Hail events in Cherokee 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 170 hail events on record for Cherokee County, Georgia, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 6 Sep 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 24 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

Sep 6 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of OAK GROVE

Jun 27 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles NNW of OAK GROVE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles E of OAK GROVE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HOLLY SPGS

Apr 10 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of WOODSTOCK

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile WNW of WOODSTOCK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of VICTORIA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles S of VICTORIA

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles NW of WOODSTOCK

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile N of OAK GROVE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NNE of OAK GROVE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile N of OAK GROVE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of PAYNE

Mar 25 2021

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles WSW of SOUTH CANTON. Damage estimate: $2.0 million

Jul 25 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WSW of WOODSTOCK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SW of WOODSTOCK

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles WSW of WOODSTOCK

Jun 14 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WSW of ARNOLD MILL

Jul 21 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles N of BALL GROUND

Jul 11 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ESE of WOODSTOCK

Jun 17 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WSW of SOUTH CANTON

Apr 6 2016

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles NNE of BALL GROUND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles E of PAYNE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of CANTON

Sep 3 2015

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WNW of WOODSTOCK. Damage estimate: $2.3 million

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 Cherokee 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1990s	2	3	3	1	3	2	5	7	16	11	53
2000s	7	6	7	9	3	9	9	8	8	5	71
2010s	3	8	5	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	26
2020s	4	1	0	0	0	13	0 (part of the year)				18

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
Feb9 events
Mar17 events
Apr43 events
May31 events
Jun23 events
Jul21 events
Aug8 events
Sep10 events
Oct0 events
Nov3 events
Dec3 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Cherokee County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	69
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	73
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	20
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	7
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

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: Cherokee County beside the total of the counties of Georgia and of the United States
Measure	Cherokee	All counties of Georgia	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	170	8,792	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	40.4	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 Cherokee County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
26 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	$2.3 million	County
20 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Apr 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
16 Nov 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Sep 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$1.5 million	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	County
7 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	2.75 in	$5.0 million	County
4 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	2.75 in	$5.0 million	County
23 Aug 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$1.4 million	County
8 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Sep 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Sep 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Feb 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
4 Dec 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$50 thousand	County
27 Mar 2005	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	2.75 in	$4.5 million	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Dec 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Sep 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Nov 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 2002	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2001	Hail	2.75 in	$1.8 million	County
3 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Nov 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Sep 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Mar 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Feb 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Jul 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 1999	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
6 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Mar 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Mar 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Feb 1999	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Jul 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$5 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$5 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	4.00 in	$75 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1998	Hail	2.00 in	$20 thousand	County
22 Apr 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Feb 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Sep 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	0.90 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Dec 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Mar 1992	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Mar 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Apr 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Sep 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1964	Hail	1.75 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: Atlanta/Peachtree City, GA (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 Cherokee County, Georgia". https://countyhazards.com/county/ga/cherokee/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 Cherokee County?: April has 43 of the 170 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 Cherokee County compare with the other counties of Georgia?: The counties of Georgia have 15.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Cherokee County has 40.4.
How large is the hail on record for Cherokee County?: 28 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.