StormProof → hail seasons → Houston → 2019
Houston hail season 2019
23 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 45 miles, across 5 storm days, max 2.50". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2019 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2019, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2019 | 16 | 2.50" | HARRIS, FORT BEND, WALLER |
| April 13, 2019 | 3 | 1.25" | FORT BEND, HARRIS |
| February 26, 2019 | 2 | 1.00" | BRAZORIA |
| July 30, 2019 | 1 | 1.75" | HARRIS |
| June 28, 2019 | 1 | 1.00" | HARRIS |
“Hen egg sized hail was reported at a Dairy Queen near the intersection of South Lake Houston Parkway and Beaumont Highway.”
— NWS event narrative, May 9, 2019 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Feb 2 · Apr 3 · May 16 · Jun 1 · Jul 1
Wind context: the record also holds 39 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2019 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Houston claim from 2019?
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.
Unlimited reports — Pro $99/mo Single report $29
Provenance
Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 45 miles of the Houston 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.