NOAA Storm Events, 2015 to 2025
How Often Does It Hail in Comal County, Texas?
Red Roan Construction serves Comal County, home of New Braunfels, within its South Texas service area. NOAA's storm record shows hail reported on 32 different days in Comal County from 2015 through 2025, about 2.9 days a year, and 65 of the 79 reports were an inch or larger.
Comal County had no hail reports in 2018 or 2020, then 14 in 2023.
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The Plain Answer for Comal County
Comal County gets hail on about 2.9 days a year. The record has 32 hail days across the eleven years, which is more than Kendall County and Guadalupe County and well under Bexar County. Two years, 2018 and 2020, have no hail report at all.
The recent years run heavier, with 2023 the peak at 14 reports. Anyone who judges the risk by those two quiet years is reading the wrong part of the record.
- Hail reports
- 79
- Hail days
- 32
- One inch or larger
- 65
- Largest stone
- 2.75 in
- Wind reports
- 33
Comal County Hail Reports by Year
Yearly Table
| Year | Hail reports | Hail 1 inch or larger | Thunderstorm wind reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 2023 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Total | 79 | 65 | 33 |
The early bars are low, which makes Comal look mild, but 2021 through 2025 each have hail on the books: 11 reports in 2021, 7 in 2022, 14 in 2023, 13 in 2024 and 7 last year.
Most of the stones were big. 65 of the 79 reports, 82 percent, were an inch or larger, and just 14 were smaller.
How Big Were the Largest Stones in Comal County?
| Date | Reported size |
|---|---|
| 30 April 2016 | 2.75 inches |
| 30 April 2016 | 2 inches |
| 23 March 2021 | 2 inches |
| 21 March 2022 | 2 inches |
| 16 April 2015 | 1.75 inches |
The largest stone in the county's record is 2.75 inches, reported on 30 April 2016. It is the only one of the four counties where the largest stone fell before 2021. 4 Comal County reports were two inches or larger, and three of them, at 2 inches, came on 30 April 2016, 23 March 2021 and 21 March 2022.
2 March 2023 is the busiest hail day in the county with 9 reports, followed by 28 April 2021 and 21 March 2022 at 5 each.
The Heaviest Hail Days
| Date | Hail reports that day |
|---|---|
| 2 March 2023 | 9 |
| 28 April 2021 | 5 |
| 21 March 2022 | 5 |
What About Thunderstorm Wind in Comal County?
Comal County has the strongest wind gust of the four, 87 knots, from 33 thunderstorm wind reports. Guadalupe County has more reports (58) but a lower top gust, 70 knots. All 33 of these rows met NOAA's 50 knot line or the damage test, so none is a light breeze.
Which Months Bring Hail to Comal County?
| Month | Days with a hail report, 2015 to 2025 |
|---|---|
| January | 0 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 6 |
| April | 13 |
| May | 8 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 0 |
| August | 0 |
| September | 0 |
| October | 0 |
| November | 0 |
| December | 0 |
| All months | 32 |
Comal hail days sit in a tight window. All 32 fell from March through June. April leads with 13 days, then May with 8.
Why Check Gutters Before the Shingles After Comal Hail?
We look at gutters and downspouts first after a storm. They are soft metal, so a hail hit leaves a dent with a clear edge that nobody argues about, and the evaluation covers them for that reason.
Then we go on to the shingles, flashing, drip edge, pipe boots and vents. Every finding is photographed. The written report sorts them into what needs work now, what can wait and what is routine upkeep, and the homeowner decides what happens next.
The full process is on the storm damage repair services and free roof evaluation process pages, and the free hail inspection and claim guide walks through the Texas claim steps.
Towns and Counties Nearby
Comal County has two towns with their own pages, each counted inside a ten mile circle. Selma touches Comal County too:
Roofing in New BraunfelsRoofing in BulverdeRoofing in Selma All four counties
Bexar County hail recordKendall County hail recordGuadalupe County hail record
Get a Comal County Roof Looked at After the Next Storm
The visit costs nothing and the photographed report stays with you. Call (830) 388-1502 or use the form, and tell us which storm you want the roof checked against.
Get an Instant EstimateFrequently Asked Questions
How often does it hail in Comal County?
Roughly 2.9 days a year, or 32 hail days across the eleven years NOAA covers here. Two years, 2018 and 2020, had no hail reports at all and 2023 had 14, so one quiet year says very little about the next.
How big was the largest hail in Comal County?
2.75 inches, reported on 30 April 2016. 4 reports were two inches or larger, and 65 of the 79 were an inch or more, the figure shown in the one-inch column of the table above.
Does New Braunfels get more hail than San Antonio?
Not on raw counts: 79 reports here against 302 in Bexar. Bexar is bigger and has far more people filing reports, so the town pages count a ten mile circle around each place for a fairer look.
When is hail season in Comal County?
March through June. Every hail day on record landed in those four months, 13 of them in April and 8 in May. Getting the roof checked in February or early March puts the baseline ahead of the season.
Does Red Roan Construction check roofs in Comal County?
Yes. Comal County is inside the South Texas service area, New Braunfels included. The evaluation is free, every finding is photographed in the written report, and installed work carries a 5-year workmanship warranty.
Where These Numbers Come From
Hail and thunderstorm wind rows come from the NOAA Storm Events Database detail files for 2015 through 2025, filtered to Texas and saved in this site's repository. A report counts for Comal County when NOAA files it under that county. A hail day is a calendar date with at least one hail report in the county, so the day count is lower than the report count. Hail sizes are the reported stone diameter in inches, and wind speeds are in knots, as NOAA records them. Reports come from spotters, emergency managers, the public and the weather service, so they follow where people are as well as where hail fell. Downloaded 17 October 2026. A recompute script re-reads the saved file and fails the site build checks if a printed number changes.
Sources
- National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database (detail files), hail and thunderstorm wind events, 2015 to 2025. Downloaded 17 October 2026.
- National Weather Service, Instruction 10-1605, Storm Data Preparation: thunderstorm wind events start at gusts of 50 knots (58 mph) or wind damage, and hail size is recorded in hundredths of an inch.
- Texas Department of Insurance, what to do after hail or wind: photograph and list the damage inside and outside the house before repairs.
- Red Roan Construction's own pages for roof evaluations and about us: the free evaluation, the written report and the 5-year workmanship warranty.