137
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$152K
Property damage
Hail in Beaufort County, North Carolina: 137 recorded events between 1973 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,030 nationally and #25 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Beaufort County, North Carolina: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Beaufort County is the 2000s, when 71 of the county's 137 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 Beaufort County archive, hail makes up 34.5% of all recorded severe weather across 10 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,030 for this hazard and #25 within North Carolina, putting it in the 66.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Beaufort County with 55 recorded events, while Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 | BLOUNTS CREEK STATIO | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 15, 2025 | WASHINGTON ARPT | 1 | $0 |
| May 5, 2025 | WHARTON | 1 | $0 |
| May 10, 2024 | ROYAL | 1.25 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2023 | SPRING CREEK | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 26, 2023 | PINETOWN | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2022 | JESSAMA | 1.5 | $0 |
| May 30, 2019 | BATH | 1 | $0 |
| May 30, 2019 | BATH | 1 | $0 |
| May 30, 2019 | WASHINGTON PARK | 1 | $0 |
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Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Beaufort County, North Carolina?
137 hail events are recorded in Beaufort County between 1973 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Beaufort County?
The strongest hail on record in Beaufort County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Beaufort 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 Beaufort County, North Carolina.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-carolina/beaufort-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.