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Indiana hail

Every recorded hail report since 1955 · 92 counties with a record

NOAA's Storm Events Database records 7,627 hail reports in Indiana from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 218 a year since 2000. The costliest was the May 18, 2000 hail ($129 million in 2025 dollars). Indiana ranks 20th of 52 states and territories by count and 11th of 51 per square mile.

Hail in Indiana, 1955 to 2026

Hail records per year (NOAA Storm Events); 2026 to June 30, 2026. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996.

  • recorded, no damage figure
  • under $1 million
  • $1 million or more
  • $10 million or more
  • $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
  • $1 billion or more, or 100 deaths
  • a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
  • a year with a death
  • 1996: all 48 event types recorded from 1996
Records
7,6271955 to June 30, 2026
A year since 2000
218average
Deaths
03 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars
$155Mas filed
Busiest year
2006721 records

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; deaths and damage as filed, damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.

Are hail reports common in Indiana?

Indiana averages about 218 hail reports a year since 2000, 20th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2006 (721). Per 10,000 square miles of land, Indiana records 2129 hail reports since 1955, 11th of 51 states and territories by that measure.

  1. 1. Kansas 4920
  2. 2. Oklahoma 4607
  3. 3. Nebraska 3261
  4. 4. Missouri 2974
  5. 5. Iowa 2856
  6. 6. Arkansas 2407
  7. 7. South Dakota 2244
  8. 8. Ohio 2241
  9. 9. South Carolina 2226
  10. 10. Illinois 2221
  11. 11. Indiana 2129

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1955, per 10,000 square miles of land area (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; places under 1,000 square miles not ranked). Damage colours: Storm Events damage, 2025 dollars.

Which counties in Indiana have the most hail reports?

Per square mile, Marion County leads Indiana: 158 days with a hail report since 1955, 399.0 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Marion County has the most hail records (373 since 1955); large counties collect more records simply by covering more ground, so the ranking counts days with a record per unit of area (a storm filed for several forecast zones adds several records but one day).

  1. Marion County 399.0 (373)
  2. Vanderburgh County 334.2 (94)
  3. Floyd County 289.6 (61)
  4. Hendricks County 216.3 (210)
  5. Hamilton County 210.5 (187)
  6. Huntington County 209.1 (140)
  7. Morgan County 205.5 (136)
  8. Clark County 204.0 (121)
  9. Johnson County 202.9 (126)
  10. St. Joseph County 201.0 (182)
  11. Hancock County 186.3 (85)
  12. Boone County 182.1 (129)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, days with a record in the county since 1955 per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer); in brackets, the count of records.

When is hail season in Indiana?

43% of its hail reports since 1955 fell in May and June. The busiest month is May (1,789 records).

The values, month by month

Jan 67 · Feb 127 · Mar 898 · Apr 1,474 · May 1,789 · Jun 1,483 · Jul 749 · Aug 555 · Sep 233 · Oct 154 · Nov 89 · Dec 9 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began, since 1955.

The costliest hail reports in Indiana

Indiana: the most damaging storms since 1993, 2025 dollars
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2000-05-18 HailAnderson, Madison County One storm episode: 10 records in 9 places; the totals are the episode's. 2.75 in hail 0 0 $129M
2012-03-02 HailHaubstadt, Gibson County One storm episode: 3 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's. 2.50 in hail 0 0 $3.9M
1996-05-03 HailPrinceton, Gibson County 3.00 in hail 0 0 $3.8M
2010-06-14 HailBoswell, Benton County 4.25 in hail 0 0 $3.4M
2002-04-24 HailBufkin, Posey County 1.75 in hail 0 0 $3.3M
1993-08-16 HailMoores Hill, Dearborn County 1.75 in hail 0 0 $2.0M
2008-06-15 HailIndian Vlg, St. Joseph County 2.75 in hail 0 0 $1.7M
2023-07-17 HailDanville, Hendricks County One storm episode: 2 records; the totals are the episode's. 1.55 in hail 0 0 $775K

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: property and crop damage as estimated by the National Weather Service, in 2025 dollars.

Are hail reports becoming more frequent in Indiana?

Indiana's count per decade against the whole country's, and its share. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996, so earlier decades are not comparable; the share of the national total is the fairer comparison across decades.

Hail: Indiana and the United States by decade (2020s to June 30, 2026)
DecadeIndianaUnited StatesIndiana's share
1955-59272,4771.1%
1960s1077,6511.4%
1970s21911,0072.0%
1980s51126,5551.9%
1990s96875,5811.3%
2000s2,618137,3961.9%
2010s2,246107,2812.1%
2020-2693156,4911.6%

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

The most recent hail reports in Indiana

The 12 most recent records, to June 30, 2026
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2026-06-24 HailHighland, Lake County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-16 HailSpring Lake, Hancock County 1.25 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-16 HailMaywood, Marion County 1.25 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-16 HailTremont, Marion County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-16 HailSpeedway Airport, Hendricks County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-16 HailRaccoon, Putnam County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-16 HailMontmorencie, Tippecanoe County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-16 HailRockfield, Carroll County 1.25 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-16 HailShipshewana, LaGrange County 1.00 in hail 0 0 $1K
2026-06-16 HailKeystone, Wells County 1.00 in hail 0 0 $1K
2026-06-16 HailGravelton, Cass County 1.00 in hail 0 0 $1K
2026-06-16 HailWaterford Mills, Elkhart County 1.25 in hail 0 0 $1K

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; the newest months are revised by NCEI as reports arrive. Search the record at NCEI.

Federal disaster declarations for hail reports in Indiana

FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 25 declarations in Indiana, 25 of them major disasters; the latest on April 15, 2023.

The 12 most recent
DeclaredNumberTitleAreas named
2023-04-15DR-4704Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes13
2014-04-22DR-4173Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm30
2012-03-09DR-4058Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes6
2011-06-23DR-1997Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and36
2009-04-22DR-1832Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding16
2009-03-05DR-1828Severe Winter Storm21
2008-09-23DR-1795Severe Storms and Flooding38
2008-06-08DR-1766Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes50
2008-01-30DR-1740Severe Storms and Flooding21
2007-11-30DR-1732Severe Storms and Flooding1
2006-10-06DR-1662Severe Storms and Flooding3
2005-01-21DR-1573Severe Winter Storms and Flooding87

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.

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