Caldwell County
Lockhart, Texas Roofing & Property Protection
From hail impact to repair-versus-replace decisions, The Roof Shepherd gives Lockhart homeowners clear, documented answers before any repair decision.
Updated November 1, 2026
Read This First
The short version
- Lockhart, in Caldwell County, is about 52 miles and 58 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 12 times near Lockhart from 2000 to 2026, 141st 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 Lockhart was built in 1984, and 64 percent of homes here were built before 1990.
- Two 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 Lockhart, Caldwell County.
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Lockhart At A Glance
What homeowners in Lockhart should know
How Lockhart ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
Lockhart, in Caldwell County, is about 52 miles and 58 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
Lockhart sits within Caldwell 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 Lockhart near 15,300 residents, about 67% owner-occupied, with a median home value in the low-$250,000s in this growing Austin-area county seat, so roof condition and documentation carry real weight.
Hail & Storm Exposure
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 12 times within ten miles of Lockhart from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 141st of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 43rd of 71 in the region around Round Rock.
The Homes Here
The median home in Lockhart was built in 1984, and 64 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 68 percent have newer homes than Lockhart.
Common Roofing Issues
Lockhart’s proximity to both Austin and San Antonio growth corridors is driving residential development in historically rural areas. Newer homes often lack the inspection history of urban markets.
Lockhart Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near Lockhart, in Caldwell County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
Lockhart’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 2.75 inch hail at Niederwald on May 22, 2025, 2 inch hail at Lockhart Municipal Airport on May 27, 2020, and 1.75 inch hail at Larremore on May 4, 2021. 6 thunderstorm wind events and 2 tornado reports sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here: May and March. Across Caldwell County as a whole, NOAA logged 27 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 2.75 inches, plus 20 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 4 tornado reports.
Worth Knowing
Lockhart is the official BBQ Capital of Texas by Texas House Concurrent Resolution, home to Kreuz Market, Smitty’s, Black’s, and Chisholm Trail BBQ.
Local Note
Lockhart’s historic Caldwell County Courthouse (1894) is a Second Empire landmark visible from across the city’s downtown square.
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 Lockhart
33 hail events are on record within ten miles of Lockhart, the largest 2.75 inches on May 22, 2025.
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 | 33 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 12 |
| Largest stone recorded | 2.75 in · May 22, 2025 |
| Busiest year | 2025 · 7 events |
| Most common months | May and April |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 109 mph · April 25, 2007 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 135 days · 2000-2026 · largest signature 4.00 in |
| Preliminary reports, last 12 months | none of 1 in or larger on file |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database · Caldwell County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the Lockhart 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 Lockhart, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near Lockhart, 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 Lockhart, from the National Weather Service archive. 26 reports from 2006 to 2025, 10 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 | 7 | 5 | 2.75 in · May 22 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · April 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · March 21 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 4 |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2.00 in · May 27 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · March 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 30 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 27 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 20 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2006 | 5 | 3 | 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 Lockhart 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.
Caldwell County Storm Record
Documented storm exposure in Lockhart
The worst hail seasons near Lockhart from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Hail Frequency
NOAA storm records log 18 hail events within 10 miles of Lockhart since 2018, 7 of them inside the city’s immediate 6 mile ring. Inside that ring, the largest verified stone measured 2 inches on May 27, 2020 at Lockhart Municipal Airport. Since 2018, hail here peaks in May and March.
Largest Recorded
Caldwell County’s tornado record runs from an F2 that struck Lockhart in 1879 to the March 2022 EF-2 that crossed into the county near Luling, damaging a home and toppling trees (NWS Austin/San Antonio).
The worst hail seasons near Lockhart, 2006 to 2025
- 2025: 5 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2.75 inches on May 22
- 2006: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2 inches on April 20
- 2021: 1 report of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on May 4
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 tornado, wind, and hail history for Caldwell County south of Austin, the area Lockhart sits in. Roof condition changes with every storm season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
March 21 half dollar size hail
NOAA verifies 1.25 inch hail in Lockhart on March 21, 2022, a half dollar size stone.
May 27 ping pong ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.5 inch hail in Lockhart on May 27, 2020, a ping pong ball size stone.
April 20 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Lockhart on April 20, 2006, a golf ball size stone.
June 5 baseball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.75 inch hail in Lockhart on June 5, 1998, a baseball 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 7 hail reports within 10 miles of Lockhart. The largest measured 2.75 inches on May 22, 2025, about 8.6 miles away. 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 Lockhart
Local ground truth for Lockhart properties
Lockhart sits in Caldwell County in Central Texas, home to roughly 17,166 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 2.75″ on May 22, 2025.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in Lockhart are likely to be
Census figures on when Lockhart homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
Lockhart has 5,465 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 1984. 73 percent were built before 2000 and 64 percent before 1990; 11 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 | 71 | 1% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 531 | 10% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 878 | 16% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 514 | 9% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 1,141 | 21% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 595 | 11% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 431 | 8% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 392 | 7% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 439 | 8% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 473 | 9% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Lockhart 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 Lockhart
Everything we cover in Lockhart
All the work we do, in Lockhart and in all of Caldwell County.
