Louisiana was hit as recently as 2026-05-22, 70 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 342 separate hail days in Louisiana since 2010, across 1,689 individual storm reports. 52 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 4.25 inches on 2014-12-23 near Sicily Island, Catahoula.
Louisiana sees damaging hail from spring frontal systems across Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and the central parishes. Pick a date below to see the NOAA radar swath and reports, or check a specific address.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Louisiana. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->Louisiana averages 20 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 3 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport, Lafayette.
Louisiana's busiest hail month is April, with 76 of its 342 hail days on record. January through June holds 284 of them, 83% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 14 |
| February | 22 |
| March | 55 |
| April | 76 |
| May | 67 |
| June | 50 |
| July | 13 |
| August | 9 |
| September | 10 |
| October | 7 |
| November | 7 |
| December | 12 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 50 | 3.00″ |
| Bossier | 37 | 4.00″ |
| Ouachita | 32 | 2.50″ |
| East Baton Rouge | 31 | 3.75″ |
| Natchitoches | 30 | 2.50″ |
| Union | 29 | 1.75″ |
31 Louisiana counties have at least 13 NOAA hail days on record since 2010 -- enough archive signal for a page of their own. Ordered by hail days.
Caddo Parish · Bossier Parish · Ouachita Parish · East Baton Rouge Parish · Natchitoches Parish · Union Parish · Calcasieu Parish · Morehouse Parish · Webster Parish · Rapides Parish · Franklin Parish · Richland Parish · West Carroll Parish · Vernon Parish · Sabine Parish · St. Tammany Parish · Beauregard Parish · Livingston Parish · Tangipahoa Parish · Grant Parish · Allen Parish · Catahoula Parish · Jefferson Parish · De Soto Parish · Lincoln Parish · Acadia Parish · Claiborne Parish · La Salle Parish · Winn Parish · East Carroll Parish · Iberville Parish
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-05-10 | 1.00″ | 3 |
| 2026-05-08 | 2.00″ | 12 |
| 2026-04-29 | 1.50″ | 7 |
| 2026-04-28 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2026-04-26 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-04-25 | 2.75″ | 3 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1.00″ | 2 |
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail in each ~1 km cell; the dots are individual SPC ground reports. Yellow is around an inch, red is 1.5 to 2″, and purple is 2″ and up -- see how hail size maps to roof damage. Click any spot on the map to see the hail history at that point, or look up a full street address on the hail history by address tool. Today's nationwide activity is on today's hail report.
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Louisiana only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.