Texas is, by a wide margin, the most hail-active state in our database. From 2014 to June 2026, the state generated 15,822 hail events across 253 counties, about 1.6 times the Kansas total and spread across a geography that stretches from the Panhandle to the Gulf Coast. The sheer scale of Texas hail exposure is a defining fact for any contractor operating in the state, and the 2023 surge in particular reshaped regional roofing markets.
Year-by-Year Texas Hail Events
The table below covers 2014 through 2025 and, in the last row, January to June 2026. Events are hail records from the NOAA Storm Events Database, which enters hail of 3/4 inch and larger (NWS Instruction 10-1605).
| Year | Hail Events (TX) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 1,013 |
| 2015 | 1,153 |
| 2016 | 1,388 |
| 2017 | 1,290 |
| 2018 | 911 |
| 2019 | 1,394 |
| 2020 | 1,018 |
| 2021 | 1,214 |
| 2022 | 751 |
| 2023 | 1,912 |
| 2024 | 1,588 |
| 2025 | 1,453 |
| 2026* | 737 |
| Total (2014 to June 2026) | 15,822 |
* 2026 is a partial year: only January to June are in the NOAA file. It does not count toward the peak year or the annual average.
The 2023 Surge and What Followed
The most striking feature of the Texas data is the 2023 peak: 1,912 events in a single year, the highest annual total for any state in our four-state series. That is 37 percent higher than any earlier Texas year in the same dataset. The largest single hail stone in the Texas record reached 7.02 inches (2024), a size well beyond what any standard residential roofing material is rated to withstand undamaged.
The last three full years (1,912 in 2023, 1,588 in 2024, 1,453 in 2025) all sit above the 2014–2022 average of 1,126 events a year, but the count has eased each year. So 2023 was not a one-year anomaly, and it was not a new normal either. The 2026 row (737 events through June) is a partial year and is not set against the full years.
Licensing Reality in Texas
Texas has no statewide roofing contractor license. The Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT) operates a voluntary certification program, but participation is not legally required to perform roofing work in the state. The relevant consumer protection resource is the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), which provides guidance on storm repair contractor practices and insurance claim standards. Homeowners should verify that any contractor carries adequate general liability insurance and workers' compensation coverage before signing a contract, TDI's website is the authoritative starting point for that verification.
County-Level Concentration
Two Texas counties appear in our top-10 national hail concentration list: Tarrant County (541 events, max 5.00") and Denton County (429 events, max 5.90"). A third Dallas–Fort Worth county, Collin County, just misses the list at 344 events (max 5.25"). All three are in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, a fact that aligns with what DFW roofing contractors report about their workload cycles.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many hail events has Texas recorded since 2014?
Our dataset shows 15,822 hail events across Texas from 2014 to June 2026, covering 253 of the state's counties, the highest total of any state in the database.
What was the largest hail recorded in Texas?
The maximum hail stone in the Texas record measured 7.02 inches, the largest in our four-state dataset and a size associated with significant structural roof damage.
Does Texas require a roofing license?
No. Texas does not have a statewide roofing contractor license. The RCAT certification is voluntary. For consumer protection guidance, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is the primary state resource.
Why was 2023 so active for Texas hail?
The 2023 total of 1,912 events was the highest single-year count in our Texas record. The exact meteorological drivers vary season to season, but the surge aligned with elevated storm activity across the southern Plains that year.
Sources
- Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT)
- Texas Department of Insurance
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events bulk CSV files (details, by year)
- NWS Instruction 10-1605, Storm Data Preparation (hail reporting rules, size guide)
- How Verification Works
Data: Texas counties, taken from NOAA NCEI Storm Events hail records for 2014 to June 2026 and processed by PickARoofer; loaded into our database 2026-10-06, links last rechecked 2026-09-24.
Method and limits of these counts, in particular that the Storm Events Database enters hail of 3/4 inch and larger: how we build our storm and hail figures.
Hail counts in this post come from the full NOAA hail table: every county in 50 states and DC, 2014 to June 2026, loaded October 6, 2026. The two sets give different totals because they cover different counties. Dataset versions.
Sources
- NOAA Storm Events Database (ncei.noaa.gov)
- NWS Instruction 10-1605 (weather.gov)
- Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT) (rcat.net)
- provides guidance (tdi.texas.gov)
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events bulk CSV files (details, by year) (ncei.noaa.gov)
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