What we cover in Lockhart
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in Lockhart and across Caldwell County. Lockhart, in Caldwell County, is about 52 miles and 58 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in Lockhart
Every service below is available to Lockhart homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
Austin Zone
How service works in Lockhart
How far Lockhart is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
Lockhart, in Caldwell County, is about 52 miles and 58 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your Lockhart 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 Lockhart homes
Lockhart side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Luling 2, Kyle 17 and San Marcos 21 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 12 for Lockhart. Of the other cities on this site, 68 percent have newer homes than Lockhart.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| Lockhart | 12, 2.75 in |
| Luling (14 mi) | 2, 1.75 in |
| Kyle (14 mi) | 17, 4.5 in |
| San Marcos (15 mi) | 21, 4.5 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 Lockhart, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | 2.75″ |
| May 27, 2020 | 2.0″ |
| April 20, 2006 | 2.0″ |
Useful locally: City of Lockhart official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for Lockhart 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 Lockhart
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 own documents say
Lockhart's FY 2026-2027 fee schedule lists a residential roof permit at $125.
Lockhart's code adopts the 2018 International Residential Code. In historic districts, replacing roofing with like material is exempt from review, but a visible material or design change needs commission approval.
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 Lockhart 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
Lockhart’s historic downtown includes original lime-based stucco. Specialty vapor-permeable coating systems are required to avoid trapping moisture in historic masonry.
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
These are verified Google reviews from Texas homeowners we’ve served.
David provided a great experience from beginning to end. He and his team were professional, communicative, and did excellent work on our roof. They made the whole process easy and stress-free, kept everything clean, and completed the job on time. Very happy with the results and would definitely recommend them to anyone needing roofing services.
Owner Response
Thank you so much for the kind review. I truly appreciate you trusting me and my team with your roof. I’m glad we were able to make the process feel easy, keep communication clear, protect the property, and complete the work on schedule. Clean workmanship and a smooth experience matter a lot to us, so it means a great deal to hear that reflected in your review. Thank you again for the recommendation and for allowing The Roof Shepherd to help with your home.
The Roof Shepherd did an amazing job — the company and, more importantly, the crew were fast and reliable. They had our roof and vents done in a timely manner after the recent storms. We upgraded after all the hail and high winds we’ve had over the last few years, and to our surprise it brought a discount on our insurance as well. The house looks great. It was the easiest choice on home maintenance we have ever made. Hands down, I would choose them again and would recommend them to anyone.
Owner Response
Valerie, thank you so much for the kind review and for trusting The Roof Shepherd with your roof and ventilation work. I’m glad we were able to help after the recent storms and get everything handled in a timely way. Upgrading to an impact-rated roofing system can make a real difference, especially after years of hail and high winds, and it’s great to hear the insurance discount was a helpful surprise as well. I also appreciate you recognizing the crew: fast, reliable, and respectful work matters, and I’m grateful they represented the company well on your home. Thank you again for the opportunity to serve your family.
When we needed our roof changed, David of The Roof Shepherd in Austin, Texas was recommended to us. He took care in making our home look great. David is easy going and very friendly. The whole process of getting the roof done was made easy, thanks to him: from giving us time to choose what we really wanted, to coordinating the insurance process and recommending a company for rain gutters — which we are very pleased with. He even saw to it that our porch posts were repaired, sparing us a search. Everything was beautifully done and in a timely manner. Love the look of our new roof!
Owner Response
Claudette, thank you so much for taking the time to write this. It truly means a lot. It was a privilege to help with your roof replacement in Austin, Texas, and I’m glad the process felt easy and well-coordinated. Choosing a new roof is a big decision, so I’m glad you had the time and space to choose what you really wanted. I’m also glad we were able to help with the gutter recommendation and make sure the porch post repairs were addressed instead of leaving you to track that down on your own. Your home looks great, and I’m grateful you trusted me to help guide the project from start to finish.
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 Lockhart, 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 near Lockhart
Real inspections and real conditions, documented, from Lockhart and the area around it.
Field videos from real roofs, each with a short note on what the inspection or the work showed.
Hail Alert on April 18, Austin to Georgetown
Active hail falling across the Austin, Round Rock and Georgetown corridor on April 18, the kind that bruises shingles without leaving a leak.
Watch on YouTubeRoof Leak Causing Wood Rot, New Braunfels Texas
Active roof leak in New Braunfels showing attic-level wood rot, secondary damage that compounds every month the leak goes undocumented.
Watch on YouTubeLockhart FAQs
Common questions in Lockhart
Does The Roof Shepherd serve Lockhart regularly?
Yes. Lockhart is about 52 miles and 58 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Caldwell County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit Lockhart?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 12 times within ten miles of Lockhart from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 141st of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 43rd of 71 in the region around Round Rock. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 2.75 inches, on May 22, 2025.
When is hail season in Lockhart?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of Lockhart came most often in May and April. The busiest single year in that record was 2025, with 7 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in Lockhart?
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 Lockhart compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Luling 2, Kyle 17 and San Marcos 21 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 12 for Lockhart.
How old are the homes in Lockhart?
The median home in Lockhart was built in 1984, and 64 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 68 percent have newer homes than Lockhart.
What is the strongest wind on record near Lockhart?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 109 mph, on April 25, 2007.
How much does a new roof cost in Lockhart?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in Lockhart 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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