Hail events in Kanawha County, West Virginia 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 Kanawha County, West Virginia, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 20 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 53 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

May 20 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of CLENDENIN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of SISSONVILLE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of POCATALICO

Apr 1 2026

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile W of SPRING HILL

May 5 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles W of BLUNDON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of SISSONVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of ELKVIEW

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of CREED

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of SOUTH RUFFNER

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of RUTLEDGE

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile WNW of ELK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of (CRW) YEAGER ARPT

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of SOUTH PARK

Apr 14 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SSW of MARLAING ADDITION

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SSW of PINCH

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile ENE of RUTLEDGE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of PINCH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of (CRW) YEAGER ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of BARLOW

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles E of WEST CHARLESTON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of CHARLESTON

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At FAIRVIEW

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MARLAING ADDITION

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of FAIRVIEW

Mar 16 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of SOUTH RUFFNER

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 Kanawha 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	1	0	1
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	4
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1980s	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	11
1990s	2	2	3	0	6	1	7	2	4	0	27
2000s	6	1	0	1	3	1	12	10	24	10	68
2010s	0	12	6	17	3	0	4	0	1	14	57
2020s	4	0	6	1	2	21	4 (part of the year)				38

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
Feb0 events
Mar11 events
Apr29 events
May46 events
Jun55 events
Jul44 events
Aug8 events
Sep9 events
Oct4 events
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Kanawha County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	96
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	83
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	26
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
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: Kanawha County beside the total of the counties of West Virginia and of the United States
Measure	Kanawha	All counties of West Virginia	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	207	3,139	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	23.0	13.1	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	11.6	17.6	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 Kanawha County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
16 Apr 2024	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2024	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 Jul 2022	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 2022	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2020	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 May 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2019	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
23 May 2019	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
23 May 2019	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
23 May 2019	Hail	4.25 in	$500 thousand	County
17 May 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Sep 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
29 Sep 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Oct 2014	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
7 Oct 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jul 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jul 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
12 Jul 2013	Hail	0.88 in	$5 thousand	County
12 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
12 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
12 Jul 2013	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
12 Jul 2013	Hail	0.88 in	$1 thousand	County
4 Jul 2013	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
4 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
4 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
4 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
4 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
4 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
4 Jul 2013	Hail	1.50 in	$5 thousand	County
2 Jul 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Aug 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Sep 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
10 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
8 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
9 Sep 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jul 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jul 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jul 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jul 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	2.00 in	$20 thousand	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.25 in	$2 thousand	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	$2 thousand	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
30 Aug 2006	Hail	2.50 in	$6.0 million	County
25 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
4 Aug 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jun 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jun 1998	Hail	2.00 in	$6.0 million	County
2 Jun 1998	Hail	1.50 in	$2.0 million	County
2 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	County
2 Jun 1998	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
28 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Sep 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Sep 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$6 thousand	County
11 Jun 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
15 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Sep 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Mar 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 1981	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Sep 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 1969	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Mar 1967	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1965	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 1965	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 1958	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 177 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: Charleston, WV (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 Kanawha County, West Virginia". https://countyhazards.com/county/wv/kanawha/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 Kanawha County?: June has 55 of the 207 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for West Virginia?: NCEI has 3,144 hail events on record for West Virginia from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Kanawha County compare with the other counties of West Virginia?: The counties of West Virginia have 13.1 hail events for each 100 square miles. Kanawha County has 23.0.
How large is the hail on record for Kanawha County?: 28 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.