Hail events in Columbus 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 179 hail events on record for Columbus County, North Carolina, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 25 Sep 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 14 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 25 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles NNW of WHITEVILLE

Jun 1 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of SOUTH WHITEVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of WHITEVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of WHITEVILLE

May 8 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of DELCO

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NNW of ARMOUR

Apr 7 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of TABOR CITY

May 5 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ESE of FAIR BLUFF

Jul 11 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSE of PLEASANT PLAINS

May 3 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NNW of WHITEVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NW of WHITEVILLE. Damage estimate: $500

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles S of PORTERSVILLE. Damage estimate: $500

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

6 miles NNW of WHITEVILLE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles N of WHITEVILLE. Damage estimate: $250

Jul 2 2015

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles N of CERRO GORDO

Jun 24 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles N of WHITEVILLE. Damage estimate: $500

Jun 22 2015

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At WHITEVILLE. Damage estimate: $500

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of WHITEVILLE. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

May 29 2014

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WSW of GRIST. Damage estimate: $250

Oct 15 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of TABOR CITY. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Jul 23 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of DELCO. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Jul 1 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HALLSBORO. Damage estimate: $500

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At FREEMAN. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Jun 23 2012

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At SOUTH WHITEVILLE

May 23 2012

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NW of CERRO GORDO. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

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 Columbus 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	2	0	0	0	2
1970s	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
1980s	1	2	0	1	0	8	5	1	2	1	21
1990s	3	2	0	1	2	5	1	6	9	9	38
2000s	11	8	1	8	1	0	12	4	14	5	64
2010s	0	14	18	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	43
2020s	1	0	1	0	2	4	0 (part of the year)				8

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

Jan1 event
Feb3 events
Mar6 events
Apr30 events
May67 events
Jun35 events
Jul27 events
Aug7 events
Sep2 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Columbus County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	78
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	67
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	33
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
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: Columbus County beside the total of the counties of North Carolina and of the United States
Measure	Columbus	All counties of North Carolina	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	179	9,891	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	19.1	20.3	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	35.7	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 Columbus County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
23 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
23 May 2012	Hail	1.50 in	$2 thousand	County
22 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
22 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	$250	County
22 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
15 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
27 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
27 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
24 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
27 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
23 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
10 May 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
10 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
10 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
10 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
10 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
28 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
28 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
28 Apr 2011	Hail	2.75 in	$5 thousand	County
28 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
28 Apr 2011	Hail	2.00 in	$5 thousand	County
16 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
1 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jan 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Aug 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Aug 1999	Hail	0.88 in	$5 thousand	County
19 Aug 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Aug 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$35 thousand	County
14 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1999	Hail	2.00 in	$25 thousand	County
14 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Mar 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Feb 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Sep 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1998	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Aug 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 1997	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
5 Jul 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 1995	Hail	0.70 in	none	County
23 Mar 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$5.0 million	County
1 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jul 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 1986	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
25 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1981	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Feb 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Feb 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 1979	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1977	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 1966	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 1966	Hail	1.00 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 Wilmington, NC (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 Columbus County, North Carolina". https://countyhazards.com/county/nc/columbus/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 Columbus County?: May has 67 of the 179 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 Columbus County compare with the other counties of North Carolina?: The counties of North Carolina have 20.3 hail events for each 100 square miles. Columbus County has 19.1.
How large is the hail on record for Columbus County?: 34 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.