Louisiana hail

Every recorded hail report since 1955 · 64 counties with a record

NOAA's Storm Events Database records 6,412 hail reports in Louisiana from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 133 a year since 2000. The costliest was the April 22, 1995 hail ($194 million in 2025 dollars). Louisiana ranks 24th of 52 states and territories by count and 26th of 51 per square mile.

Hail in Louisiana, 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: 6,4121955 to June 30, 2026
A year since 2000: 133average
Deaths: 08 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars: $384Mas filed
Busiest year: 1992270 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 Louisiana?

Louisiana averages about 133 hail reports a year since 2000, 24th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 1992 (270). Per 10,000 square miles of land, Louisiana records 1484 hail reports since 1955, 26th of 51 states and territories by that measure.

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 Louisiana have the most hail reports?

Per square mile, Caddo Parish leads Louisiana: 317 days with a hail report since 1955, 360.4 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Caddo Parish has the most hail records (641 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).

Caddo Parish 360.4 (641)
Webster Parish 288.2 (253)
Bossier Parish 266.8 (399)
Ouachita Parish 250.7 (256)
West Carroll Parish 236.3 (104)
Lincoln Parish 226.9 (158)
Lafayette Parish 223.2 (78)
Orleans Parish 206.5 (37)
Jefferson Parish 196.1 (75)
Red River Parish 185.1 (87)
East Baton Rouge Parish 169.0 (111)
Franklin Parish 166.6 (130)

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 Louisiana?

47% of its hail reports since 1955 fell in March and April. The busiest month is April (1,636 records).

The values, month by month

Jan 308 · Feb 468 · Mar 1,358 · Apr 1,636 · May 1,271 · Jun 570 · Jul 161 · Aug 124 · Sep 80 · Oct 114 · Nov 164 · Dec 158 (records).

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

The costliest hail reports in Louisiana

Louisiana: the most damaging storms since 1993, 2025 dollars
Date	Record	Character	Damage
1995-04-22	HailShreveport, Caddo Parish Every hail record filed in the state that day (3, in 2 places; before 1996 NOAA filed no storm episodes); the totals are the day's.	4.50 in hail	$194M
2000-01-23	HailMetairie, Jefferson Parish	1.00 in hail	$111M
2019-05-09	HailSulphur, Calcasieu Parish One storm episode: 2 records; the totals are the episode's.	2.50 in hail	$53M
2006-05-10	HailWaverly, Madison Parish One storm episode: 3 records in 3 places; the totals are the episode's.	2.75 in hail	$4.0M
2006-02-03	HailCooter Pt, Tensas Parish One storm episode: 3 records in 3 places; the totals are the episode's.	1.75 in hail	$1.7M
2001-05-24	HailCountywide, Catahoula Parish One storm episode: 4 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's.	1.75 in hail	$1.6M
2005-03-13	HailWaverly, Madison Parish One storm episode: 2 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's.	4.25 in hail	$1.5M
2006-05-14	HailTensas Bluff, Tensas Parish One storm episode: 2 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's.	2.50 in hail	$1.4M

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 Louisiana?

Louisiana'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: Louisiana and the United States by decade (2020s to June 30, 2026)
Decade	Louisiana	United States	Louisiana's share
1955-59	20	2,477	0.8%
1960s	116	7,651	1.5%
1970s	249	11,007	2.3%
1980s	853	26,555	3.2%
1990s	1,666	75,581	2.2%
2000s	1,565	137,396	1.1%
2010s	1,173	107,281	1.1%
2020-26	770	56,491	1.4%

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

The most recent hail reports in Louisiana

The 12 most recent records, to June 30, 2026
Date	Record	Character	Damage
2026-05-22	HailSt Rose, St. Charles Parish	1.00 in hail	–
2026-05-22	HailShreveport, Caddo Parish	1.00 in hail	–
2026-05-10	HailEdgewater, Ouachita Parish	1.00 in hail	–
2026-05-10	HailRobeline, Natchitoches Parish	1.00 in hail	–
2026-05-10	HailPleasant Hill, Sabine Parish	1.00 in hail	–
2026-05-09	HailSibley, Webster Parish	0.88 in hail	–
2026-05-09	HailWillow Chute, Bossier Parish	1.50 in hail	–
2026-05-09	HailWillow Chute, Bossier Parish	1.00 in hail	–
2026-05-08	HailNew Sarpy, St. Charles Parish	1.25 in hail	–
2026-05-08	HailDestrehan, St. Charles Parish	1.50 in hail	–
2026-05-08	HailGreensburg, St. Helena Parish	1.00 in hail	–
2026-05-08	HailEthel, East Feliciana Parish	1.00 in hail	–

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 Louisiana

FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 15 declarations in Louisiana, 15 of them major disasters; the latest on June 3, 2019.

The 12 most recent
Declared	Number	Title	Areas named
2019-06-03	DR-4439	Severe Storms and Tornadoes	3
2013-02-22	DR-4102	Severe Storms and Flooding	11
2009-12-10	DR-1863	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding	11
2007-02-23	DR-1685	Severe Storms and Tornadoes	3
2006-11-02	DR-1668	Severe Storms and Flooding	24
2005-08-23	DR-1601	Tropical Storm Cindy	5
2004-06-08	DR-1521	Severe Storms and Flooding	9
1999-04-09	DR-1269	Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding	5
1999-01-21	DR-1264	Severe Ice Storm	18
1997-03-18	DR-1169	Severe Winter Storm	3
1995-05-10	DR-1049	Severe Storms and Flooding	12
1994-02-28	DR-1012	Severe Winter Ice Storm	8

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