Hail in Cheatham County, Tennessee

Hail in Cheatham County, Tennessee: 56 recorded events between 1982 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4. That places the county #2,108 nationally and #52 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for hail in Cheatham County is the 2010s, when 20 of the county's 56 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 Cheatham County archive, hail makes up 18.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,108 for this hazard and #52 within Tennessee, putting it in the 31.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for hail in Cheatham County with 17 recorded events, while Aug 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 167
• Flash Flood 44

How many hail events are on record in Cheatham County, Tennessee?

56 hail events are recorded in Cheatham County between 1982 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Cheatham County?

The strongest hail on record in Cheatham County measured 4.

Where does the hail data for Cheatham 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.