Comal County
New Braunfels, 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 New Braunfels homeowners.
Updated November 1, 2026
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The short version
- New Braunfels, in Comal County, is about 68 miles and 79 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 11 times near New Braunfels from 2000 to 2026, 148th of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2021 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 2 inches on March 23.
- The median home in New Braunfels was built in 2005, and 31 percent of homes here were built before 1990.
- None of its three nearest neighbors had more large hail.
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New Braunfels At A Glance
What homeowners in New Braunfels should know
How New Braunfels ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
The questions we get most
New Braunfels sits in the heart of the Austin to San Antonio corridor, the Interstate 35 growth spine that regional planners expect to merge the two metros into one, much like Dallas and Fort Worth became a single region. As one of the fastest growing cities in the country, it sits at the center of the emerging Austin to San Antonio megaregion that The Roof Shepherd documents and serves end to end, from Austin south to San Antonio.
New Braunfels, in Comal County, is about 68 miles and 79 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
New Braunfels sits within Comal 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 New Braunfels above 100,000 residents and growing fast, about 65% owner-occupied, with a median home value near $340,000 and a median build year around 2006, so a large share of the housing stock is newer but already facing Hill Country hail seasons.
Hail & Storm Exposure
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 11 times within ten miles of New Braunfels from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 148th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 49th of 71 in the region around Round Rock.
The Homes Here
The median home in New Braunfels was built in 2005, and 31 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 84 percent have older homes than New Braunfels.
Common Roofing Issues
Storm cells moving northeast from San Antonio often intensify before reaching Comal County, early documentation after any Bexar or Comal County storm is good practice for New Braunfels homeowners.
New Braunfels Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near New Braunfels, in Comal County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
New Braunfels’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 2 inch hail in New Braunfels on March 21, 2022, 2 inch hail at Hunter on March 23, 2021, and 1.75 inch hail at Sattler on April 28, 2021. 16 thunderstorm wind events sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here: April and March. Across Comal County as a whole, NOAA logged 75 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 2.75 inches, plus 32 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 5 tornado reports.
Worth Knowing
New Braunfels was founded in 1845 by German immigrants. The city’s Wurstfest each November is the largest German heritage festival in Texas.
Local Note
Gruene Hall, in the Gruene historic district of New Braunfels, is the oldest continuously operating dance hall in Texas, established in 1878.
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 New Braunfels
90 hail events are on record within ten miles of New Braunfels, the largest 2.50 inches on March 26, 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 | 90 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 11 |
| Largest stone recorded | 2.50 in · March 26, 2000 |
| Busiest year | 2013 · 14 events |
| Most common months | May and April |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 81 mph · May 31, 2004 |
| 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 · Comal County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near New Braunfels, 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 New Braunfels, from the National Weather Service archive. 45 reports from 2006 to 2025, 8 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 2013. 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 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 in · May 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1.50 in · April 20 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 1.75 in · March 2 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 2.00 in · March 21 |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | 2.00 in · March 23 |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · April 25 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 1.75 in · April 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 11 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · April 16 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 10 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 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 New Braunfels 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.
Comal County Storm Record
Documented storm exposure in New Braunfels
The worst hail seasons near New Braunfels from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Hail Frequency
NOAA storm records log 45 hail events within 10 miles of New Braunfels since 2018, 19 of them inside the city’s immediate 6 mile ring. Inside that ring, the largest verified stone measured 2 inches on March 21, 2022. Since 2018, hail here peaks in April and March.
Largest Recorded
Comal County’s benchmark events include the July 2002 Guadalupe River flood, when water topped Canyon Dam’s emergency spillway for the first time and carved Canyon Lake Gorge, and the 1998 flood of record below the dam, alongside recurring large hail across New Braunfels and Canyon Lake (NWS Austin/San Antonio).
The worst hail seasons near New Braunfels, 2006 to 2025
- 2021: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2 inches on March 23
- 2022: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2 inches on March 21
- 2023: 1 report of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on March 2
Neighborhood Exposure
Active neighborhoods in New Braunfels: Vintage Oaks, Meyer Ranch, Veramendi. 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 and wind history for the San Antonio and South-Central Texas region, where New Braunfels sits, next to the Central Texas record above. New Braunfels also sits in Flash Flood Alley, where Hill Country downpours run off fast, so document roof and exterior condition after any major storm.
April 20 ping pong ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.5 inch hail in New Braunfels on April 20, 2024, a ping pong ball size stone.
March 21 hen egg size hail
NOAA verifies 2 inch hail in New Braunfels on March 21, 2022, a hen egg size stone.
March 31 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in New Braunfels on March 31, 2005, a golf ball size stone.
