Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Hail in Greenbrier County, West Virginia

96

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

0

Direct injuries

$219K

Property damage

Hail in Greenbrier County, West Virginia: 96 recorded events between 1979 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #1,477 nationally and #4 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Hail in Greenbrier County, West Virginia: events per decade

Hail in Greenbrier County, West Virginia: recorded events per decade
Hail in Greenbrier County, West Virginia: recorded events per decade

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

The busiest decade for hail in Greenbrier County is the 2000s, when 50 of the county's 96 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 Greenbrier County archive, hail makes up 20.2% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,477 for this hazard and #4 within West Virginia, putting it in the 52.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

0Jan
0Feb
5Mar
22Apr
17May
19Jun
25Jul
6Aug
1Sep
1Oct
0Nov
0Dec

Jul is the peak month for hail in Greenbrier County with 25 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

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Apr 15, 2025NEOLA1$0
Apr 14, 2025CORDOVA1.25$0
Apr 14, 2025NEOLA0.88$0
Jul 17, 2024COLUMBIA SULPHUR SPG1$0
Apr 16, 2024FRANKFORD1$0
Apr 16, 2024KESSLER0.75$0
Jul 12, 2022TUCKAHOE1$0
Jul 12, 2022LEWISBURG1.75$0
Jul 12, 2022CLINTONVILLE1$4K
Mar 31, 2022KEISTER1$0
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

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Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many hail events are on record in Greenbrier County, West Virginia?

96 hail events are recorded in Greenbrier County between 1979 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Greenbrier County?

The strongest hail on record in Greenbrier County measured 3.

Where does the hail data for Greenbrier 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.

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“Hail in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/west-virginia/greenbrier-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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