Montgomery County
The Woodlands, 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 The Woodlands homeowners.
Updated November 1, 2026
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The short version
- The Woodlands, in Montgomery County, is about 160 miles and 3 hours 11 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 15 times near The Woodlands from 2000 to 2026, 121st of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2007 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 2.5 inches on May 10.
- The median home in The Woodlands was built in 2000, and 25 percent of homes here were built before 1990.
- None 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 The Woodlands, Montgomery County.
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The Woodlands At A Glance
What homeowners in The Woodlands should know
How The Woodlands ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
The Woodlands, in Montgomery County, is about 160 miles and 3 hours 11 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.
Wind & Hurricane Country
The Woodlands’s roofing risk is wind, hurricane, and derecho more than hail. A written record after any major wind event protects your position before any repair decision. The Woodlands is a large Montgomery County master-planned community north of Houston, with a wooded housing stock exposed to hurricanes and tropical wind.
Wind & Storm Exposure
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was about 82 mph (NOAA logs it as 71 knots), on June 21, 2023. NOAA logged 68 thunderstorm wind reports within ten miles of The Woodlands from 2000 to 2026.
The Homes Here
The median home in The Woodlands was built in 2000, and 25 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 70 percent have older homes than The Woodlands.
Common Roofing Issues
Wind lifts and creases shingles, moves flashing, exposes decking and lets water in. A documented inspection records those before the next storm makes them worse.
The Woodlands Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near The Woodlands, in Montgomery County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
The Woodlands’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 1.75 inch hail at Tomball on April 24, 2020, 1.5 inch hail at Houston Hooks Arpt on April 15, 2021, and 1.25 inch hail at Cochran on June 9, 2025. 31 thunderstorm wind events and 1 tornado report sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here: April and June. Across Montgomery County as a whole, NOAA logged 26 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 1.75 inches, plus 73 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 7 tornado reports.
Worth Knowing
Most storm damage to a roof isn’t visible from the ground. A documented inspection captures bruising, lifted shingles, and flashing issues before they turn into leaks.
Local Note
The Woodlands sits in Montgomery County, within the Houston and Gulf Coast region. Every service we list is available here and anywhere else in Texas, and The Roof Shepherd team does the work from start to finish.
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 The Woodlands
72 hail events are on record within ten miles of The Woodlands, the largest 3.00 inches on May 4, 2006.
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 | 72 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 15 |
| Largest stone recorded | 3.00 in · May 4, 2006 |
| Busiest year | 2020 · 8 events |
| Most common months | April and May |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 82 mph · June 21, 2023 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 298 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 August 28, 2026 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database · Montgomery County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the The Woodlands 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 The Woodlands, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near The Woodlands, 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 The Woodlands, from the National Weather Service archive. 36 reports from 2006 to 2025, 9 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 2020. 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 | 0 | 1.50 in · June 9 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · December 25 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · May 8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 in · April 15 |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 1.75 in · April 24 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 in · April 19 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 in · June 12 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 1.75 in · April 27 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · August 21 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 1.75 in · February 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 2.50 in · May 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 in · May 4 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail events 2006 through 2025 within 10 miles of the The Woodlands 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.
Wind & Storm History
Documented storm exposure in The Woodlands
The worst hail seasons near The Woodlands from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Wind & Hurricane Frequency
NOAA logs 88 verified thunderstorm wind reports within 10 miles of The Woodlands since 1996; the busiest year was 2012 with 8 reports. Hurricane season runs June through November on this coast.
What To Document
Lifted or creased shingles, moved flashing, exposed decking, debris hits, and water getting in after a storm.
The worst hail seasons near The Woodlands, 2006 to 2025
- 2007: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2.5 inches on May 10
- 2020: 1 report of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on April 24
- 2015: 1 report of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2 inches on April 19
Neighborhood Exposure
Neighborhoods across The Woodlands differ in lot elevation, tree cover and roof age. A record of your block beats an estimate for the whole area. After any significant storm, a documented record of visible conditions protects your position.
