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Charlotte hail season 2014
22 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 35 miles, across 11 storm days, max 2.75". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2014 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2014, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2014 | 6 | 2.75" | YORK, UNION, LANCASTER |
| May 10, 2014 | 4 | 1.00" | MECKLENBURG, CABARRUS |
| June 16, 2014 | 3 | 1.00" | LANCASTER, YORK |
| June 10, 2014 | 2 | 1.50" | GASTON, CABARRUS |
| October 11, 2014 | 1 | 1.00" | ROWAN |
“National Severe Storms Lab relayed multiple public reports, corroborated by spotters and law enforcement, of up to golf ball size hail with a second severe thunderstorm that tracked from the city of York, across the north side of Rock Hill to near Tega Kay and Ft Mill.”
— NWS event narrative, May 23, 2014 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
May 13 · Jun 8 · Oct 1
Wind context: the record also holds 57 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2014 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Charlotte claim from 2014?
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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.