265
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.0M
Property damage
Hail in Cullman County, Alabama: 265 recorded events between 1963 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 5.38. That places the county #390 nationally and #3 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Cullman County, Alabama: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Cullman County is the 2000s, when 101 of the county's 265 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 Cullman County archive, hail makes up 24.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #390 for this hazard and #3 within Alabama, putting it in the 87.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Cullman County with 79 recorded events, while Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2026 | HOLLY POND | 1.75 | $10K |
| Feb 26, 2026 | HOLLY POND | 1 | $0 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | HOLLY POND | 1.25 | $15K |
| Feb 26, 2026 | BERLIN | 1 | $0 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | LONGVIEW | 2 | $0 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | CORINTH | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 2, 2025 | JOPPA | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 2, 2025 | BROOKLYN | 1 | $0 |
| May 2, 2025 | WEST PT | 1 | $0 |
| May 2, 2025 | BAILEYTON | 1.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Cullman County
- Thunderstorm Wind 592
- Tornado 98
- Flash Flood 78
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
This giant hail stone is now the state of Alabama record as of 3/19/2018 for the largest diameter of 5.38 inches. The stone weighed 9.8 ounces, had a circumference of 13.75 inches and volume of 19.80 cubic inches. This fell as part of a large hail swath from northwest through central and into southeast Cullman County which contained numerous reports of tennis ball sized or larger hail.
Baseball sized hail was reported in southwest, central, south central and southeast Cullman. The swath of hail produced widespread damage to vehicles, roofs and other structures. Numerous residences were found to have tarps placed on them the day after the event due to the immense damages incurred.
This hail was dropped by the same storm that moved across the city of Cullman about 30 minutes earlier. A photograph of this hailstone suggests smaller diameter hailstones had been clumped to form a larger diameter stone.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Cullman County, Alabama?
265 hail events are recorded in Cullman County between 1963 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Cullman County?
The strongest hail on record in Cullman County measured 5.38.
Where does the hail data for Cullman 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 Cullman County, Alabama.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/alabama/cullman-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.