Llano County
Llano, Texas Roofing & Property Protection
Know your roof before you sign anything. The Roof Shepherd brings documentation-first inspection, storm damage documentation, and property guidance to Llano homeowners.
Updated November 1, 2026
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The short version
- Llano, in Llano County, is about 74 miles and 1 hour 41 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 28 times near Llano from 2000 to 2026, 79th of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2021 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 8 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 3 inches on April 12.
- The median home in Llano was built in 1976, and 69 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 Llano, Llano County.
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Llano At A Glance
What homeowners in Llano should know
How Llano ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
Llano, in Llano County, is about 74 miles and 1 hour 41 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
Llano sits within Llano 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 the city of Llano near 3,500 residents in a Highland Lakes county that is roughly 77% owner-occupied with a median home value around $322,000 and an older population, where well-kept roofs protect long-held and second homes.
Hail & Storm Exposure
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 28 times within ten miles of Llano from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 79th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 18th of 71 in the region around Round Rock.
The Homes Here
The median home in Llano was built in 1976, and 69 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 90 percent have newer homes than Llano.
Common Roofing Issues
Llano County’s rural terrain and limited local contractor presence make documentation especially valuable. Few homeowners in this market have baseline records of pre-storm conditions.
Llano Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near Llano, in Llano County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
Llano’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 3 inch hail at Valley Spgs on April 12, 2021, 2.75 inch hail in Llano on June 9, 2019, and 1.25 inch hail in Llano on May 5, 2023. 3 thunderstorm wind events sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here: April and May. Across Llano County as a whole, NOAA logged 61 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 3 inches, plus 17 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 0 tornado reports.
Worth Knowing
Llano sits near the geographic center of Texas and is known as the Deer Capital of Texas. The Hill Country surrounding the city is one of the most productive white-tailed deer habitats in North America.
Local Note
The Llano Uplift is an ancient geological formation of Precambrian granite and gneiss. The pink and red rock landscapes visible throughout the area are among the oldest exposed rock in Texas.
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 Llano
70 hail events are on record within ten miles of Llano, the largest 4.25 inches on May 9, 2005.
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 | 70 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 31 |
| Largest stone recorded | 4.25 in · May 9, 2005 |
| Busiest year | 2012 · 10 events |
| Most common months | May and April |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 75 mph · May 14, 2006 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 224 days · 2000-2026 · largest signature 4.00 in |
| Preliminary reports, last 12 months | 4 reports of 1 in or larger · largest 2.25 in on May 6, 2026 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database · Llano County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the Llano 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 Llano, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near Llano, 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 Llano, from the National Weather Service archive. 39 reports from 2006 to 2025, 20 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 2021. 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 | 4 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 22 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in · May 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 3.00 in · April 12 |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · January 10 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 2.75 in · June 9 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1.25 in · April 21 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 16 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4 | 2.00 in · May 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 11 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 15 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 1.75 in · May 14 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 4.25 in · May 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail events 2006 through 2025 within 10 miles of the Llano 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.
Llano County Storm Record
Documented storm exposure in Llano
The worst hail seasons near Llano from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Hail Frequency
NOAA storm records log 18 hail events within 10 miles of Llano since 2018, 11 of them inside the city’s immediate 6 mile ring. Inside that ring, the largest verified stone measured 2.75 inches on June 9, 2019. Since 2018, hail here peaks in April and May.
Largest Recorded
Llano County’s recent benchmarks include large hail at Tow and Kingsland in May 2025 with softball-sized hail reported nearby, and golf-ball hail with 60 mph winds across the Highland Lakes during a late-May 2025 Hill Country outbreak (NWS Austin/San Antonio).
The worst hail seasons near Llano, 2006 to 2025
- 2021: 8 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 3 inches on April 12
- 2012: 4 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2 inches on May 6
- 2019: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2.75 inches on June 9
Neighborhood Exposure
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 tornado history for Llano County and the Highland Lakes, the area Llano sits in. Roof condition changes with every storm season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
April 12 tennis ball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.5 inch hail in Llano on April 12, 2021, a tennis ball size stone.
June 9 baseball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.75 inch hail in Llano on June 9, 2019, a baseball size stone.
May 1 softball size hail
NOAA verifies 4.25 inch hail in Llano on May 1, 2007, a softball size stone.