What the record confirms
Verified storm record for the Houston and Gulf Coast region The Woodlands sits in. Roof condition changes with every season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
Hurricane Beryl
A July 8 landfall with a 97 mph gust knocked out power to about 2.2 million customers and stripped shingles across the metro.
June 21 82 mph gust
NOAA verifies an 82 mph thunderstorm gust at Spring Skyline Airport on June 21, 2023.
Hurricane Harvey
A Category 4 landfall that stalled and dropped up to 60 inches of rain, the wettest tropical cyclone in U.S. history, with damage estimated near 125 billion dollars.
May 4 teacup size hail
NOAA verifies 3 inch hail in Houston Hooks Airport on May 4, 2006, a teacup size stone.
April 10 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Goodrich on April 10, 2004, a golf ball size stone.
Where these figures come from
Figures drawn from public NOAA, National Weather Service, Insurance Council of Texas, 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 4 hail reports within 10 miles of The Woodlands, 2 of them inside 6 miles. The largest measured 1 inch on August 28, 2026, about 9.7 miles away. Damaging wind has been reported 1 time in the same period, most recently 60 mph on May 26, 2025. 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 The Woodlands
Local ground truth for The Woodlands properties
The Woodlands sits in Montgomery County in the Houston and Gulf Coast region, home to roughly 114,436 residents (2020 Census). Gulf moisture and hurricane-season wind set the roofing risk profile here.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in The Woodlands are likely to be
Census figures on when The Woodlands homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
The Woodlands has 45,301 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 2000. 50 percent were built before 2000 and 25 percent before 1990; 23 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 | 718 | 2% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 9,625 | 21% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 12,377 | 27% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 11,428 | 25% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 7,922 | 17% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 2,720 | 6% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 219 | 0% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 60 | 0% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 8 | 0% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 224 | 0% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, The Woodlands CDP. 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 The Woodlands
Everything we cover in The Woodlands
All the work we do, in The Woodlands and in all of Montgomery County.
What we cover in The Woodlands
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in The Woodlands and across Montgomery County. The Woodlands, in Montgomery County, is about 160 miles and 3 hours 11 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in The Woodlands
Every service below is available to The Woodlands homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
Documentation First
Full property capability in The Woodlands, documented first
Documentation You Own
Every visit produces a dated photo and video record of your roof, flashing, decking lines and gutters. You get a written account of what is visible, and your options, before you decide on any repair or claim.
Evidence, Not Pressure
Built on a law enforcement background of 16+ years. You get the record and a clear explanation. The decisions stay yours. No sales pitch, no obligation.
Coordinated & Accountable
In the Houston and Gulf Coast region, the Roof Shepherd team does the roofing work, so the standard stays the same.
Houston Zone
How service works in The Woodlands
How far The Woodlands is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
The Woodlands, in Montgomery County, is about 160 miles and 3 hours 11 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your The Woodlands 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 The Woodlands homes
The Woodlands side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Tomball 10, Spring 15 and Conroe 11 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 15 for The Woodlands. Of the other cities on this site, 70 percent have older homes than The Woodlands.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| The Woodlands | 15, 3 in |
| Tomball (8 mi) | 10, 3 in |
| Spring (11 mi) | 15, 3 in |
| Conroe (11 mi) | 11, 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 The Woodlands, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| April 19, 2015 | 2.0″ |
| May 10, 2007 | 2.5″ |
| May 4, 2006 | 3.0″ |
| April 7, 2000 | 1.75″ |
Useful locally: City of The Woodlands official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for The Woodlands 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 The Woodlands
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
The Woodlands is not a city, so there is no city building permit. The Woodlands Township covenants require prior written approval for exterior changes unless the standards preapprove them.
