New Roof

We just spent over 9 grand on a new roof. How do you make it rain? You wash your car. How do you make it hail? You buy a new roof.

Okay, so how often does it actually hail in Athens? Not that much. Lately, about once a year, according to data from this site. We had one hail storm in 2014, one in 2012, two in 2011, and so on except for 1999 and 1998, when there were several. The average time for hail is 3:58 p.m.

May is the month with the most hail storms historically (10), followed by April (9), and June (6). In other words, our brand new roof faces the worst time for hail. Sigh.

Or, if you like lots of data, follow Athens through time...

Date	Time	Amount
5/12/1971	15:23	0.75 in.
3/28/1984	14:50	1.00 in.
5/2/1984	17:50	1.00 in.
5/4/1987	15:00	0.75 in.
4/28/1990	13:45	0.75 in.
4/29/1991	15:30	1.00 in.
3/19/1992	12:42	0.75 in.
5/19/1993	7:50	1.50 in.
5/6/1996	18:00	0.75 in.
4/22/1997	13:56	1.75 in.
4/22/1997	14:35	0.75 in.
4/28/1997	15:35	0.75 in.
8/17/1997	16:23	1.00 in.
4/3/1998	17:39	1.00 in.
4/8/1998	22:11	0.75 in.
5/7/1998	10:00	1.75 in.
5/7/1998	10:15	0.88 in.
5/7/1998	18:15	1.75 in.
5/7/1998	18:32	1.75 in.
6/19/1998	11:50	0.75 in.
6/24/1998	21:48	0.75 in.
7/20/1998	15:30	0.88 in.
5/13/1999	16:05	0.75 in.
6/4/1999	16:22	1.75 in.
6/4/1999	16:40	2.75 in.
8/20/1999	18:25	1.00 in.
8/20/1999	18:30	1.75 in.
2/21/2005	19:30	1.00 in.
4/13/2005	15:05	0.88 in.
8/17/2007	14:55	0.75 in.
7/21/2008	19:08	0.88 in.
4/14/2009	8:48	0.75 in.
6/24/2011	17:33	0.75 in.
6/26/2011	18:35	1.00 in.
3/16/2012	19:45	0.75 in.
10/9/2014	18:35	1.00 in.

By the way, I don't remember that 2014 hail storm, but to have hail in October, that's just weird. Indeed, it's the only time since 1950 that we've recorded hail in October -- and there's never even been hail in September.