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Richmond hail season 2024
13 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 25 miles, across 4 storm days, max 2.40". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2024 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2024, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2024 | 9 | 2.00" | HENRICO |
| April 15, 2024 | 2 | 1.00" | NEW KENT, POWHATAN |
| June 30, 2024 | 1 | 1.00" | HENRICO |
| May 26, 2024 | 1 | 2.40" | HENRICO |
“A trained spotter reported three solar pathway lights damaged from hail with a fourth destroyed, window screen damage to a home, and hail dents in vehicles including an SUV with six dents on the top. Hail was estimated to be the size of ice cubes and lasted for around seven minutes.”
— NWS event narrative, August 18, 2024 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Apr 2 · May 1 · Jun 1 · Aug 9
Wind context: the record also holds 54 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2024 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Richmond claim from 2024?
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 25 miles of the Richmond 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.