Hail Reports in Houston, Texas — Last 90 Days

Hail is a recurring, budgetable risk in Houston — roughly 5 hail-producing storms in a typical year. The 90-day log below shows where the most recent activity landed relative to town, so you can judge whether your street was in a hail path.

Houston's Storm-Climate Context

Houston's humid subtropical climate on the Gulf Coast plain exposes roofs to the full menu of severe weather: hurricanes and tropical storms moving in from the Gulf of Mexico — Hurricane Harvey in 2017 brought record flooding across Harris County — plus intense convective storms the rest of the year. NOAA Storm Events logged hail in Harris County on roughly five days in a typical year across 2014-2024, with stones up to 2.75 inches recorded in 2015, and year-round heat and humidity accelerate shingle aging and algae growth.

Texas has no statewide roofing license — RCAT registration is voluntary — so Houston homeowners should verify liability insurance, references, and any voluntary RCAT credential themselves. Windstorm insurance considerations matter here: many Houston-area policies carry separate wind-and-hail deductibles, and hurricane-season demand spikes can stretch contractor scheduling for weeks after a landfall.

Hail Events Near Houston by Date

August 28, 2026 — 1 report, hail up to 1.00″ (quarter size)

Preliminary Local Storm Reports from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Sizes are reported hailstone diameters; times are UTC. Reports can be added or corrected for about a day after each event. A quiet page section ≠ no hail — smaller or unreported events happen. The closest report in this window landed 20.0 miles from Houston's center.

Circle positions are the NOAA SPC report coordinates; tap a circle for the date and hail size.

Hail size: < 1″ 1–1.75″ ≥ 2″ not recorded

How Severe Was It? The NWS Yardstick, Applied to Houston's Reports

The National Weather Service calls hail severe at 1″ (quarter size) and significant at 2″ (hen-egg size). Scoring the 1 Houston-area report (filed in Harris County) against that scale: 1 of them met the severe 1″+ criterion — the size at which asphalt shingles start taking granule loss and bruising that shows up as leaks a season later. Damage at these sizes is rarely visible from the ground but is typically covered by homeowners insurance when documented promptly.

What to Do If Your Roof Was in the Hail Path

1. Stay off the roof and read your yard instead. Granule piles at the downspouts, dings in gutters and window screens, shredded leaves — after the August 28, 2026 activity near Houston, those ground-level proxies tell you whether the roof took a hit.
2. Build the paper trail before anyone touches anything. Dated photos of the damage, a hailstone next to a coin if one is still around, and this NOAA log tying the loss to a specific Houston storm day are what the adjuster will ask for.
3. Expect door-knockers — and slow down. In a hail market like Houston, out-of-town crews canvass neighborhoods within days of an event. Do not sign a contract or an Assignment of Benefits on the doorstep; get a written inspection scope from a roofer you chose first.
4. File on your policy's clock, not the salesman's. Sudden storm damage is generally covered for Texas homeowners, and your filing window comes from the policy itself. File promptly while the dates above are fresh, but on your terms.
5. Have your contractor at the adjuster meeting. A written scope keeps the estimate honest. Step-by-step: the roof insurance claim guide.

Hail History in Houston — the 10-Year Picture

The county behind Houston has logged 135 hail events over the last decade — a pace of roughly 14 per year — with the most severe stone measured at 2.50″. Against that 10-year baseline, the 1 hail day in this 90-day window run below the long-term average rate. Houston averages 5 hail-producing storms per year — check hail risk lookup for your address.

Compared to the Texas county median of 92 hail events over 10 years, Houston's county runs 1.5× above average — an exposure level that pushes local insurers toward higher wind-and-hail premium tiers and makes impact-resistant shingles a cost-effective upgrade.

Houston's County, Year by Year (NOAA Archive)

NOAA Storm Events archive, Houston's county. Years with no row logged no hail events.

The county's busiest hail year in the archive was 2024 (28 recorded events), while the largest stone on record — 2.50″ — fell in 2019. If your roof predates 2019 and has never had a documented inspection, assume it has taken at least one unexamined hit.

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Hail in Houston — Questions Homeowners Ask

Check Your Own ZIP in Houston

The county-level history above averages over the whole area. For a score tied to your address, run your ZIP through the hail risk lookup — ZIP codes in Harris County area include 77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009.

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