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Austin hail season 2024
67 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 35 miles, across 8 storm days, max 4.25". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2024 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2024, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2024 | 35 | 2.75" | BASTROP, TRAVIS, HAYS, WILLIAMSON |
| May 9, 2024 | 17 | 4.25" | HAYS, BLANCO, WILLIAMSON |
| May 30, 2024 | 6 | 4.00" | WILLIAMSON |
| April 1, 2024 | 5 | 1.50" | TRAVIS |
| December 24, 2024 | 1 | 1.25" | BASTROP |
“A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of tennis balls near MoPac Expwy. and Far West Blvd. in northwestern Austin.”
— NWS event narrative, April 9, 2024 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Feb 1 · Mar 1 · Apr 41 · May 23 · Dec 1
Wind context: the record also holds 22 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2024 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Austin claim from 2024?
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.
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Provenance
Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 35 miles of the Austin 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.