Hays County
Kyle, Texas Roofing & Property Protection
Documentation before decisions. The Roof Shepherd serves Kyle with documented field inspection, condition records, and homeowner education, no sales pressure.
Updated November 1, 2026
Read This First
The short version
- Kyle, in Hays County, is about 42 miles and 53 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 17 times near Kyle from 2000 to 2026, 115th of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2025 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 5 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 2.75 inches on May 22.
- The median home in Kyle was built in 2009, and 5 percent of homes here were built before 1990.
- One of its three nearest neighbors had more large hail.
Call or text 512-575-5052 or use Get Help to start with a documented inspection in Kyle, Hays County.
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Kyle At A Glance
What homeowners in Kyle should know
How Kyle ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
Kyle, in Hays County, is about 42 miles and 53 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. Roofing permit rules are set locally, and Texas has no statewide roofing license, so we confirm the rules for your address before work starts.
Growth & Construction
Kyle sits within Hays County, an area that has seen ongoing residential growth across Central Texas. New construction and resale inspections both benefit from a documented condition review before any roofing decision. U.S. Census data puts Kyle near 57,000 residents and ranks it among the fastest-growing cities in Texas, with mostly newer suburban housing whose first roofs are now aging into their replacement window.
Hail & Storm Exposure
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 17 times within ten miles of Kyle from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 115th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 32nd of 71 in the region around Round Rock.
The Homes Here
The median home in Kyle was built in 2009, and 5 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 90 percent have older homes than Kyle.
Common Roofing Issues
Kyle’s production housing boom has brought standardized roofing packages. Builder-grade architectural shingles in this market often perform below their rated lifespan due to installation pace.
Kyle Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near Kyle, in Hays County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
Kyle’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 3 inch hail at San Marcos Lowman Ar on May 9, 2024, 2.75 inch hail at Niederwald on May 22, 2025, and 1 inch hail in Kyle on March 23, 2025. 26 thunderstorm wind events sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here: May and April. Across Hays County as a whole, NOAA logged 63 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 3 inches, plus 37 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 4 tornado reports.
Worth Knowing
Kyle is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States: population increased over 400% since 2000, driven by IH-35 access and Austin’s housing market pressure.
Local Note
Kyle is home to Plum Creek, one of Hays County’s most established planned communities, featuring walking trails along a restored creek corridor.
What the storm record means locally
Storm facts were checked against NOAA and National Weather Service records and local news from the time.
On record
What has actually fallen on Kyle
69 hail events are on record within ten miles of Kyle, the largest 4.50 inches on March 16, 2000.
Reading the public storm record
To see the days radar recorded hail near your own address, use our hail history lookup.
| Hail events on record | 69 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 17 |
| Largest stone recorded | 4.50 in · March 16, 2000 |
| Busiest year | 2025 · 12 events |
| Most common months | May and April |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 104 mph · June 2, 2003 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 134 days · 2000-2026 · largest signature 4.00 in |
| Preliminary reports, last 12 months | 1 report of 1 in or larger · largest 1.00 in on June 2, 2026 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database · Hays County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the Kyle centroid. Counts are reported events, so they undercount: a stone that fell where nobody reported it is not in the record.
Checked November 1, 2026 against two feeds that do not share the archive's bias: radar hail signatures from the NEXRAD hail detection algorithm (NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory, same 10 mile radius, 2000-2026), counted as days with a signature of one inch or larger, and the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary reports for the last 12 months, which are unreviewed and never a competing total. A radar day and a reported event are different units and are not expected to match: the archive needs a witness and undercounts, radar needs none and can flag hail that melted before it landed. What fell on one roof is settled by a documented inspection, not by any of these counts.
Year by year
Hail in Kyle, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near Kyle, newest first, from the weather archive.
Twenty seasons, one row each
One row per year, newest first. Each row counts the hail reports of one inch or larger within ten miles of Kyle, from the National Weather Service archive. 46 reports from 2006 to 2025, 15 of them at or above 1.75 inches, golf ball size. Counting only stones of one inch or larger, the busiest year in this table was 2025. If you owned your roof through any of these dates, the row is the reason to know what it took.
