Hail and wind first, tropical remnants and ice after
Charlotte sees its most active severe weather from late spring into summer, when Gulf moisture meets fronts moving off the mountains and produces damaging thunderstorms, hail, and wind. The city sits well inland, but remnants of tropical systems still reach the Piedmont during hurricane season from June through November and bring sustained rain and wind. Winter adds occasional ice and freezing rain events that knock out power and stress roofs, gutters, and pipes.