Hail events in Cobb 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 222 hail events on record for Cobb 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 19 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

3 miles N of MARIETTA MCCOLUM ARP

Jun 26 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile WNW of OAKDALE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of LELAND

Sep 12 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles W of DUE WEST

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles WNW of DUE WEST

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles NW of DUE WEST

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NNW of DUE WEST

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WNW of DUE WEST

Jun 6 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of (MGE)DOBBINS AFB MAR

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles NNE of (MGE)DOBBINS AFB MAR

Aug 5 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NNE of SANDY PLAINS

Jun 16 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles SSW of POWDER SPGS

Mar 25 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of ACWORTH

Aug 19 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of SANDY PLAINS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of SANDY PLAINS

Jul 18 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of FLOYD

Jun 16 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSW of ACWORTH

Apr 6 2016

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NW of POWDER SPGS

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of ACWORTH

Sep 3 2015

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile ESE of ELIZABETH

May 18 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MARIETTA

Apr 20 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MARIETTA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile WNW of MARIETTA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile ESE of ELIZABETH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ESE of DUE WEST

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 Cobb 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
1980s	1	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	11
1990s	2	1	2	5	1	4	11	12	20	20	78
2000s	4	5	13	8	1	8	7	9	7	11	73
2010s	7	11	10	1	1	6	2	0	1	0	39
2020s	3	1	2	7	0	3	0 (part of the year)				16

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

Jan4 events
Feb12 events
Mar15 events
Apr52 events
May39 events
Jun36 events
Jul29 events
Aug12 events
Sep17 events
Oct1 event
Nov2 events
Dec3 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Cobb County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	88
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	99
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	32
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
4 in and larger	softball and larger	2

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: Cobb County beside the total of the counties of Georgia and of the United States
Measure	Cobb	All counties of Georgia	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	222	8,792	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	65.3	15.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	2.9	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 Cobb County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
9 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jan 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
17 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$3.8 million	County
4 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$3.8 million	County
28 Feb 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Sep 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$2.6 million	County
15 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$2.0 million	County
23 Apr 2009	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
23 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$1.5 million	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Feb 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Feb 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$2.6 million	County
11 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	County
28 Sep 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$5.0 million	County
8 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jan 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Dec 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Dec 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 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	2.50 in	$5.0 million	County
10 Dec 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Aug 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Aug 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2003	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
11 Nov 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jul 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Feb 2001	Hail	0.88 in	$200	County
24 Jul 1999	Hail	2.00 in	$10 thousand	County
6 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
20 Jul 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$2 thousand	County
10 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1998	Hail	4.00 in	$5 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
9 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.90 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Feb 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Feb 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Sep 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	2.50 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Mar 1996	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
15 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
15 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 1993	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Apr 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Feb 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Feb 1993	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Mar 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Nov 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1984	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
7 Mar 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Sep 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 1976	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1973	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 1973	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 1960	Hail	1.65 in	none	County

The site keeps 191 of the 222 events for this page. It keeps the newest 120 events. It also keeps 80 events with the most damage, injuries or deaths. 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 Cobb County, Georgia". https://countyhazards.com/county/ga/cobb/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 Cobb County?: April has 52 of the 222 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 Cobb County compare with the other counties of Georgia?: The counties of Georgia have 15.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Cobb County has 65.3.
How large is the hail on record for Cobb County?: 35 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.