Hail in Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Hail in Bienville Parish, Louisiana: 146 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #956 nationally and #13 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for hail in Bienville Parish is the 1990s, when 53 of the county's 146 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Bienville Parish archive, hail makes up 30.2% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #956 for this hazard and #13 within Louisiana, putting it in the 69.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for hail in Bienville Parish with 53 recorded events, while Aug is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

• Thunderstorm Wind 259
• Tornado 44

How many hail events are on record in Bienville Parish, Louisiana?

146 hail events are recorded in Bienville Parish between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Bienville Parish?

The strongest hail on record in Bienville Parish measured 2.75.

Where does the hail data for Bienville Parish come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.