The ACT has experienced its most intense storm season on NRMA record with Aranda, Florey and Latham homes topping its hardest hit list.
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More than 1000 claims for storm damage to homes was made from the top three ACT suburbs for the 2019-2020 financial year, while NRMA data found Jerrabomberra was the most storm affected suburb in the region.
According to the data, more than 18,500 were made for storm damage to Canberra houses in January alone, up from just 658 claims the year prior.
Macgregor, Dunlop and Griffith followed on Canberra's hardest-hit list, the storm cell which swept through from the north-west leaving a trail of claims in its wake at the start of the year.
Hailstones of four to five centimetres in diameter and wind gusts of up to 116km/h damaged cars, businesses and houses across Canberra in January, with more than half a billion dollars in claims made across insurers.
That month, hail damage alone contributed to more than 14,800 NRMA claims, more than 10,000 of them from the 38,000 vehicles estimated to have been damaged within the ACT and nearby region.
NRMA insurance manager Luke Gallagher said in 26 years at the job he had not seen weather patterns like these.
"I remember there once was one major event every few years and it just seems there's such an increase in the frequency and severity of events that they're now happening every year," Mr Gallagher said.
Insurance data for October to March showed NRMA claims made as a result of storm damage increased from a five-year average of 58 per cent of home claims to 75 per cent during that Canberra storm season.
The January hail bought the percentage up to 96 per cent of all home claims resulting from storm damage that month.
NRMA ran a survey of more than 300 customers in Canberra this month which found almost 60 per cent reporting nervousness about the potential for severe weather this summer.
Mr Gallagher said almost all of the residents surveyed reported experiencing storm stress, with damage to homes and vehicles and driving safely in difficult conditions topping the list of concerns.
He said while customers had reported concern about the upcoming storm season, it wasn't necessarily translating to action.
"You can do things to prevent some of the damage by being properly prepared," Mr Gallagher said.
"It's not just about clearing your gutters and clearing your downpipes, it's also understanding the state of maintenance of your roof."
Mr Gallagher said, unsurprisingly, old houses were likely to be the worst damaged in storms and cracked or dislodged roof tiles could increase the likelihood of damage.
"It's also about understanding your surroundings and environment, in terms of what trees could fall on your home and garage and being proactive in trimming that back."
Mr Gallagher said it was important people understood the value and "makeup" of their homes to avoid disaster.
The ACT State Emergency Service reported 1900 calls for assistance during January's extreme weather event, which the Bureau of Meteorology said resulted from a confluence of weather influences which hit Melbourne on the late afternoon of Sunday, January 19, then moved up to Canberra the next day.
The Bureau has forecast another wet weekend ahead with 95 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and up to 45mm expected to fall.