This directory holds three roofing listings for Salem, Virginia. None of them has a Google rating matched to it yet, so what follows is contact detail rather than reputation data.
All of them are recorded in Salem County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Salem goes through Salem County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in Salem: what this page knows
Virginia licenses roofing contractors at state level, so a Salem roofer should hold a current state license before quoting; the Virginia roofing license rules set out the class and how to check it.
Virginia's peak severe-weather season: May–September for convective, December–March for winter. The Virginia storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 14 severe-weather events for Salem County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Salem in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 kt (about 69 mph) on May 30, 2025.
We have not modeled a cost index for Salem. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both.
All Listings in Salem
3 listings
Licensing for roofers working in Salem
Virginia licenses roofing contractors at state level, and the requirement applies to work in Salem. The license is issued by the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. A narrow small-job exemption sits below $1,000; the Virginia entry sets out where it stops applying.
A state license is not a substitute for local rules: the job still needs a permit and an inspection through Salem County or the city, and some municipalities require their own contractor registration on top of the state license.
Source: Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.
What roofing work costs
We have not modeled a cost index for Salem, so there is no Salem figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.
National reference bands, not quotes and not local numbers. Local labor rates, permit fees and access all move them.
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Storm history in Salem County
Salem has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Salem in Salem County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Salem.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 14 severe-weather events recorded against Salem County between 2016 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind events, 3 hail reports and 1 tornado.
Of the three hail reports, two measured 1.00 in across or larger and one measured under an inch. The largest on record is 1.75 in (Golf Ball) on September 28, 2019.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 60 kt (about 69 mph), an estimated gust, on May 30, 2025. One tornado is recorded in the county over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2017, with two events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 kt (about 69 mph) on May 30, 2025.
Events on record
14
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
2
of 3 hail reports
Largest hail
1.75 in
Golf Ball · September 28, 2019
Peak gust
60 kt
about 69 mph · May 30, 2025
Tornadoes
1
in the county record
Significant events
4
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 1
- 2017
- 2
- 2018
- 2
- 2019
- 2
- 2020
- 0
- 2021
- 2
- 2022
- 1
- 2023
- 1
- 2024
- 1
- 2025
- 2
- 2026*
- 0
* The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.
Notable events in the archive
- May 30, 2025 -- Thunderstorm Wind (60 kt gust) -- $10K property damage reported
- May 26, 2024 -- Tornado (EF1) -- $1.17M property damage reported
- Sep 28, 2019 -- Hail (Golf Ball hail, 1.75 in)
- Jul 27, 2016 -- Thunderstorm Wind (55 kt gust) -- $75K property damage reported
Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.
Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive
2 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Salem County since June 1, 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind events.
Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn. NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.
“Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.
The damage figure. $1,275,250 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Salem County over the period — a county total, not a figure for any one property, any one building or any one claim. NOAA records these figures as estimates made at the time of reporting. They are not adjusted for inflation, and they are frequently absent or zero — a zero means nothing was recorded, not that nothing was damaged.
Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.
Roofing in Salem, VA: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Salem, VA?
3 roofing listings are recorded at Salem, Virginia addresses in this directory. The count is read from the directory's own database each time this page is rebuilt; a listing is a location record, and the list above shows one card per company.
Does Virginia require a roofing license?
Yes. Virginia licenses roofing contractors at state level, so a Salem roofer should hold a current state license before quoting; the Virginia roofing license rules set out the class and how to check it. You can check a credential on the Virginia authority's own site.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Salem?
We have not modeled a cost index for Salem. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; the only number worth planning around is a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.
When is storm season in Salem?
Virginia's peak severe-weather season: May–September for convective, December–March for winter. The Virginia storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.
What was the most recent severe storm recorded near Salem?
In NOAA's record for Salem County, the most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition — hail 1.00 in or larger, a 58 kt gust, or any tornado — was a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 kt (about 69 mph) on May 30, 2025. The Salem County storm history on this page shows the full 2016–2026 record; it describes weather that happened, not the condition of any building.
Which county handles roofing permits in Salem?
Every listing on this page is recorded in Salem County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Salem goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.