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Birmingham hail season 2024
8 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 30 miles, across 5 storm days, max 4.50". 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2024 | 3 | 4.50" | JEFFERSON, ST. CLAIR, BLOUNT |
| August 18, 2024 | 2 | 1.00" | TALLADEGA, JEFFERSON |
| September 13, 2024 | 1 | 1.25" | BLOUNT |
| May 18, 2024 | 1 | 1.00" | JEFFERSON |
| February 12, 2024 | 1 | 1.10" | JEFFERSON |
“Social media images from two locations approximately one mile apart showed measured hailstones of 4 to 4.5 inches in diameter in the Holly Springs community.”
— NWS event narrative, May 9, 2024 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Feb 1 · May 4 · Aug 2 · Sep 1
Wind context: the record also holds 36 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 Birmingham 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 30 miles of the Birmingham 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.