Newton County, Indiana Hail Map & History
Newton County was hit as recently as 2026-07-27, 49 days ago. Newton County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2.75 inches, a baseball and 2.8 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2012-08-09 near Morocco.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Indiana. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-07-27, around Kentland. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Newton County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 15 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 0.9 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 20 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 6 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2015 alone produced 4 of the 15 days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 3 days since 2022, against 1.0 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 15 days on record passed it, 7%, the last on 2012-08-09. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in August, not June. 5 of the 15 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
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Hardest-hit places in Newton County
Reports cluster nearest Morocco -- 8 of the county's 15 hail days -- then Beaver City (2), Kentland (2) and Lake Village (2). That one town is named on 53% of them.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 3 | 2.75″ |
| Kentland | 2 | 1.75″ |
| 3 Ene Beaver City | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 4 Sw Lake Village | 1 | 1.75″ |
| Lake Village | 1 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Newton County
The season runs May through September: 13 of the 15 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (87%). June is the single busiest month, with 4 of them (27%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in March, outside that window. Reports span 6 of the 12 calendar months; the other 6 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| March | 2 |
| May | 3 |
| June | 4 |
| July | 1 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 2 |
Recent Newton County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Kentland. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-08-12 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-05-07 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2019-06-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2018-05-27 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2016-03-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2015-09-04 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2015-08-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Newton 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 2.75 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, over the state line included: Lake County (35 hail days), Porter County (22), Starke County (13), Iroquois County, Illinois (17) and Kankakee County, Illinois (29). Newton County sits in between.
Lake County · Porter County · Starke County · Iroquois County, Illinois · Kankakee County, Illinois
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Newton County, Indiana only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.