Hail events in St. Clair County, Alabama The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 113 hail events on record for St. Clair County, Alabama, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 26 Feb 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 15 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

Feb 26 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles S of EDEN

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles NNE of MOODY

May 9 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles W of SPRINGVILLE

Jun 25 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SW of LOGAN MARTIN RES

Jun 14 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At PELL CITY

May 16 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile WSW of BRANCHVILLE

Apr 24 2021

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles N of ST CLAIR SPGS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NE of GREENSPORT

Aug 10 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles N of EDEN

Jun 29 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At PELL CITY

Apr 5 2017

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of SPRINGVILLE

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

1 mile NW of RIVERSIDE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of ODENVILLE

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

1 mile S of OAK RIDGE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of MARGARET

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of ODENVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NW of SANIE

Dec 30 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of MOODY

Mar 31 2015

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

4 miles NNW of HENRY LAKE

Jul 17 2013

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles SSW of ASHVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of ASHVILLE

Mar 18 2013

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of ODENVILLE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of CROPWELL

Jul 5 2012

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles N of WHITNEY

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile S of EDEN

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for St. Clair County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1970s	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1980s	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5
1990s	0	1	0	0	2	5	3	5	1	0	17
2000s	4	3	5	2	3	5	12	0	9	8	51
2010s	0	4	10	4	0	2	0	7	0	0	27
2020s	2	2	0	3	1	0	2 (part of the year)				10

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan2 events
Feb6 events
Mar18 events
Apr42 events
May10 events
Jun14 events
Jul13 events
Aug2 events
Sep1 event
Oct3 events
Nov0 events
Dec2 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for St. Clair County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	52
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	37
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	22
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: St. Clair County beside the total of the counties of Alabama and of the United States
Measure	St. Clair	All counties of Alabama	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	113	8,089	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	17.9	16.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	12.2	16.0	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for St. Clair County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
5 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Feb 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Feb 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Feb 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Sep 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Dec 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	$1 thousand	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Oct 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$40 thousand	County
25 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 2002	Hail	2.00 in	$5 thousand	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
30 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2001	Hail	1.50 in	$8 thousand	County
4 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
27 Apr 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Feb 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
25 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
20 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
18 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$20 thousand	County
6 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Mar 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Mar 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Mar 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Oct 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Oct 1971	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jul 1967	Hail	0.75 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: NWS Birmingham, Alabama (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for St. Clair County, Alabama". https://countyhazards.com/county/al/st-clair/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for St. Clair County?: April has 42 of the 113 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Alabama?: NCEI has 8,096 hail events on record for Alabama from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does St. Clair County compare with the other counties of Alabama?: The counties of Alabama have 16.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. St. Clair County has 17.9.
How large is the hail on record for St. Clair County?: 24 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.