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What storms are actually on record near your address
Every hail and damaging-wind event NOAA logged across the 8 counties this site covers from 2021 onward — 404 of them — matched against the center of your ZIP code. No email address, no appointment.
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The record for the whole service area
Built from the NOAA extract on 24 September 2026, covering 2021 to 2 June 2026.
| County | Hail events | Damaging-wind events | Largest hail recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County, TX | 84 | 117 | 2″ |
| Montgomery County, TX | 15 | 43 | 1.25″ |
| Galveston County, TX | 12 | 30 | 2.75″ |
| Brazoria County, TX | 12 | 28 | 1.75″ |
| Fort Bend County, TX | 18 | 17 | 2.75″ |
| Waller County, TX | 1 | 11 | 1.5″ |
| Austin County, TX | 5 | 6 | 2.5″ |
| Chambers County, TX | 1 | 4 | 2″ |
Wind leads and hail is not a footnote: 256 damaging-wind reports against 148 hail reports. Both matter, and they arrive in different parts of the year — the hail record here is overwhelmingly a spring record, and tropical systems come later.
One thing this table is not. The extract carries the Hail and Thunderstorm Wind event types only, so tropical systems are almost entirely absent from it: NOAA files hurricane and tropical-storm wind under other categories. A quiet July in these numbers is not a quiet July on this coast. The recorded storm dates page sets out what that means for a claim conversation.
How to read a result
- Distance
- Measured from the geographic center of the ZIP code to the point where the event was reported. A ZIP code covers several miles, so an event two miles from the center could be next door or could be across town.
- Hail size
- The largest stone observed at that point, in inches. One inch is roughly the threshold at which hail starts to bruise an asphalt shingle mat.
- Wind speed
- Recorded in knots, as NOAA publishes it, with the mph conversion shown alongside. Most are estimated gusts inferred from damage rather than instrument readings.
- Recency
- How long ago the event was. Your policy, not this tool, sets what notice it requires, and most policies ask for prompt notice rather than naming a period. How to file covers the sequence.
A quiet ZIP code is useful information, not a dead end. If nothing significant has been recorded near you, a roof problem is more likely to be age, workmanship or a detail that was never right — and those are found by looking at the roof, not by looking at the weather.
What this data is, exactly
- Each record is a report at a point: a trained spotter, an official observer, a broadcast source or a member of the public reporting hail of a given size or wind causing damage.
- Only events with recorded coordinates are included, because assigning an event without coordinates to a county centroid would produce a confident-looking distance that means nothing.
- Event types are limited to Hail and Thunderstorm Wind across Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Waller County, TX.
- Absence of a report is not evidence that no storm occurred. It means no one reported one at that point.
Found a date that lines up with when you first saw the problem?
Request a free storm inspectionDoes a recorded event mean my roof is damaged?
No. It means a storm was reported near you on that date. Whether your roof was damaged is a question about your roof, and the only way to answer it is to look at the roof.
Why does my ZIP code show so few hail events?
Hail falls in narrow swaths, so neighboring ZIP codes genuinely differ. Across this service area NOAA recorded more damaging-wind reports than hail reports, and the hail that does fall is concentrated into a handful of spring days rather than spread through the year.
A hurricane came through and nothing shows for that week. Why?
Because this extract carries the Hail and Thunderstorm Wind event types only. NOAA records tropical-system wind under separate categories, so a hurricane that damaged roofs across the whole region can leave almost no trace in these totals. It is a limitation of the dataset, not evidence about the storm.
Where does the distance come from?
From the geographic center of the ZIP code tabulation area published by the US Census Bureau, to the coordinates on the NOAA report, calculated as a great-circle distance.
How current is it?
The extract behind this page was built on 24 September 2026 and runs to 2 June 2026. NOAA publishes new data monthly, with a lag of a couple of months.
All work is performed by insured local roofing professionals. Texas does not license roofing contractors at state level, so insurance, references and a written scope are what there is to check.