Hail events in Buncombe County, North Carolina 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 207 hail events on record for Buncombe County, North Carolina, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 16 Mar 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 27 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

Mar 16 2026

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles WNW of ALEXANDER

Sep 4 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNW of BLACK MTN

Jun 24 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NW of WEST ASHEVILLE

May 8 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SSW of GROVESTONE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SW of CRAGGY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of LEICESTER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WNW of SANDYMUSH

Feb 6 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles WSW of VOLGA

May 26 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles SSE of STOCKSVILLE

May 8 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SSE of FAIRVIEW

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile E of BARNARDSVILLE

Jul 18 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NE of WEST HAVEN

Jul 1 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of HOMINY

May 19 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ESE of BARNARDSVILLE

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NNE of FLAT CREEK

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At WOODFIN

May 4 2022

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile ESE of AZALEA

Aug 14 2021

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At FAIRVIEW

Mar 27 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NW of BLACK MTN

Aug 19 2019

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of SKYLAND

May 5 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile W of GROVEMONT

Jul 14 2017

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile S of SHILOH

Jul 8 2016

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NE of GROVESTONE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile ENE of GROVESTONE

May 12 2016

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile S of JUPITER

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 Buncombe 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980s	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	2	3	13
1990s	2	1	0	1	0	2	8	3	7	5	29
2000s	4	2	10	10	1	4	11	16	6	15	79
2010s	7	19	21	3	5	2	6	1	1	1	66
2020s	0	2	4	2	3	7	1 (part of the year)				19

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
Feb1 event
Mar3 events
Apr33 events
May56 events
Jun69 events
Jul25 events
Aug14 events
Sep5 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Buncombe County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	114
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	65
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	28
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	0
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: Buncombe County beside the total of the counties of North Carolina and of the United States
Measure	Buncombe	All counties of North Carolina	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	207	9,891	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	31.5	20.3	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	7.6	9.4	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 Buncombe County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
2 May 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Jun 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Aug 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Sep 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Sep 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
28 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Sep 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2007	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jul 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jul 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Aug 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Oct 2000	Hail	0.25 in	none	County
4 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 1999	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 May 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 May 1999	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jul 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 1998	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jul 1996	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Aug 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Aug 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1990	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 1982	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 May 1982	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Apr 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 May 1962	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 200 of the 207 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: Greenville-Spartanburg, 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 Buncombe County, North Carolina". https://countyhazards.com/county/nc/buncombe/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 Buncombe County?: June has 69 of the 207 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for North Carolina?: NCEI has 9,900 hail events on record for North Carolina from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Buncombe County compare with the other counties of North Carolina?: The counties of North Carolina have 20.3 hail events for each 100 square miles. Buncombe County has 31.5.
How large is the hail on record for Buncombe County?: 28 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.