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Charlotte hail season 2020
10 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 35 miles, across 5 storm days, max 2.00". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2020 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2020, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 25, 2020 | 6 | 2.00" | YORK, CHEROKEE, CLEVELAND, MECKLENBURG |
| August 17, 2020 | 1 | 1.00" | CLEVELAND |
| July 21, 2020 | 1 | 1.00" | MECKLENBURG |
| June 20, 2020 | 1 | 1.00" | IREDELL |
| April 8, 2020 | 1 | 1.00" | MECKLENBURG |
“Trained spotter reported 2-inch diameter hail on I-85 at the NC/SC state line.”
— NWS event narrative, April 25, 2020 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Apr 7 · Jun 1 · Jul 1 · Aug 1
Wind context: the record also holds 82 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2020 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Charlotte claim from 2020?
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.