Key numbers
77 verified hail storms with stones of 1.75 inches or larger reached Travis County, which includes Austin, from 1984 to 2025 in the storm records we keep; the largest measured 5 inches (softball size) on May 20, 2011 (NOAA NCEI).
| Hail storms by decade, 1984 to 2025 | 1980s: 8, 1990s: 16, 2000s: 24, 2010s: 13, 2020s: 16 Source: NOAA NCEI |
|---|---|
| Largest hail | 5 in. (softball), May 20, 2011 Source: NOAA NCEI |
| Costliest hail storm | $160 million insured losses (2006 dollars), April 20, 2006 Source: Insurance Journal |
| 20 | NAHB's 2007 study puts gutter life at more than 50 years for copper and 20 years for aluminum. Source: National Association of Home Builders / Bank of America Home Equity, 2007 |
| About 620 | One inch of rain on a 1,000-square-foot roof produces about 620 gallons of water that gutters must carry away. Source: Texas A&M AgriLife |
| 10 | In a 2019 IBHS ember-storm test, the half of a house with cedar siding, vinyl gutters and bark mulch ignited after 10 minutes, while the half with fiber cement siding, metal gutters and gravel survived. Source: IIBEC, 2019 |
A storm counts when NOAA lists a report in Travis County. Each hail size is the storm's largest report in the seven Austin-area counties, which may have fallen in a neighboring county, and insured losses cover every area the storm hit.
Our Austin roofing services are storm damage repair, roof repair, full roof replacement, residential roofs in asphalt, metal, tile, slate, and synthetic cedar, commercial roofing, and gutters. We work across Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties from our office at 13341 W US Hwy 290, and every project starts with a free Austin roof inspection.
Match the service to the problem
- Hail or a wind storm: storm damage repair, including emergency tarping. Our guide to steps to take after a storm damages your Austin roof covers the first 48 hours.
- A leak, or shingles cracking and curling from the heat: roof repair.
- An old roof at the end of its life: roof replacement. See what a roof replacement costs in Austin.
- Water pouring over the gutters in a downpour: gutters.
Residential roofing
- Residential roofing for Austin-area homes.
- Asphalt shingle roofing, including impact-resistant shingles.
- Metal roofing. Read what a metal roof costs in Austin.
- Tile roofing, slate roofing, and synthetic cedar roofing.
Commercial roofing
Commercial roofing for multi-family buildings, churches, retail centers, warehouses, storage facilities, industrial buildings, and hospitals: repair, replacement, maintenance plans, TPO, EPDM, PVC, and modified bitumen systems, roof coatings, and commercial metal and shingle roofs.
Gutters
Gutter installation: seamless, K-style, half-round, box-style, and sectional gutters, plus gutter guards.
The Texas rules we follow
Texas law bars any contractor from offering to waive, rebate, or absorb your insurance deductible, and it does not let a roofer act as your public adjuster. We document damage so nothing gets missed in the scope and leave the claim with you. We are veteran-owned, family-run since 1990, an Owens Corning Platinum Preferred contractor with 650+ Google reviews. Financing is available. Back to the Austin overview.
Sources: City of Austin, Work Exempt from Building Permits; Texas Department of Insurance.
