164
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$140K
Property damage
Hail in Rockingham County, North Carolina: 164 recorded events between 1955 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #829 nationally and #16 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Rockingham County, North Carolina: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Rockingham County is the 2000s, when 53 of the county's 164 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 Rockingham County archive, hail makes up 22.0% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #829 for this hazard and #16 within North Carolina, putting it in the 73.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Rockingham County with 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2025 | REIDSVILLE | 1 | $0 |
| May 7, 2024 | REIDSVILLE ARPT | 1 | $0 |
| May 7, 2024 | REIDSVILLE | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 7, 2024 | WENTWORTH | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2023 | BOULEVARD | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 6, 2023 | HAPPY HOME | 0.75 | $0 |
| Apr 6, 2023 | SPRAY | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 7, 2022 | RUFFIN | 1 | $0 |
| May 7, 2022 | RUFFIN | 2 | $0 |
| May 6, 2022 | WENTWORTH | 1.5 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Rockingham County
- Thunderstorm Wind 446
- Flash Flood 61
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Thunderstorms in north-central North Carolina during the evening hours on the 2nd produced damaging winds and flash flooding. Thunderstorm winds damaged a camping vehicle and several storage buildings in Cherry Grove. Numerous roads in the northwestern portion of Caswell County were flooded and closed because of high water from heavy rain. A railroad track and the nearby section of Route 29 was washed out by heavy rain near Ruffin. In addition, several roads in and near Ruffin were flooded.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Rockingham County, North Carolina?
164 hail events are recorded in Rockingham County between 1955 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Rockingham County?
The strongest hail on record in Rockingham County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Rockingham 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 Rockingham County, North Carolina.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-carolina/rockingham-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.