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 2.75 in · May 22 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 3.00 in · May 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in · March 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · May 5 |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 | 2.00 in · April 28 |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 27 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1.50 in · April 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 23 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · March 18 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 | 1.75 in · May 27 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 29 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · September 29 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 in · April 20 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail events 2006 through 2025 within 10 miles of the Kyle centroid. Reports are observer-driven, so a stone that fell where nobody reported it is not in the record, and small towns are undercounted relative to cities. Full calendar years only; the current year is not shown until it is complete.
Hays County Storm Record
Documented storm exposure in Kyle
The worst hail seasons near Kyle from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Hail Frequency
NOAA storm records log 37 hail events within 10 miles of Kyle since 2018, 9 of them inside the city’s immediate 6 mile ring. Inside that 6 mile ring, the largest verified stone measured 2.5 inches on May 22, 2025; across the full 10 mile window, the largest was 3 inches on May 9, 2024. Since 2018, hail here peaks in May and April.
Largest Recorded
The defining Hays County disaster is the May 2015 Memorial Day flood: the Blanco River at Wimberley rose more than 20 feet in an hour to a record crest above 40 feet, destroying more than 320 homes countywide. Spring hail and damaging wind also reach San Marcos, Kyle, and Buda (NWS Austin/San Antonio).
The worst hail seasons near Kyle, 2006 to 2025
- 2025: 5 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2.75 inches on May 22
- 2024: 4 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 3 inches on May 9
- 2021: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2 inches on April 28
Neighborhood Exposure
Active neighborhoods in Kyle: Plum Creek, 6 Creeks, Waterleaf, Anthem, Post Oak. Hail exposure changes with lot height, tree cover and open ground nearby. A record of your block beats an estimate for the whole area.
How these figures are corroborated
Hail data sourced from NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) filtered reports. Reports reflect spotter-confirmed events of 1″ or larger within 10 miles of city center. Not a formal risk assessment.
Verified Storm Record
Verified hail, wind, and flood history for Hays County and the Central Texas Hill Country, the region Kyle sits in. Roof condition changes with every storm season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
May 22 tennis ball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.5 inch hail in Kyle on May 22, 2025, a tennis ball size stone.
May 9 teacup size hail
NOAA verifies 3 inch hail at San Marcos Lowman Airport on May 9, 2024, a teacup size stone.
April 1 sub severe hail
NOAA verifies 0.88 inch hail in Kyle on April 1, 2016, a sub severe stone.
March 16 softball size hail
NOAA verifies 4.5 inch hail at San Marcos on March 16, 2000, a softball size stone.
Where these figures come from
Figures drawn from public NOAA, National Weather Service, U.S. Census, and Texas Department of Insurance records and contemporaneous reporting. Not a formal risk assessment.
Live NOAA record Since September 2024, NOAA has logged 12 hail reports within 10 miles of Kyle, 6 of them inside 6 miles. The largest measured 2.75 inches on May 22, 2025, about 6.1 miles away. Damaging wind has been reported 2 times in the same period, most recently 59 mph on June 2, 2026. These are NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary reports covering September 30, 2024 to October 29, 2026. A report near a property confirms hail fell nearby. It does not confirm that any particular roof was damaged, and it is not a coverage determination.
About Kyle
Local ground truth for Kyle properties
Kyle sits in Hays County in Central Texas. NOAA storm records log 37 hail events within ten miles since 2018. The largest stone in the full NOAA archive, 2000 to 2026, measured 4.5″ on March 16, 2000.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in Kyle are likely to be
Census figures on when Kyle homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
Kyle has 19,225 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 2009. 14 percent were built before 2000 and 5 percent before 1990; 44 percent have been built since 2010. This is young housing. Most roofs here are first roofs, inside their rated life, and the question for them is not age but what the hail seasons above have done to a roof that has never been replaced.
