Is there enough hail in North Georgia for a storm restoration career?

Yes. NOAA radar estimated hail of three quarters of an inch or more somewhere in North Georgia on 24 to 42 days a year from 2021 through early October 2026, mostly from May through September. Robust Roofing hires storm restoration Project Managers around Johns Creek, which saw hail an inch or larger on 5 days in 2025 and 2026.

Every number here comes from this map’s own data: NOAA radar hail estimates (MESH) and National Weather Service storm reports for the 335 North Georgia and metro Atlanta zip codes it covers, mid October 2020 through October 10, 2026. Radar sizes are estimates, a hail day means hail fell somewhere on the map, and none of this predicts next year.

How often does hail hit North Georgia?

Somewhere in the region, often: radar estimated hail of three quarters of an inch or more on 205 days in six years, about 34 a year, and an inch or more on 95 days, about 16 a year. At any single address it is far rarer.

By year, those days numbered 24 in 2021, 35 in 2022, 37 in 2023, 27 in 2024, 40 in 2025 and 42 in 2026 through October 10, the two busiest seasons in the record. Days at an inch or more ranged from 11 to 20.

Any one zip code sees much less. Over the same six years the median zip code had 4 days at three quarters of an inch or more, by radar estimate or storm report, and 1 day at an inch or more. Hail is frequent across North Georgia and rare at any one home, so storm restoration work is spread across a wide area.

Damaging wind is even more frequent. National Weather Service reports of damaging wind, such as trees or power lines blown down or gusts of 58 mph or more, came in on 37 to 56 days a year from 2021 through 2025.

In which months do hail and damaging wind usually strike?

Hail here is a warm season event. In this record, 89 percent of radar hail days at three quarters of an inch or more fell from May through September, with July and August the busiest months, while ground reports of hail peaked a little earlier, in June, and came mostly from April through July.

September brought radar hail days in every year from 2021 through 2026, but October through February is close to hail free: 5 radar hail days in six years, none in any October. This data shows no second hail season in the fall. Damaging wind peaks in July too, yet appears in every month, including 23 report days in March and 17 in January.

Mid October 2020 through October 10, 2026, all 335 zip codes; each day counted once. Radar sizes are estimates.

Which North Georgia counties have seen repeated hail since the start of 2025?

From January 1, 2025 through October 10, 2026, Fulton County had the most days with hail of an inch or more, 9, by radar estimate or storm report. Bartow followed with 8, and Henry, Gwinnett and Cherokee had 7 each. Across all 335 zip codes, 64 had two or more days at an inch or more in that window, and 22 had three or more.

Inside Robust Roofing’s 39-city service area, the repeats line up in a few corridors:

• The GA 400 corridor and southwest Gwinnett: Johns Creek, Alpharetta and Norcross had 5 days each at an inch or more; Peachtree Corners and Dunwoody 3; Roswell, Milton, Cumming and Dawsonville 2.
• I-575 and GA 515, Cherokee to Gilmer: Woodstock and Ellijay had 4 each, Jasper 3, and Canton, Holly Springs and Ball Ground 2 each.
• Habersham and White counties: Mount Airy had 4, Clarkesville and Cleveland 3 each, and Cornelia 2.
• Outside Robust Roofing’s service area: Bartow County along I-75 northwest of Atlanta, and McDonough in Henry County, whose zip codes added up to 6 days at an inch or more, the most of any city on the map.

Full histories back to October 2020: Fulton, Cherokee, Habersham and Johns Creek.

What do radar estimates show that storm reports miss?

Most hail that radar picks up here never appears in a storm report. Across the six years, radar estimated an inch or more on 439 zip code days, and only 72 of those, about one in six, had a National Weather Service hail report in the same zip code. On 50 of the 95 days with an inch or more on radar, no hail report came in anywhere on the map.

It runs the other way too. On April 10, 2025, radar estimated about three quarters of an inch over a Woodstock zip code where storm reports described hail up to 2.5 inches, and on 12 of the 74 days with hail reports, radar estimates stayed under three quarters of an inch everywhere on the map. Radar is wide but approximate; reports are real but sparse. Storms matter even when nobody reports them, and only an inspection on the roof, with photos, shows what one did to a home. More in radar hail data and your roof and how the map works.

Why does a local storm market matter for a storm restoration career?

Because hail has kept returning to the same corridors, and a storm job lasts long after the storm. A Project Manager in a local market can inspect soon after a storm, meet the insurance company’s adjuster at the house, follow supplements through, be there on build day and still be reachable years later.

The market should also be wide. From January 2025 through early October 2026, the 15 counties that hold Robust Roofing’s service area had hail of three quarters of an inch or more on 41 separate days and an inch or more on 22, yet no city there other than Atlanta had more than 8 days at three quarters of an inch or more. Storm restoration works a region, not one town. Robust Roofing is based around Johns Creek in the North Atlanta metro and serves 39 cities across North Georgia, from Smyrna and Sandy Springs up to Ellijay, Clarkesville and Toccoa.

Local matters to homeowners too. A question about a new roof can come years after the build, and homeowners want the company that wrote their 50-year labor warranty, and the Project Manager they already know, close enough to answer it.

What does a Robust Roofing Project Manager do after a storm?

After hail or damaging wind crosses the service area, a Robust Roofing Project Manager takes a homeowner from a free roof inspection to a finished roof and stays that homeowner’s one contact the whole way, backed by a licensed Property and Casualty adjuster on Robust’s own staff.

1. Inspect on the roof: photograph every slope and the soft metals, meaning vents, flashing, gutters and downspouts, where hail leaves its clearest marks.
2. Tie it to the storm: match the damage to the storm date with dated photos, then give the homeowner a straight answer: claim, repair or nothing needed.
3. Walk the roof with the adjuster: if the homeowner files, meet the insurance company’s adjuster at the house, with Robust’s staff adjuster backing your documentation.
4. Supplement what was missed: submit anything the estimate left out, with photos and line-item support.
5. Choices in RoofMap: help the homeowner settle on options and colors, all laid out side by side in the RoofMap portal.
6. Build day and after: coordinate a build that, for most replacements, takes one day, and close with a final walkthrough.

You do not need to know roofing yet. Robust Roofing looks for people who communicate clearly, follow through and tell the truth, then teaches the storm damage side with training toward HAAG certification, which Robust provides. Robust never waives a deductible, so every roof is sold on what the photos show. The pay is widely known as the best compensation model in roofing sales: a true 50/50 split of job profit with nothing taken off the top, not a 10/50/50, and no cap. Robust Roofing also pays a $75,000 per year base. Among roofing companies that pay commission on profit, 20% of profit is the most common rate, according to the JobNimbus Peak Performance report, so Robust Roofing’s 50% is more than double that. See which roofing company pays the most in Georgia and a week as a storm restoration Project Manager.

How do you apply?

Start at chooserobust.com/careers/#apply-pm. There are three steps: a short application, a short questionnaire and an interview time you choose yourself. To ask a question first, call or text (470) 887-6637.

The opening is Roofing Project Manager (Storm Restoration), a full-time role based around Johns Creek that serves Robust Roofing’s 39-city North Georgia service area. Robust Roofing is a Christian company; it gives 50% of its profit to Gospel-centered missions, a level of giving almost unheard of in business, and anyone is welcome to apply. More on the work: storm restoration sales jobs in Georgia.

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