2026 Hail Storm Tracker for MD and PA

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Hail Storms Reported in Carroll County, MD

Date: 7/5/2026

Hail was reported in or near Finksburg, MD and Reese, MD, both of which are located in Carroll County. Both reports listed the hail stone diameter at 1 inch. (Source: NOAA Storm Reports)

Carroll County has been a bit of a hot bed recently when it comes to hail storms, including a couple storms reported in 2024. JP Construction performed siding replacement (replacing damaged aluminum siding with premium vinyl siding) on several homes in Hampstead, MD as a result. Those homes had aluminum siding which was damaged from the storm. Those homeowners were able to upgrade their siding for the cost of their deductible.

As is almost always the case, these current hail storms (7/5/26) were likely accompanied by high winds with several reports of high winds coming out of surrounding MD and PA counties.

Both wind and hail can damage your home's exterior. If your Carroll County (Finksburg, Reese or surrounding) home was in the line of the July 5, 2026 storm, be sure to contact a qualified exterior replacement contractor that has experience in insurance storm damage claims and repairs to inspect your home.

Your home's exterior is your home's first line of defense and a large part of your home's first impression. You don't want to pay more later for not acting now, and you don't want to get left behind when your neighbors start getting new roofs, siding and gutters. Call JP Construction at (877) 846-9566 to schedule your free hail or wind damage inspection for your roof or siding, or schedule your free inspection online.

Hail storm reported in Chester County, PA

Date: 6/22/2026

Along with hail reports in nearby southern New Jersey, there was a 1-inch hail storm reported near Upper Uwchlan Township.

The Chester County area is no stranger to strong storms and hail, with reports coming from that region of PA. 2014 was a year in which a large hail event occurred throughout several areas of PA, and while many contractors flocked to Reading, PA, JP Construction ended up performing several roof and siding replacements actually in West Chester.

This storm was not reported in West Chester, but rather approximately 1 mile north of Upper Uwchlan Twp.

It is important to note that hail likely occurred in other nearby areas, but was either too small to warrant a report, or was simply not reported. The neighboring townships of South Coventry Township, West Vincent Township, Uwchlan Township, Wallace Township, East Nantmeal Township and West Nantmeal Township all could have had hail.

Along with the hail storms were several reports of high winds throughout many regions of PA, including Delaware Bucks, Montgomery, and yes, Chester County. In Chester County, the wind reports came from or near Marshallton, West Marlborough and Chesterton.

What type damage can this type of storm cause?

1-inch or similar size hail will likely not damage most modern asphalt roofing shingles, but it can certainly damage soft metals on a home's exterior. This can include guttering, exposed metal roof flashing, aluminum trim capping (like on windows and fascia), and aluminum siding.

While generally cosmetic in nature, a pattern of denting along certain aluminum-sided elevations of a home's exterior after a hail event is commonplace and is covered under most policies. However, these dents often go unnoticed because the natural lighting isn't always helpful in spotting them and because a given storm may only affect 1-2 sides of a given home.

If your house was in the line of the recent hail and wind storm events that occurred in Chester County, PA, and you have aluminum siding, it is important to get your house inspected by a professional ASAP. Protect your investment. Call JP Construction today at (877) 846-9566 to schedule your free hail damage inspection or schedule online now.

Hail storm reported near Malvern, PA

Date: 5/20/2026

A severe thunderstorm moved through portions of Chester County on May 20, 2026, producing reports of 1-inch (quarter-sized) hail near Malvern along with damaging winds across several nearby communities. The storm tracked through eastern Chester County during the late afternoon and was part of a larger line of severe weather that affected southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and southern New Jersey.

Although the official hail report came from the Malvern area, hail often falls outside of the exact location where it is reported. Communities such as East Whiteland Township, Charlestown Township, Willistown Township, Tredyffrin Township, East Goshen Township, West Whiteland Township, West Chester, and surrounding areas may have experienced hail as well, even if no official report was submitted.

In addition to the hail, numerous reports of damaging winds were received throughout Chester County. Downed trees, power lines, and utility outages were reported in several locations as the storms moved east across the county.

What type of damage can this type of storm cause?

Quarter-sized hail will typically not damage most modern asphalt roofing shingles, but it can easily dent many softer exterior materials. Aluminum siding, aluminum trim capping, gutters, downspouts, fascia wrapping, roof vents, and other exposed metal surfaces are all susceptible to hail damage.

One of the challenges with aluminum siding is that hail damage often isn't obvious from the ground. Depending on the direction of the storm and the angle of the sun, dents may only appear on one or two elevations of the home and can be nearly impossible to spot without the proper lighting and experience.

If your home was in or near the path of the May 20 storm and has aluminum siding or other soft metal exterior components, it's worth having the property inspected by a professional. Hail damage is often cosmetic but is commonly covered by homeowners insurance. JP Construction offers free hail damage inspections throughout Chester County. Call (877) 846-9566 or schedule your inspection online today.

Severe winds sweep across parts of MD and PA.

Date: 3/16/2026

There were no reported tornadoes or hail events, but there were several reports of high winds throughout the region, including 43 reports of high winds within our service area.

The first grouping of reports came early and included many towns in Montgomery County and Carroll County, MD, along with a couple in York County, PA and one in each of Frederick, Howard and Baltimore Counties, MD.

The second wave brought high more high winds to Montgomery County (Potomac, Rockville) and Carroll County (Uniontown, Harney), MD along with additional reports of high winds to Anne Arundel County (Millersville, Galesville) and Harford County, MD, with Abingdon reporting 58mph wind speed. In PA, Lancaster County (Lititz, Gap) and Chester County (Glenmoore, Malvern) both saw some high winds.

