Georgia hail history

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Georgia had hail reported on 284 days from 2016 to 2025, about 28 a year, and on 1,756 days since 1955. The largest hailstone on record in the state is 4.50″ (May 14, 1995). Effingham County had the most hail days of any county from 2016 to 2025 (18).

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

Report counts rose over the decades as more people and spotters reported storms, so compare recent years with each other rather than with the 1960s.

Georgia cities with the most hail days, 2016–2025

Biggest hail days in Georgia since 2016

The largest hail and the biggest storm days since 1955, with radar swaths since 2019: Biggest hail storms in Georgia history

Georgia counties

Places with fewer than 5 hail days on record are listed without a link and kept out of search engines.

When hail falls in Georgia, by month and week: Georgia hail season

Download every Georgia hail, tornado and wind report as CSV, by year: Georgia storm report downloads

All Georgia cities

Abbeville Acworth Adairsville Adel Alamo Albany Alma Alpharetta Americus Ashburn Athens-Clarke County Atlanta Auburn Augusta-Richmond County Austell Avondale Estates Bainbridge Baldwin Ball Ground Barnesville Baxley Blackshear Blakely Bloomingdale Braselton Bremen Brookhaven Brunswick Buford Byron Cairo Calhoun Camilla Canton Carrollton Cartersville Cedartown Centerville Chamblee Chatsworth Chattahoochee Hills Chickamauga Clarkston Claxton Cleveland Cochran College Park Columbus Commerce Conyers Cordele Cornelia Covington Cumming Cusseta-Chattahoochee County Cuthbert Dacula Dahlonega Dallas Dalton Dawson Dawsonville Decatur Doraville Douglas Douglasville Dublin Duluth Dunwoody East Dublin East Point Eastman Eatonton Elberton Euharlee Fairburn Fayetteville Fitzgerald Flowery Branch Folkston Forest Park Forsyth Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Gainesville Garden City Glennville Grantville Gray Grayson Greensboro Griffin Grovetown Guyton Hahira Hampton Hapeville Harlem Hartwell Hawkinsville Hazlehurst Hephzibah Hinesville Hiram Hogansville Holly Springs Hoschton Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jesup Johns Creek Jonesboro Kennesaw LaFayette LaGrange Lake City Lakeland Lawrenceville Leesburg Lilburn Lithonia Locust Grove Loganville Lovejoy Lula Lyons Mableton Macon-Bibb County Madison Manchester Marietta McDonough McRae-Helena Metter Milledgeville Millen Milton Monroe Montezuma Monticello Morrow Moultrie Nashville Newnan Nicholls Norcross Oakwood Ocilla Palmetto Peachtree City Peachtree Corners Pelham Pembroke Perry Pooler Port Wentworth Powder Springs Quitman Reidsville Richmond Hill Rincon Ringgold Riverdale Rockmart Rome Rossville Roswell Royston Sandersville Sandy Springs Savannah Senoia Smyrna Snellville Social Circle Soperton South Fulton Springfield St. Marys Statesboro Statham Stockbridge Stone Mountain Stonecrest Sugar Hill Summerville Suwanee Swainsboro Sylvania Sylvester Tallapoosa Temple Thomaston Thomasville Thomson Thunderbolt Tifton Toccoa Tucker Tyrone Unadilla Union City Valdosta Vidalia Vienna Villa Rica Walthourville Warner Robins Washington Watkinsville Waycross Waynesboro West Point Winder Woodstock Wrightsville

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