March 26 tennis ball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.5 inch hail in New Braunfels on March 26, 2000, a tennis ball 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 3 hail reports within 10 miles of New Braunfels, 2 of them inside 6 miles. The largest measured 1.5 inches on May 2, 2025, about 9.1 miles away. Damaging wind has been reported 2 times in the same period, most recently 59 mph on August 28, 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 New Braunfels
Local ground truth for New Braunfels properties
New Braunfels sits in Comal County in Central Texas, home to roughly 116,477 residents (Census Bureau estimate, 2024). NOAA storm records log 45 hail events within ten miles since 2018. The largest stone in the full NOAA archive, 2000 to 2026, measured 2.5″ on March 26, 2000.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in New Braunfels are likely to be
Census figures on when New Braunfels homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
New Braunfels has 41,814 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 2005. 39 percent were built before 2000 and 31 percent before 1990; 39 percent have been built since 2010. A mixed stock. Roughly 39 in 100 homes carry a roof that could be original to a pre-2000 build, while 39 in 100 were built since 2010 and are on a first roof. Roof age is the first thing an inspection establishes, because the two groups have different questions.
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 2020 or later | 3,038 | 7% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 13,246 | 32% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 9,067 | 22% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 3,579 | 9% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 3,965 | 9% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 3,611 | 9% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 1,539 | 4% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 1,613 | 4% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 855 | 2% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 1,301 | 3% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels
Everything we cover in New Braunfels
All the work we do, in New Braunfels and in all of Comal County.
What we cover in New Braunfels
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in New Braunfels and across Comal County. New Braunfels, in Comal County, is about 68 miles and 79 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in New Braunfels
Every service below is available to New Braunfels homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
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How service works in New Braunfels
How far New Braunfels is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
New Braunfels, in Comal County, is about 68 miles and 79 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels homes
New Braunfels side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Cibolo 7, Seguin 2 and Schertz 6 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 11 for New Braunfels. Of the other cities on this site, 84 percent have older homes than New Braunfels.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| New Braunfels | 11, 2.5 in |
| Cibolo (11 mi) | 7, 2.5 in |
| Seguin (12 mi) | 2, 2 in |
| Schertz (12 mi) | 6, 2.5 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 New Braunfels, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| March 21, 2022 | 2.0″ |
| March 23, 2021 | 2.0″ |
| May 4, 2000 | 1.75″ |
| March 26, 2000 | 2.5″ |
Useful locally: NWS forecast for New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels
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
New Braunfels requires a permit for a re-roof; the fee varies and the city publishes a permit fee estimator. Contractors register for $200 a year, the registration expires every December 31, and it needs general liability insurance with the city named as certificate holder ($1 million commercial, $300,000 residential).
New Braunfels is on the 2021 IRC, effective October 23, 2023.
Read at the city's ordinances, fee schedule and permit pages on August 28, 2026, re-checked at least yearly; the city's current document governs if it changes. The full table for thirteen cities, with the three where the website and the ordinance disagree, is on our permits and codes by city page.
Exterior & Painting
What New Braunfels 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
New Braunfels’ historic district rules can require approval for exterior color changes on contributing structures. Document existing finishes before any painting project in the historic corridor.
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
These are verified Google reviews from Texas homeowners we’ve served.
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.
I am a realtor and my clients needed a roof inspection and estimate quickly. The next day, David came, inspected, and provided an estimate for a replacement, after explaining to the owners the issues and the pros and cons of different roofing materials. David was then able to get the roof replaced in less than a week! We are so thankful for David and his team — they were an absolute pleasure to work with!
Owner Response
Thank you for the kind review. I really appreciate the opportunity to help you and your clients with the roof inspection, replacement estimate, and roof installation in Austin, Texas. Timing matters in real estate, so I’m glad we were able to inspect the roof quickly, explain the issues clearly, walk through the pros and cons of different roofing materials, and help get the roof replacement completed without unnecessary delays. It was a pleasure working with you and your clients. Thank you again for trusting The Roof Shepherd.
These guys are actually top notch. They did a couple of roofs in our neighborhood after a bad storm. They have excellent communication, gave amazing options, and even helped us work with the insurance company to get more than they were originally going to give us. Really great partners — you will be in great hands with them!
Owner Response
Thank you so much for this review. I really appreciate you trusting us after the storm and allowing us to help with your roof. We take communication, documentation, and giving homeowners clear options seriously, especially when storm damage and insurance are involved. I’m glad we were able to help you understand the process and make things easier from start to finish. It means a lot to be trusted by you and others in the neighborhood. Thank you again for the recommendation.
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 New Braunfels, and each hail figure is the count of NOAA-verified hail events within 10 miles of that city since 2018:
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Real inspections and real conditions, documented on site in New Braunfels.
Roof 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.
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Common questions in New Braunfels
Does The Roof Shepherd serve New Braunfels regularly?
Yes. New Braunfels is about 68 miles and 79 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Comal County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit New Braunfels?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 11 times within ten miles of New Braunfels from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 148th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 49th of 71 in the region around Round Rock. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 2.5 inches, on March 26, 2000.
When is hail season in New Braunfels?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of New Braunfels came most often in May and April. The busiest single year in that record was 2013, with 14 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in New Braunfels?
2021 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 2 inches on March 23. The table on this page lists every year.
How does New Braunfels compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Cibolo 7, Seguin 2 and Schertz 6 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 11 for New Braunfels.
How old are the homes in New Braunfels?
The median home in New Braunfels was built in 2005, and 31 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 84 percent have older homes than New Braunfels.
What is the strongest wind on record near New Braunfels?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 81 mph, on May 31, 2004.
How much does a new roof cost in New Braunfels?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in New Braunfels 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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