StormProof → hail seasons → Charleston (SC)
Charleston (SC) hail, season by season
Every NWS-recorded hail report of 1″ or larger within 25 miles of Charleston (SC), grouped by season — 279 reports since 1996, the largest 2.75" (2012-08-02). Source: NCEI Storm Events (vintage c20260527); the current season also carries preliminary SPC reports, labeled.
| Season | ≥1″ reports | Storm days | Max hail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (in progress) | 2 (preliminary) | 0 | 1.75" |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1.50" |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 2.00" |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 1.00" |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 1.00" |
| 2021 | 10 | 5 | 1.75" |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 1.25" |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | 2.00" |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 1.75" |
| 2017 | 19 | 4 | 1.75" |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 | 1.00" |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 | 1.00" |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 1.00" |
| 2013 | 10 | 6 | 2.50" |
| 2012 | 10 | 5 | 2.75" |
| 2011 | 27 | 6 | 2.75" |
| 2010 | 7 | 2 | 2.50" |
| 2009 | 17 | 7 | 1.75" |
| 2008 | 60 | 10 | 1.75" |
| 2007 | 9 | 6 | 1.75" |
| 2006 | 29 | 8 | 1.75" |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 | 1.75" |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1.50" |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | 1.75" |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 1.75" |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 1.00" |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 1.00" |
| 1998 | 9 | 5 | 1.75" |
| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 1.75" |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 2.75" |
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.
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