The Township's roofing standard, effective May 21, 2025, accepts tile, slate, composition shingles, stone coated or standing seam metal in muted colors. In parts of Grogan's Forest, roof applications go to Shenandoah city hall.
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 The Woodlands homeowners should know about exterior work
Get the roof documented first, since a roof visit often turns up fascia, gutter and trim damage.
Managed by The Roof Shepherd
Exterior work in The Woodlands, from painting and epoxy coatings to siding, drywall, gutters and wood repair, is done here the same way it is done everywhere we work in Texas, by The Roof Shepherd team, start to finish. We document exterior condition during the roof visit so the work starts from an accurate record.
Sequence Matters
Get the roof documented first. Exterior work comes after. A roof visit often turns up fascia rot, pulled gutters and trim damage that change what the exterior job costs before any work begins.
Google Reviews
Homeowner Reviews
David was amazing! Highly recommend for all roofing needs! He’s honest and reliable!
Owner Response
Thank you, Brandie. I appreciate you trusting me with the new construction roof inspection on your home in Lexington, Texas. A new roof should be installed the way the shingle manufacturer's instructions and the building code require, and you deserve to know that before you sign off. I was glad to walk you through what to look for, document what I found, and help you ask your builder the right questions. Thank you for the recommendation. It means a great deal as I keep building The Roof Shepherd one honest inspection at a time.
David did an amazing job working with us to get our roof repaired during the sale of our home. He was very responsive to communication, knowledgeable, kept to his schedules, and was very easy to work with. If we were keeping the home, I definitely would have hired him for a full roof replacement when the time came. Would definitely recommend using his services.
Owner Response
Thank you so much for the kind review. I really appreciate the opportunity to help with the roof repair during the sale of your home. I know timing, communication, and documentation matter in that situation, so I’m glad I was able to help make the process easier. Your recommendation means a lot, and I wish you all the best with your next chapter.
David did an excellent job replacing our roof and gutters. I was very impressed with how clean they left the yard. They used good quality underlayment, unlike the previous roofer. Great communication. Our insurance adjuster knew who he was and it helped for a very smooth claim process. Highly recommend!
Owner Response
Dr. Liboiron, thank you for the thoughtful review. It was a privilege to help with your roof replacement and gutter installation in Pflugerville, Texas. I’m glad the communication, cleanup, underlayment selection, and overall installation process stood out to you. We try to treat every roofing project with clear documentation, quality materials, and a clean jobsite from start to finish. I also appreciate you mentioning how smooth the process felt. That kind of trust matters, especially when a homeowner is navigating a roof replacement and coordinating details along the way. Thank you again for allowing me to serve your family.
Nearby
Nearby areas we serve
Nearby cities we also serve
The Roof Shepherd also documents and serves these Houston and Gulf Coast communities. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of The Woodlands, and each hail figure is the count of NOAA-verified hail events within 10 miles of that city since 2018:
The Woodlands FAQs
Common questions in The Woodlands
Does The Roof Shepherd serve The Woodlands regularly?
Yes. The Woodlands is about 160 miles and 3 hours 11 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Montgomery County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit The Woodlands?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 15 times within ten miles of The Woodlands from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 121st of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 8th of 51 in Houston & Gulf Coast. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 3 inches, on May 4, 2006.
When is hail season in The Woodlands?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of The Woodlands came most often in April and May. The busiest single year in that record was 2020, with 8 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in The Woodlands?
2007 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 2.5 inches on May 10. The table on this page lists every year.
How does The Woodlands compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Tomball 10, Spring 15 and Conroe 11 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 15 for The Woodlands.
How old are the homes in The Woodlands?
The median home in The Woodlands was built in 2000, and 25 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 70 percent have older homes than The Woodlands.
What is the strongest wind on record near The Woodlands?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was about 82 mph (NOAA logs it as 71 knots), on June 21, 2023.
How much does a new roof cost in The Woodlands?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in The Woodlands 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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