May 9 softball size hail
NOAA verifies 4.25 inch hail in Llano on May 9, 2005, 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 10 hail reports within 10 miles of Llano, 7 of them inside 6 miles. The largest measured 2.25 inches on May 6, 2026, about 1.7 miles away. Damaging wind has been reported 1 time in the same period, most recently 64 mph on March 10, 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 Llano
Local ground truth for Llano properties
Llano sits in Llano County in Central Texas, home to roughly 3,602 residents (Census Bureau estimate, 2024). NOAA storm records log 18 hail events within ten miles since 2018. The largest stone in the full NOAA archive, 2000 to 2026, measured 4.25″ on May 9, 2005.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in Llano are likely to be
Census figures on when Llano homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
Llano has 1,541 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 1976. 80 percent were built before 2000 and 69 percent before 1990; 9 percent have been built since 2010. Half or more of the homes here predate 2000. An original asphalt-shingle roof from that era is at or past the 20-to-30-year service life typically cited for asphalt shingles, and many will already be on a second roof, which is worth confirming from a permit or a receipt rather than assuming.
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 2020 or later | 0 | 0% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 141 | 9% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 166 | 11% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 170 | 11% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 161 | 10% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 371 | 24% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 177 | 11% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 140 | 9% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 82 | 5% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 133 | 9% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Llano 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 Llano
Everything we cover in Llano
All the work we do, in Llano and in all of Llano County.
What we cover in Llano
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in Llano and across Llano County. Llano, in Llano County, is about 74 miles and 1 hour 41 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in Llano
Every service below is available to Llano homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
Round Rock Extended
How service works in Llano
How far Llano is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
Llano, in Llano County, is about 74 miles and 1 hour 41 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your Llano 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 Llano homes
Llano side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Horseshoe Bay 25, Burnet 35 and Marble Falls 21 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 28 for Llano. Of the other cities on this site, 90 percent have newer homes than Llano.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| Llano | 28, 4.25 in |
| Horseshoe Bay (23 mi) | 25, 2.75 in |
| Burnet (26 mi) | 35, 5 in |
| Marble Falls (27 mi) | 21, 2.75 in |
Severe hail: reports of 1.75 inches or larger, 2000 to 2026, within ten miles of each city center (NOAA NCEI Storm Events). Miles are straight-line between city centers.
The largest hail recorded near Llano, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| April 12, 2021 | 3.0″ |
| June 9, 2019 | 2.75″ |
| May 1, 2007 | 4.25″ |
| May 9, 2005 | 4.25″ |
Useful locally: City of Llano official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for Llano 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 Llano
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
Llano's 2026 building permit application lists reroof as a project type. The form says plan review may take 2 to 3 weeks, up to 45 days, and permits last 180 days.
The application says all contractors must be registered with the city. The city's permits page 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 Llano 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
Llano’s limestone and granite exteriors require vapor-permeable mineral or silicate-based coatings. Standard film-forming exterior paint prevents moisture evaporation and causes stone deterioration.
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.
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Homeowner Reviews
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Excellent work. I appreciate David and the crew making repairs needed on the roof and also taking the time to explain and walk me through everything.
Owner Response
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Owner Response
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Owner Response
Thank you so much for this review and for trusting me and the crew with your home. I know this project had some difficult moments, especially with the insurance side of the process, and I’m grateful I was able to help with documentation, communication, and support along the way. It also means a lot that you noticed the care the crew took around your property and the cleanup after the roof was completed, because protecting the property matters just as much as the roof itself. I truly appreciate your kind words and your trust.
Nearby
Nearby areas we serve
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 Llano, 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 Llano
Real inspections and real conditions, documented on site in Llano.
After The May 10 Storms in Llano, Texas
Post-storm roof assessment in Llano following the May 10th weather event, documenting visible storm conditions before any repair decision.
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Common questions in Llano
Does The Roof Shepherd serve Llano regularly?
Yes. Llano is about 74 miles and 1 hour 41 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Llano County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit Llano?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 28 times within ten miles of Llano from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 79th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 18th of 71 in the region around Round Rock. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 4.25 inches, on May 9, 2005.
When is hail season in Llano?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of Llano came most often in May and April. The busiest single year in that record was 2012, with 10 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in Llano?
2021 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 8 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 3 inches on April 12. The table on this page lists every year.
How does Llano compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Horseshoe Bay 25, Burnet 35 and Marble Falls 21 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 28 for Llano.
How old are the homes in Llano?
The median home in Llano was built in 1976, and 69 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 90 percent have newer homes than Llano.
What is the strongest wind on record near Llano?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 75 mph, on May 14, 2006.
How much does a new roof cost in Llano?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in Llano 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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