Victoria County
Victoria, 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 Victoria homeowners.
Updated November 3, 2026
Read This First
The short version
- Victoria, in Victoria County, is about 143 miles and 2 hours 44 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 3 times near Victoria from 2000 to 2026, 197th of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2024 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 1.75 inches on May 13.
- The median home in Victoria was built in 1980, and 65 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 Victoria, Victoria County.
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Victoria At A Glance
What homeowners in Victoria should know
How Victoria ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
Victoria, in Victoria County, is about 143 miles and 2 hours 44 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
Victoria sits just inland of the middle Texas coast, in the path of storms that come ashore between Matagorda and Corpus Christi. Hurricane wind and wind-driven rain, more than hail, drive the roof risk. A written record after any major wind event protects your position before any repair decision. Victoria is the Victoria County seat inland of the Coastal Bend, exposed to hurricanes and tropical flooding as storms move inland.
Wind & Storm Exposure
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 105 mph, on May 1, 2026. NOAA logged 77 thunderstorm wind reports within ten miles of Victoria from 2000 to 2026.
The Homes Here
The median home in Victoria was built in 1980, and 65 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 80 percent have newer homes than Victoria.
Common Roofing Issues
Tropical wind produces lifted and creased shingles, displaced flashing, exposed decking, and wind-driven water intrusion, conditions a documented inspection captures before the next storm makes them worse.
Victoria Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near Victoria, in Victoria County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
Victoria’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 1.75 inch hail in Victoria on May 13, 2024, 1.5 inch hail at Telferner on April 5, 2023, and 1 inch hail at (Vct)Victoria Rgnl A on March 20, 2020. 15 thunderstorm wind events sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here since 2018: May and April. Across Victoria County as a whole, NOAA logged 8 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 1.75 inches, plus 28 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 0 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
Victoria sits in Victoria County, just inland of the Texas Coastal Bend. 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 Victoria
36 hail events are on record within ten miles of Victoria, the largest 1.75 inches on March 27, 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, every size | 36 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 3 |
| Largest stone recorded | 1.75 in · March 27, 2005 |
| Busiest year, hail of every size | 2009 · 7 events |
| Most common months, hail of every size | May and June |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 105 mph · May 1, 2026 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 119 days · 2000-2026 · largest signature 3.75 in |
| Preliminary reports, last 12 months | 1 report of 1 in or larger · largest 1.00 in on May 1, 2026 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database · Victoria County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the Victoria 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 Victoria, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near Victoria, 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 Victoria, from the National Weather Service archive. 9 reports from 2006 to 2025, 2 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 2024. 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 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 1.75 in · May 13 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 in · April 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · March 20 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 15 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in · June 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 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 Victoria 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 Victoria
The worst hail seasons near Victoria from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Wind & Hurricane Frequency
NOAA logs 52 verified thunderstorm wind reports within 10 miles of Victoria since 1996; the busiest year was 2022 with 6 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 Victoria, 2006 to 2025
- 2024: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on May 13
Neighborhood Exposure
Neighborhoods across Victoria (Victoria County) vary by tree cover, lot exposure, and roof age, so block-level documentation beats area-wide estimates. After any significant storm, a documented record of visible conditions protects your position.
What the record confirms
Verified storm record for the middle Texas coast that Victoria sits just inland of. Roof condition changes with every season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
May 13 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Victoria on May 13, 2024, a golf ball size stone.
March 27 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Victoria on March 27, 2005, a golf ball size stone.
June 20 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Victoria on June 20, 1996, a golf ball size stone.
