StormProof → hail seasons → Atlanta → 2005
Atlanta hail season 2005
47 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 45 miles, across 13 storm days, max 2.75". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2005 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2005, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 21, 2005 | 19 | 2.75" | COWETA, FAYETTE, WALTON, FULTON |
| December 4, 2005 | 10 | 1.75" | HENRY, CARROLL, DOUGLAS, COBB |
| June 6, 2005 | 3 | 1.00" | FULTON, COBB, GWINNETT |
| April 7, 2005 | 3 | 1.75" | SPALDING, NEWTON, BARROW |
| March 22, 2005 | 3 | 1.00" | PIKE, HARRIS, EMANUEL |
“The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director, along with numerous reports from the public, confirmed that a wide swath of large and very damaging hail fell across much of the central portion of Cherokee county from three miles west of Canton to Hickory Flat, southeast of Canton. There were many reports of hail better than 2.0 inches in diameter, with measured hail stones of 2.75 inches from residents along Geor”
— NWS event narrative, February 21, 2005 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Feb 19 · Mar 4 · Apr 6 · May 1 · Jun 3 · Jul 2 · Aug 1 · Dec 11
Wind context: the record also holds 47 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2005 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Atlanta claim from 2005?
These are aggregates. A claim file needs the per-address record: every recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles of the property, distances, official narratives, and citations an adjuster can check line by line. That's the report — generated in seconds, hosted on HailEvidence (the neutral evidence surface), formatted as an insurance-appeal attachment.
Unlimited reports — Pro $99/mo Single report $29
Provenance
Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 45 miles of the Atlanta anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.