79
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$15.1M
Property damage
Hail in Clayton County, Georgia: 79 recorded events between 1982 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #1,724 nationally and #29 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Clayton County, Georgia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Clayton County is the 2000s, when 33 of the county's 79 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Clayton County archive, hail makes up 29.4% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,724 for this hazard and #29 within Georgia, putting it in the 44.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for hail in Clayton County with 17 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | FOREST PARK | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | ATLANTA HARTSFIELD I | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 25, 2021 | ATLANTA HARTSFIELD I | 1.25 | $0 |
| Mar 25, 2019 | ATLANTA HARTSFIELD I | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 9, 2015 | MORROW | 0.88 | $0 |
| Mar 18, 2013 | HASTINGS | 2 | $2.1M |
| Jun 14, 2012 | RIVERDALE | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 27, 2010 | RIVERDALE | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 11, 2010 | LOVEJOY | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 20, 2010 | RIVERDALE | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Clayton County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The public and an off-duty National Weather Service employee reported very large hail across Clayton county. This was from the same parent thunderstorm that produced the 3.0 to 4.0 inch diameter hail in northeast Coweta and northern Fayette counties. Three-inch diameter hail was observed just southwest of Jonesboro in the Irongate subdivision and golf ball-sized hail fell elsewhere from just south of Jonesboro to Lovejoy.
Numerous reports of large hail were received from the public in Jonesboro, Morrow, Rex, and Lovejoy. Golf ball-sized hail was reported by a storm spotter and also by the Clayton County 911 Center in Jonesboro. The public reported quarter-sized hail in Morrow and Jonesboro. A storm spotter reported quarter-sized hail in the Rex area near the intersection of U.S. Highway 23 and Interstate-675 and the public reported quarter-sized hail in Lovejoy. Another individual reported observing penny-sized hail on Interstate-285 just south of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Several reports of large hail were received from the public across Clayton county as a slow moving severe thunderstorm tracked from the northwest to the east central part of the county. The ASOS observer at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport observed penny to quarter-sized hail off and on for a period of 46 minutes. Golf ball-sized hail was reported from the public in Forest Park and Morrow, while penny to quarter-sized hail fell near Rex, east of Morrow, and northeast of Jonesboro as the storm began to weaken slightly as it approached the eastern border of the county. In addition, the wind gusted to 42 knots at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during the hailstorm. Frequent to continuous cloud-to-ground lightning was also observed at the airport during the thunderstorm.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Clayton County, Georgia?
79 hail events are recorded in Clayton County between 1982 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Clayton County?
The strongest hail on record in Clayton County measured 3.
Where does the hail data for Clayton County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Hail in Clayton County, Georgia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/georgia/clayton-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.