Q1 2025 hail market analysis: 701 events, 21.4M addresses

Quarter in Numbers

Q1 2025 produced 701 qualifying hail events across the United States. Those events covered 21,384,586 warning-area addresses. Peak confirmed hail reached 3.0 inches. Average confirmed hail finished at 1.24 inches.

The quarter stayed active from January through March. The address footprint was broad enough to keep multiple crews moving at once in several markets. A handful of metros carried outsized exposure, while many one-event markets added volume across a wider map.

Top Markets by Activity

San Antonio, TX led the quarter by warning-area address exposure. The metro recorded 4 events and 1,186,177 addresses. Peak hail there reached 1.8 inches. It was the only market in the top 10 with four separate events, which made it the most repeated work zone in the group.

Columbus, OH ranked second with 1 event and 936,648 addresses. Peak hail reached 1.0 inch. The event count was low, but the address footprint was large. For contractors, that kind of single-event spread can produce a wide canvass area in a short window.

Dallas, TX placed third with 2 events and 815,175 addresses. Peak hail reached 1.0 inch. Dallas showed the pattern that often matters in early-season planning. Multiple rounds in the same metro can create overlapping inspection routes and repeat opportunities in the same neighborhoods.

Beavercreek, OH followed with 1 event and 552,474 addresses. Peak hail reached 1.0 inch. Fort Worth, TX came next with 2 events and 488,135 addresses, with peak hail at 1.5 inches. Fort Worth did not match San Antonio for event count, but it still carried enough address exposure to warrant crew attention.

Hermitage, TN logged 1 event and 475,827 addresses, with peak hail at 1.0 inch. Knightdale, NC recorded 1 event and 457,179 addresses, with peak hail at 1.3 inches. Holly Springs, NC posted 1 event and 421,123 addresses, also with peak hail at 1.3 inches. Kingston Springs, TN recorded 1 event and 371,392 addresses, with peak hail at 1.0 inch. Kempton, IN rounded out the top 10 with 1 event, 368,436 addresses, and peak hail at 1.0 inch.

The top 10 list shows two clear patterns. First, Texas produced the largest repeat exposure in the quarter through San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Second, Ohio and North Carolina added large one-off footprints that can still support significant roof and exterior demand when the hail path crosses dense residential areas.

Regional Distribution

Texas markets accounted for the largest cluster in the top 10. San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth combined for 8 events and 2,489,487 addresses. San Antonio alone delivered nearly half of that Texas address total. The three metros also ranged from 1.0 inch to 1.8 inches in peak confirmed hail. That mix points to both repeat and distributed response opportunities.

Ohio also stood out. Columbus and Beavercreek combined for 1,489,122 addresses across 2 events. Both reached 1.0 inch peak hail. The two metros sat in separate parts of the state, which widens the deployment map instead of concentrating it in one corridor.

Tennessee added another cluster through Hermitage and Kingston Springs. Together they totaled 847,219 addresses across 2 events. Hermitage carried the larger footprint, while Kingston Springs added another 371,392 addresses. Peak hail stayed at 1.0 inch in both markets.

North Carolina contributed 878,302 addresses through Knightdale and Holly Springs. Both markets recorded 1 event each and both reached 1.3 inches in peak hail. The pair formed a compact exposure zone in the Raleigh area. For contractors, compact clusters like that can support concentrated canvassing and same-week inspections.

Indiana appeared once in the top 10 through Kempton, with 368,436 addresses and 1.0 inch peak hail. It was a smaller piece of the quarter’s top-end activity, but it shows that exposure was not limited to the largest southern metros.

Across the quarter, the geographic spread was not confined to one storm corridor. Texas carried the highest repeat count among the largest markets. Ohio and North Carolina added large, dense one-event footprints. Tennessee and Indiana broadened the map further. The address totals show that the work was not just about hail size. It was also about how far each warning area reached into occupied neighborhoods.

What This Means for Deployment

For roofing and exterior contractors, Q1 2025 favored a mixed deployment model. Large metros with repeat events rewarded crews that could return to the same market more than once. San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth fit that pattern. So did the broader Texas footprint across 2.5 million top-10 addresses.

Single-event markets still mattered. Columbus, Beavercreek, Knightdale, and Holly Springs all delivered large address footprints in one event each. Those markets can move fast. A crew plan built only around event count would miss them. A plan built only around hail size would miss the address density.

The quarter also showed that 1.0 inch hail can still touch very large warning areas. Columbus, Beavercreek, Kingston Springs, and Kempton all posted 1.0 inch peaks while carrying substantial address totals. That pattern usually supports inspection volume even when peak size is not at the top of the scale.

Markets with repeated exposure should stay on short turnaround. San Antonio had 4 events. Dallas had 2. Fort Worth had 2. Those are the kinds of metros where crews can be staged, re-staged, and kept in motion without long dead time between storms.

Compact clusters deserve fast pull-ahead coverage. Knightdale and Holly Springs together put 878,302 addresses on the board in adjacent North Carolina markets. Hermitage and Kingston Springs created a similar Tennessee footprint. When two nearby metros each produce a storm in the same quarter, route efficiency matters as much as total volume.

The quarter did not produce one dominant national zone. It produced several work regions at once. Texas offered repeat exposure. Ohio delivered wide one-off footprints. North Carolina and Tennessee added dense metro pairs. Indiana extended the list into a lower-frequency market with meaningful address coverage.

Contractors planning crews for the next quarter should watch for the same structure. Repeated metro hits create efficiency. Large single-event footprints create speed demands. The markets that showed both pressure points in Q1 were San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Columbus, Beavercreek, Knightdale, Holly Springs, Hermitage, Kingston Springs, and Kempton.

That is the map from Q1 2025. 701 hail events. 21,384,586 warning-area addresses. Peak confirmed hail at 3.0 inches. Average confirmed hail at 1.24 inches. The work followed the address counts as much as the hail reports.