Hail events in Spartanburg County, South 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 349 hail events on record for Spartanburg County, South Carolina, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

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

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 49 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

2 miles SSW of FINGERVILLE

Jun 25 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of BOILING SPGS

May 17 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At CAMPOBELLO

Apr 11 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles ESE of DRAYTON

May 26 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles SW of FAIRMONT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of GRNVL SPRTNBRG ARPT

May 24 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of MOORE

May 15 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles WNW of GRAMLING

May 8 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NNE of CROSS ANCHOR

Apr 19 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SW of CAMP CROFT

Sep 7 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of BOILING SPGS

Jun 17 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile N of ROEBUCK

Jun 3 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SSE of CASHVILLE

May 16 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles N of FINGERVILLE

May 6 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NE of LANDRUM FAIRVIEW ARP

Jul 10 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SE of HAYNE

Jun 25 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SW of LYMAN

May 5 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of PACOLET

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of JACKSON MILL

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of ROEBUCK

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of ROEBUCK

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile S of GRNVL SPRTNBRG ARPT

May 4 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NNE of CROSS ANCHOR

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile ENE of EAST GREER

Apr 25 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LYMAN

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 Spartanburg 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	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	6
1970s	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	6
1980s	0	0	3	0	2	7	3	3	5	9	32
1990s	11	3	7	3	7	7	7	11	11	11	78
2000s	5	3	3	7	3	6	23	5	21	14	90
2010s	12	20	23	6	18	8	3	8	5	4	107
2020s	14	0	4	1	6	4	0 (part of the year)				29

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

Jan3 events
Feb8 events
Mar24 events
Apr54 events
May94 events
Jun89 events
Jul47 events
Aug17 events
Sep10 events
Oct0 events
Nov2 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Spartanburg County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	148
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	129
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	67
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	4
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: Spartanburg County beside the total of the counties of South Carolina and of the United States
Measure	Spartanburg	All counties of South Carolina	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	349	6,688	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	43.2	22.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	10.4	12.9	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 Spartanburg County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Injuries	On record for
25 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Apr 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Sep 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
11 Jul 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
22 Jun 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
22 Jun 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
21 Jul 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
15 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
31 May 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
21 Mar 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
21 Mar 2017	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
21 Mar 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
21 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Sep 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
21 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 Jun 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	0	County
23 May 2014	Hail	2.25 in	none	0	County
23 May 2014	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
23 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	$3.0 million	0	County
23 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 May 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
10 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 May 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
25 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
30 Jan 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 Aug 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
16 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
16 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	0	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
16 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
16 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
31 Mar 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 Jan 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Aug 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	$250 thousand	0	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
5 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
5 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Jul 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	0	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$100 thousand	0	County
20 Aug 1999	Hail	3.50 in	$9.0 million	0	County
20 Aug 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	0	County
20 Aug 1999	Hail	2.50 in	$2 thousand	0	County
24 Sep 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$500	0	County
15 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	0	County
31 Mar 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
31 Mar 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Feb 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
22 Nov 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
21 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Jun 1992	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
19 Mar 1992	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
19 Mar 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
8 Sep 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Jul 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Jul 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
1 Jul 1990	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
4 May 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 May 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
1 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 Apr 1990	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
30 Apr 1990	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
15 Nov 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Jul 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
5 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
5 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 May 1988	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
17 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 May 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
16 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
29 May 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 May 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 May 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
8 Aug 1986	Hail	1.20 in	none	1	County
2 Aug 1986	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
2 Aug 1986	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
22 Jul 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
22 Jul 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
6 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 May 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
6 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
6 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
19 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
19 May 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
22 May 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
18 Apr 1978	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 May 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 Mar 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 1968	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
28 May 1967	Hail	0.00 in	none	0	County
14 May 1966	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 Apr 1964	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
16 May 1963	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
25 May 1960	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
2 May 1957	Hail	4.00 in	none	0	County

The site keeps 196 of the 349 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 Spartanburg County, South Carolina". https://countyhazards.com/county/sc/spartanburg/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 Spartanburg County?: May has 94 of the 349 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for South Carolina?: NCEI has 6,692 hail events on record for South Carolina from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Spartanburg County compare with the other counties of South Carolina?: The counties of South Carolina have 22.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Spartanburg County has 43.2.
How large is the hail on record for Spartanburg County?: 72 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.