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Hail in Louisiana: reports, history and hardest-hit cities

2,598 hail reports in Louisiana since 2006. The largest stones measured 4.25 in near Maitland on Dec 23, 2014.

Recent hail in Louisiana

Hail map of Louisiana: the last 12 months

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Each dot is one hail report since Sep 29, 2025 (57 reports); hover or tap a dot for the date and size.

Hail days in Louisiana by year

Cities in Louisiana with the most hail

• Shreveport
  78 hail days
• Bossier City
  74 hail days
• Red Chute
  61 hail days
• Eastwood
  49 hail days
• Blanchard
  47 hail days
• Inniswold
  43 hail days
• Merrydale
  43 hail days
• Prien
  41 hail days
• Westlake
  40 hail days
• Gardere
  39 hail days
• Swartz
  39 hail days
• Claiborne
  38 hail days
• Bawcomville
  37 hail days
• Central
  37 hail days
• Greenwood
  37 hail days
• Oak Hills Place
  37 hail days
• Old Jefferson
  37 hail days
• Shenandoah
  37 hail days
• Village Saint George
  37 hail days
• Brownsville
  36 hail days
• Lake Charles
  35 hail days
• Haughton
  34 hail days
• Monroe
  34 hail days
• Port Allen
  34 hail days
• Richwood
  34 hail days
• West Monroe
  34 hail days
• Baton Rouge
  33 hail days
• Brownsfield
  33 hail days
• Lafayette
  33 hail days
• Brusly
  32 hail days

Counties

• Acadia
  41 hail reports
• Allen
  39 hail reports
• Ascension
  23 hail reports
• Avoyelles
  36 hail reports
• Beauregard
  47 hail reports
• Bienville
  36 hail reports
• Bossier
  143 hail reports
• Caddo
  233 hail reports
• Calcasieu
  117 hail reports
• Caldwell
  26 hail reports
• Cameron
  18 hail reports
• Catahoula
  46 hail reports
• Claiborne
  38 hail reports
• Concordia
  31 hail reports
• De Soto
  39 hail reports
• East Baton Rouge
  69 hail reports
• East Carroll
  28 hail reports
• East Feliciana
  16 hail reports
• Evangeline
  18 hail reports
• Franklin
  49 hail reports
• Grant
  42 hail reports
• Iberia
  20 hail reports
• Iberville
  24 hail reports
• Jackson
  24 hail reports
• Jefferson
  37 hail reports
• Jefferson Davis
  23 hail reports
• La Salle
  29 hail reports
• Lafayette
  42 hail reports
• Lafourche
  18 hail reports
• Lincoln
  54 hail reports
• Livingston
  47 hail reports
• Madison
  24 hail reports
• Morehouse
  62 hail reports
• Natchitoches
  71 hail reports
• Orleans
  12 hail reports
• Ouachita
  112 hail reports
• Plaquemines
  15 hail reports
• Pointe Coupee
  13 hail reports
• Rapides
  62 hail reports
• Red River
  27 hail reports
• Richland
  54 hail reports
• Sabine
  50 hail reports
• St. Charles
  19 hail reports
• St. Landry
  39 hail reports
• St. Martin
  26 hail reports
• St. Mary
  22 hail reports
• St. Tammany
  49 hail reports
• Tangipahoa
  40 hail reports
• Tensas
  24 hail reports
• Terrebonne
  24 hail reports
• Union
  88 hail reports
• Vermilion
  25 hail reports
• Vernon
  42 hail reports
• Washington
  25 hail reports
• Webster
  80 hail reports
• West Baton Rouge
  16 hail reports
• West Carroll
  47 hail reports
• West Feliciana
  14 hail reports
• Winn
  36 hail reports

All cities in Louisiana

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