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 2020 or later | 1,251 | 7% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 7,280 | 38% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 7,959 | 41% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 1,699 | 9% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 430 | 2% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 185 | 1% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 295 | 2% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 0 | 0% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 104 | 1% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 22 | 0% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Kyle city. ACS figures are estimates with published margins of error; shares are rounded to whole percents. Year built is the structure, not the roof: it says when the first roof went on, not whether it is still there.
Roofer Near Kyle
Everything we cover in Kyle
All the work we do, in Kyle and in all of Hays County.
What we cover in Kyle
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in Kyle and across Hays County. Kyle, in Hays County, is about 42 miles and 53 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in Kyle
Every service below is available to Kyle homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
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How service works in Kyle
How far Kyle is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
Kyle, in Hays County, is about 42 miles and 53 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your Kyle roof and writes down what he sees before anyone talks repair or replacement. If you go ahead, The Roof Shepherd runs the job from contract to walkthrough. Our project delivery page explains who does what.
Local Conditions
What is different about working on Kyle homes
Kyle side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Kyle sits in Hays County. Counting hail reports of every size, the NOAA Storm Events archive logs 68 hail reports within ten miles of Kyle from 2000 to 2026, 17 of them at or above 1.75 inches, golf ball size, the size generally associated with roof damage. The largest stone in that record measured 4.5 inches. Counting reports of every size, 2025 was the busiest year in that record, with 12 reports. Activity concentrates in May and April. The strongest recorded wind gust nearby reached 104 mph on June 2, 2003.
The largest hail recorded near Kyle, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | 2.75″ |
| May 9, 2024 | 3.0″ |
| March 16, 2000 | 4.5″ |
Useful locally: City of Kyle official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for Kyle before scheduling work.
Storm figures: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events within a 10 mile radius, 2000 to 2026. Windstorm territory per Texas Windstorm Insurance Association county designations.
The rules here
Roof permits and code in Kyle
What the city's own documents say about a re-roof permit and code here, and the date they were read.
What the city's documents show
Kyle says a permit is required before any construction inside city limits, and notes its list of examples is not complete. The building page does not name roofing, so confirm with the Building Department.
Kyle requires the permit applicant and every subcontractor to hold a current city registration. The city lists the 2021 International Residential Code among its adopted codes.
Read at the city's own pages and code on October 14, 2026. The city's current document governs if it changes, so we confirm the rule for your address before work starts. Our permits and codes by city page explains how Texas cities set these rules.
Exterior & Painting
What Kyle homeowners should know about exterior work
Get the roof documented first, since a roof visit often turns up fascia, gutter and trim damage.
Local Paint & Exterior Note
Kyle’s production homes used identical builder exterior palettes. Homeowners repainting for differentiation need complete surface prep to avoid trapping builder-grade primer failures.
Sequence Matters
Get the roof documented first. Painting and exterior repairs come after. Condition notes from a roof visit often surface fascia rot, gutter separation, and trim damage that affect painting scope and cost before a single brush stroke is applied.
Google Reviews
Homeowner Reviews
Our roof was damaged during one of the first rain storms in June. Shingles were gone and water was literally pouring into the house. We called Roof Shepherds and they came out that morning, documented the damage, and placed tarps on the roof. Given the amount of rain we later had, we so appreciated this temporary and effective repair.
They also worked with the insurance company documenting our claim and did a beautiful job on the final repairs. These folks were supportive, competent, and a pleasure to work with.
Owner Response
Betty, thank you for taking the time to share your experience. When a roof is actively allowing water into the home, getting it protected quickly is the first priority. I’m glad we were able to come out that morning, document the storm damage, and complete the emergency roof patch and temporary protection before the additional rain arrived.
It was also a pleasure coming back to complete the follow-up roof repairs and provide the documentation needed for your insurance claim. Thank you for trusting us with your home and for allowing us to help you through the process.
We truly appreciate the recommendation and are grateful to have been your roofing contractor in Kyle, Texas.