See the full list here.

First hailstorms reported in Pennsylvania in 2026.

Date: 3/11/2026 (March 11, 2026)

There were essentially 4 reports, though an additional Everson storm of 1.50 inches is listed on NOAA. Regardless, all of these hailstorms took place in Western PA, outside of our service area. But since this was the first reported hailstorm action in either MD or PA, we decided to make this our first update.

End Updates

Though there's still some snow still on the ground as this post gets written, it will soon be heating up, Spring will arrive, and once again a new storm will be upon us. Not everyone knows that it hails mainly during the late Spring and Summer months throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania. Though hail is indeed a type of ice, it is not a winter phenomenon.

4 Surprising Facts About Hail

Hail usually occurs within special cases of severe thunderstorms. So, during many of the upcoming thunderstorms that will likely occur in May, June, July, August, and even September of 2026, there will also likely be warnings of high winds and hail, and within certain locations, it will indeed hail.

How Hail Damages Your Home

Most hail that occurs in Maryland and Eastern Pennsylvania is small, but we get our fair share of larger hails as well, with some hail being the size of golf balls, or larger. Needless to say, hail of this size can and does damage exteriors of homes: roofing, siding, gutters, trim capping, shutters, and sometimes even windows.

• Roofing

Hail damage to asphalt (3-tab or architectural) roofing looks like a bunch of impression marks on the shingles. These are the spots where hail struck the shingle to the extent that a certain amount of the asphalt granules were removed from the shingle. If you have sufficient hail impressions on your roof, it is damaged and requires replacement.

Why You Should Hire an Experienced Hail Damage Contractor

• Siding

Hail damage to siding in Maryland and Pennsylvania typically means damage to aluminum or vinyl siding. Hail of 1 inch or even smaller can damage aluminum siding by making dents along certain elevations of a home. For vinyl siding, it generally takes a larger hailstone to damage it. Vinyl doesn't dent as such, but large hail could cause holes or cracks along panels of certain elevations of the siding.

• Gutters/Trim Capping

Gutters and trim capping are almost always some type of aluminum product and can therefore both become dented rom hail. Older shutters can be aluminum as well, and are therefore also susceptible to denting, but most shutters are a form of vinyl. Again, it takes larger hail to damage vinyl products, but severe hail can crack vinyl shutters, especially if of the louvered variety.

Why a Good Guttering System Is Crucial For Your Home

• Windows

Cracks or holes in windows can occur, but this is rare. Very large dense hail is required to break modern windows, but it's not impossible, and those types of storms have affected MD and PA in the past, and will continue to do so in the future.

Counties We Are Tracking Hailstorms For

This page will be used to document all the hailstorms that occur in 2026 within the MD and PA counties where we offer our services. Our service area is:

Maryland Service Area

• Anne Arundel County, MD

• Baltimore County, MD

• Carroll County, MD

• Cecil County, MD

• Frederick County, MD

• Harford County, MD

• Howard County, MD

• Montgomery County, MD

Pennsylvania Service Area

• Chester County, PA

• Lancaster County, PA

• York County, PA

Prior Storms in MD and PA Serviced by JP Construction

In Maryland, Harford County, Carroll County and Anne Arundel County saw the most hailstorm action in 2025. Carroll County saw some severe storms in 2025 as well. We have serviced many homes that sustained roofing and siding damage from those storms. We also serviced Fredrick County in 2018-2019 and Anne Arundel County in 2020-2024.

In Pennsylvania, we serviced York County many moons ago in 2008 when a large storm went through that area of Southern/Southeastern PA. After a large storm in 2014, we worked extensively in Chester County. That was the same year that a severe storm swept though the Reading area of PA which was large enough to cause holes and cracks in windows. And, it seems like every other year that Lancaster County gets hit. We've worked in that area since 2006. Owner Joe Paoletti even lived in Lancaster for a few years from 2006-2008.

Much of our work throughout these areas have been focused on the replacement of damaged aluminum siding. But we have also performed plenty of roofing and gutter replacements as well. Every storm, neighborhood and house is different.

Where will it storm in 2026?

No one can predict exactly where a storm will hit, but with modern tracking technology and services, when it does hail, people know about it. Maybe it will hail in Montgomery County. JP Construction Services Owner, Joe Paoletti, grew up in Poolesville, MD, and went to high school in the Potomac/Bethesda area. If a large storm goes through that area, many of the larger roofs in the county could sustain substantial damage. Many of these roofs consist of high-end designer architectural shingles, or other specialty roofing shingles.

What really happens after a Severe hailstorm hits Maryland?

Maybe Howard County will see some hailstorms in 2026. Laurel and Columbia are loaded with neighborhoods that have houses with aluminum siding. If hail affects these areas, there could be a tremendous amount of insurance-approved siding replacements that take place.

Or, maybe we'll continue to see some of the more recent hailstorm hotbeds stay in the line of fire. In Harford County, Fallston is a town not far from Bel Air (which got hit in 2025) with large homes. If these roofs get struck by hail, roof replacement may be necessary.

Maybe Millersville gets hit this year. With larger homes, including plenty with aluminum siding, a storm that goes through Millersville and other parts of Anne Arundel County could spur a siding replacement frenzy.

Closing Remarks

In an effort to help potential customers find information about hail events in their area, we've decided to track and post all relevant hail events. We will update this page for every hailstorm that occurs in 2026 in any of our MD and PA service area counties.

We will only be tracking and posting hail events documented at 1 inch or greater. We'll be using NOAA's website as the primary source for this.

Stay tuned for future 2026 hailstorm updates!