accomack	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.00 in
Hanover	1.2	1.2	0.8	1.75 in
Roanoke	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.00 in
Buckingham	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.00 in
Greene	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.25 in
Orange	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.75 in
Washington	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.25 in
Staunton city	1.0	1.0	0.6	2.50 in
Gloucester	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.25 in
Amelia	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.25 in
Greensville	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.50 in
Arlington	1.0	1.0	0.2	1.25 in
Tazewell	0.8	1.6	1.4	1.75 in
Amherst	0.8	1.2	1.0	1.75 in
Appomattox	0.8	1.2	0.8	1.75 in
Patrick	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.25 in
Lynchburg city	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.00 in
Page	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
Suffolk city	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.00 in
Mecklenburg	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.25 in
Madison	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.75 in
York	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.25 in
Southampton	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.50 in
Newport News city	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
Fauquier	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.75 in
Buchanan	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.50 in
Frederick	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.25 in
Montgomery	0.6	2.0	1.6	1.00 in
Rockbridge	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.00 in
Wythe	0.6	1.0	0.6	1.00 in
Alleghany	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.75 in
Prince William	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.00 in
Hampton city	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.75 in
Isle of Wight	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.00 in
King and Queen	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.25 in
Rappahannock	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.75 in
Richmond city	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.00 in
Caroline	0.6	0.6	0.2	4.00 in
Fluvanna	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.00 in
Clarke	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.00 in
Giles	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.75 in
Bath	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.00 in
Galax city	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.50 in
Brunswick	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Scott	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Waynesboro city	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.00 in
Smyth	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.00 in
Culpeper	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Danville city	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Essex	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.00 in
Prince George	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.25 in
Mathews	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.00 in
Warren	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.25 in
Highland	0.4	0.4	0.2	2.50 in
Middlesex	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
King William	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.00 in
Charles City	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.25 in
New Kent	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Falls Church city	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.00 in
Harrisonburg city	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.75 in
Botetourt	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.00 in
Manassas city	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Russell	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
James City	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Alexandria city	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.25 in
Richmond	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Manassas Park city	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Cumberland	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Dinwiddie	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.25 in
Surry	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.00 in
Fredericksburg city	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Lancaster	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Charlotte	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.25 in
Spotsylvania	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Nottoway	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Powhatan	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Northumberland	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Franklin city	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Northampton	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Sussex	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Pulaski	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.88 in
Roanoke city	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.88 in
Lexington city	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.88 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, "Virginia Hail Statistics," https://homestatsdata.com/storm-risk/hail-statistics/virginia/