La Porte County, Indiana Hail Map & History
The most recent reported hail day was 2026-03-26, 172 days ago. La Porte County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 3.5 inches and 3.5 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2024-05-07 near Michigan City.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Indiana. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 20 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.2 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 42 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. 6 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2011 alone produced 4 of the 20 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 6 days since 2022.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 20 days on record passed it, 5%, the last on 2024-05-07. They land in the same month as everything else, May. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 3 of the 20 days.
Across the whole of Indiana, see the Indiana hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in La Porte County
Reports cluster nearest La Porte -- 5 of the county's 20 hail days -- then Wanatah (4), Michigan City (3), La Crosse (3) and Kingsbury (2). Beyond those, NOAA names Westville, Kingsford Heights and Laporte on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Wanatah | 3 | 1.75″ |
| Michigan City | 2 | 3.50″ |
| La Crosse | 2 | 1.50″ |
| Kingsford Heights | 2 | 1.00″ |
| La Porte | 2 | 1.00″ |
When it hails in La Porte County
The season runs March through June: 16 of the 20 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (80%). May is the single busiest month, with 6 of them (30%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in July and August, outside that window. Reports span 6 of the 12 calendar months; the other 6 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| March | 4 |
| April | 3 |
| May | 6 |
| June | 3 |
| July | 2 |
| August | 2 |
Recent La Porte County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near La Porte. 2 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-03-06 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2024-05-24 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2024-05-07 | 3.50″ | 9 |
| 2023-06-25 | 1.50″ | 3 |
| 2023-03-31 | 1.25″ | 4 |
| 2020-05-23 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2019-06-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the La Porte County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 3.5 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Porter County (22 hail days), Starke County (13) and St. Joseph County (21). La Porte County sits in between.
Porter County · Starke County · St. Joseph County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, La Porte County, Indiana only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.