June 20 baseball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.75 inch hail in Nursery on June 20, 1996, a baseball 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 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Victoria, 1 of them inside 6 miles. The largest measured 1 inch on May 1, 2026, about 9.3 miles away. Damaging wind has been reported 1 time in the same period, most recently 58 mph on December 24, 2024. 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 Victoria
Local ground truth for Victoria properties
Victoria sits in Victoria County in the Houston and Gulf Coast region, home to roughly 66,020 residents (Census Bureau estimate, 2024). Gulf moisture and hurricane-season wind set the roofing risk profile here.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in Victoria are likely to be
Census figures on when Victoria homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
Victoria has 28,489 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 1980. 76 percent were built before 2000 and 65 percent before 1990; 14 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 | 274 | 1% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 3,788 | 13% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 2,833 | 10% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 3,010 | 11% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 4,312 | 15% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 4,143 | 15% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 3,320 | 12% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 4,133 | 15% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 1,440 | 5% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 1,236 | 4% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Victoria 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 Victoria
Everything we cover in Victoria
All the work we do, in Victoria and in all of Victoria County.
What we cover in Victoria
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in Victoria and across Victoria County. Victoria, in Victoria County, is about 143 miles and 2 hours 44 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in Victoria
Every service below is available to Victoria homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
Documentation First
Full property capability in Victoria, 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 Coastal Bend, the Roof Shepherd team documents and does the roofing work, so the standard stays consistent.
Gulf Coast Extended
How service works in Victoria
How far Victoria is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
Victoria, in Victoria County, is about 143 miles and 2 hours 44 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your Victoria 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 Victoria homes
Victoria side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Rockport 3, Gonzales 6 and Wharton 6 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 3 for Victoria. Of the other cities on this site, 80 percent have newer homes than Victoria.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| Victoria | 3, 1.75 in |
| Rockport (54 mi) | 3, 2.5 in |
| Gonzales (55 mi) | 6, 3 in |
| Wharton (63 mi) | 6, 1.75 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 Victoria, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| May 13, 2024 | 1.75″ |
| May 8, 2005 | 1.5″ |
| March 27, 2005 | 1.75″ |
Useful locally: City of Victoria official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for Victoria 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 Victoria
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
Victoria's code requires a building permit to repair or alter a building, and it sets residential re-roof fees by size. The fee is $100 up to 1,000 square feet, $120 up to 3,000, and $160 above that.
Victoria adopted the 2021 International Residential Code in its Unified Development Ordinance. Contractors furnishing labor and materials for permitted building work need an annual city builder's license.
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 Victoria 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 Victoria, 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 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.
David and his team were the best contractors I have ever hired. His crew did an amazing job efficiently. Coordinating with him was very straightforward. He was extremely professional and respectful of my time. The pricing was competitive and he provided paperwork that awarded me a deduction from my insurance policy. I was extremely grateful to my friends who referred me to him.
Owner Response
Jaclyn, thank you for the kind words. I'm glad our crew completed your Austin roof installation efficiently and that coordinating the project was straightforward from start to finish. Clear communication and thorough project documentation are the standard on every job, and I'm glad they met your expectations. We're grateful to the friends who referred you, and grateful you chose The Roof Shepherd for your home.
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.
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 Victoria, and each hail figure is the count of NOAA-verified hail events within 10 miles of that city since 2018:
Victoria FAQs
Common questions in Victoria
Does The Roof Shepherd serve Victoria regularly?
Yes. Victoria is about 143 miles and 2 hours 44 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Victoria County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit Victoria?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 3 times within ten miles of Victoria from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 197th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 43rd of 51 in Houston & Gulf Coast. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 1.75 inches, on March 27, 2005.
When is hail season in Victoria?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of Victoria came most often in May and June. The busiest single year in that record was 2009, with 7 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in Victoria?
2024 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 1.75 inches on May 13. The table on this page lists every year.
How does Victoria compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Rockport 3, Gonzales 6 and Wharton 6 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 3 for Victoria.
How old are the homes in Victoria?
The median home in Victoria was built in 1980, and 65 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 80 percent have newer homes than Victoria.
What is the strongest wind on record near Victoria?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 105 mph, on May 1, 2026.
How much does a new roof cost in Victoria?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in Victoria 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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