Hail in Pitt County, North Carolina

Hail in Pitt County, North Carolina: 175 recorded events between 1960 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #764 nationally and #10 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for hail in Pitt County is the 2000s, when 59 of the county's 175 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 Pitt County archive, hail makes up 31.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #764 for this hazard and #10 within North Carolina, putting it in the 75.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for hail in Pitt County with 71 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.

• Thunderstorm Wind 254
• Flash Flood 63

How many hail events are on record in Pitt County, North Carolina?

175 hail events are recorded in Pitt County between 1960 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Pitt County?

The strongest hail on record in Pitt County measured 3.

Where does the hail data for Pitt 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.