Hail events in Chatham County, Georgia 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 183 hail events on record for Chatham County, Georgia, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 26 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 30 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

May 26 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of MEINHARD

Jul 15 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles SW of OLEARY

May 24 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SW of WILMINGTON IS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SE of WILSHIRE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SE of WILSHIRE

May 19 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At POOLER

Aug 8 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile ESE of WILLIAM HILL

Jun 8 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WNW of VERNONBURG

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ENE of WILLIAM HILL

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile ESE of BLOOMINGDALE

Apr 26 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SSE of WILLIAM HILL

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NW of POOLER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WSW of MEINHARD

Jul 14 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of PORT WENTWORTH

Feb 15 2021

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile N of POOLER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At POOLER

Mar 5 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At POOLER

Aug 14 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NW of MEINHARD

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile W of PORT WENTWORTH

Jun 25 2018

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SE of PORT WENTWORTH

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At BONA BELLA

Jun 2 2018

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles NNE of WILMINGTON IS

May 22 2017

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At PORT WENTWORTH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of MULBERRY GROVE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of PORT WENTWORTH

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 Chatham 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	1	0	0	1
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
1970s	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980s	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	12
1990s	1	4	0	9	2	3	3	4	3	1	30
2000s	1	1	3	2	0	4	5	3	17	19	55
2010s	4	30	9	2	4	3	0	8	5	0	65
2020s	1	2	1	7	5	1	0 (part of the year)				17

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

Jan0 events
Feb3 events
Mar38 events
Apr27 events
May42 events
Jun43 events
Jul12 events
Aug16 events
Sep2 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Chatham County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	74
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	73
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	34
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: Chatham County beside the total of the counties of Georgia and of the United States
Measure	Chatham	All counties of Georgia	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	183	8,792	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	42.3	15.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	6.2	8.1	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 Chatham County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
5 Apr 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Apr 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Aug 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Mar 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Aug 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jun 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Mar 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Mar 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Mar 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	$500	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Sep 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2006	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Aug 2002	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
26 Mar 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Aug 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Feb 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Aug 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 1993	Hail	2.75 in	$500 thousand	County
5 Apr 1993	Hail	3.50 in	none	County
5 Apr 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1991	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Aug 1990	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 May 1988	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 May 1988	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
25 Apr 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Sep 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 1982	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
5 Aug 1982	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1981	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 1980	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
5 May 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 1969	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 1967	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Mar 1957	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: Charleston, SC (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 Chatham County, Georgia". https://countyhazards.com/county/ga/chatham/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 Chatham County?: June has 43 of the 183 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Georgia?: NCEI has 8,810 hail events on record for Georgia from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Chatham County compare with the other counties of Georgia?: The counties of Georgia have 15.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Chatham County has 42.3.
How large is the hail on record for Chatham County?: 36 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.