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Charlotte hail season 2006
44 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 35 miles, across 11 storm days, max 2.50". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2006 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2006, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2006 | 14 | 2.00" | CABARRUS, MECKLENBURG, ROWAN, LINCOLN |
| May 20, 2006 | 9 | 2.50" | CLARENDON, EDGEFIELD, LEE, YORK |
| May 26, 2006 | 7 | 1.75" | GASTON, LINCOLN |
| May 18, 2006 | 4 | 1.00" | LANCASTER, CABARRUS, IREDELL |
| June 10, 2006 | 3 | 1.75" | CLEVELAND, CABARRUS |
When it fell
Apr 3 · May 34 · Jun 4 · Jul 3
Wind context: the record also holds 101 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2006 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Charlotte claim from 2006?
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 Charlotte 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.