We needed a full roof replacement on our home here in Kyle, Texas after the recent storms. Because we have solar panels, we were worried about the process, but David and the team at The Roof Shepherd handled the entire solar detach and reset flawlessly alongside the new roof. His crew arrived right on time, worked hard, and left the yard completely spotless. It is hard to find honest contractors who can handle complex jobs like this, and I highly recommend them.
Owner Response
Brent, thank you for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful review. We appreciate you trusting The Roof Shepherd with your full roof replacement in Kyle, Texas, especially with the added coordination required for the solar panel detach and reset. Complex roofing jobs require clear communication, careful scheduling, and a crew that respects the property from start to finish. I’m glad everything went smoothly and that the yard was left spotless. Thank you again for the recommendation and for allowing us to help after the recent storms.
I cannot think of a more fitting name for roofing contractor David Rodrigues than “The Roof Shepherd.” David was involved in every aspect of this process, start to finish, including a thorough inspection upon completion. By definition, a shepherd carefully guides or helps one navigate a complex process. He did exactly that! I walked away not only with a beautiful new roof, but also with the peace of mind and confidence of knowing I had made the right decision—choosing this company and selecting the right roof to withstand the storms in my area, while also making a smart investment in my home. David’s attention to detail was unmatched by any other roofing professional I met. He provided excellent customer service from start to finish, and I truly appreciated his guidance throughout the process. I am grateful for the outstanding experience and would confidently recommend The Roof Shepherd to anyone looking for quality roofing service.
Owner Response
Deborah, thank you for such a thoughtful review. Your description of what it means to be “The Roof Shepherd” captures exactly how I approach this work: personally guiding homeowners through every decision, staying involved from the initial inspection through the final quality-control walkthrough, and making sure the finished roofing system is built for the home, not merely installed and forgotten.
For your roof replacement in Kyle, Texas, we selected a GAF Timberline UHDZ Class 4 roofing system in Pewter Gray for its appearance, hail-resistance classification, long-term protection, and value as an investment in the home. The completed system includes all-metal roofing accessories, properly configured turbine ventilation, and GAF Golden Pledge Limited Warranty coverage.
Once the existing roof was removed, we also discovered and replaced a substantial amount of rotten wood decking. Correcting that deterioration before installing the new system was essential to restoring a sound foundation for the roof. Despite the additional decking work, our team completed the project in one day and followed it with a thorough final inspection.
I sincerely appreciate the trust you placed in me and the opportunity to guide you through the process. Knowing that you finished the project with both a beautiful roof and confidence in your decision is the result I work toward for every homeowner.
David, The Roof Shepherd
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Nearby cities we also serve
The Roof Shepherd also documents and serves these nearby Texas communities. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of Kyle, and each hail figure is the count of NOAA-verified hail events within 10 miles of that city since 2018:
Field Videos
From the field in Kyle
Real inspections and real conditions, documented on site in Kyle.
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Watch on YouTubeKyle FAQs
Common questions in Kyle
Does The Roof Shepherd serve Kyle regularly?
Yes. Kyle is about 42 miles and 53 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Hays County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit Kyle?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 17 times within ten miles of Kyle from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 115th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 32nd of 71 in the region around Round Rock. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 4.5 inches, on March 16, 2000.
When is hail season in Kyle?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of Kyle came most often in May and April. The busiest single year in that record was 2025, with 12 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in Kyle?
2025 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 5 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 2.75 inches on May 22. The table on this page lists every year.
How does Kyle compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Buda 10, San Marcos 21 and Wimberley 9 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 17 for Kyle.
How old are the homes in Kyle?
The median home in Kyle was built in 2009, and 5 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 90 percent have older homes than Kyle.
What is the strongest wind on record near Kyle?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 104 mph, on June 2, 2003.
How much does a new roof cost in Kyle?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in Kyle first, so any price you weigh fits its real condition. Our price guides for all four trades are on the RPGs page.
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