78
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$0
Property damage
Hail in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: 78 recorded events between 1965 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2. That places the county #1,740 nationally and #29 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Lafayette Parish is the 2010s, when 25 of the county's 78 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 Lafayette Parish archive, hail makes up 22.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,740 for this hazard and #29 within Louisiana, putting it in the 43.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Lafayette Parish with 18 recorded events, while Oct 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2025 | SCOTT | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 6, 2025 | SCOTT | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 6, 2025 | DUSON | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 2, 2024 | MILTON | 1 | $0 |
| May 17, 2024 | RIDGE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Apr 10, 2024 | BROUSSARD | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 6, 2022 | BROUSSARD | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 6, 2020 | LAFAYETTE | 1 | $0 |
| May 6, 2020 | SCOTT | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 6, 2020 | DUSON | 1.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Lafayette Parish
- Thunderstorm Wind 144
- Flash Flood 49
- Tornado 42
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A east-west line of thunderstorms moving east-southeast at 35 mph produced large hail three miles northeast of Clinton, 9 miles northeast of Clinton, in Chipola, Darlington, 3 miles east of Amite, Jarreau, 7 miles north of Albany, in Jennings, Morse, and 5 miles northwest of Lafayette. Thunderstorm winds blew down many trees and power lines 9 miles northeast of Clinton, and 4 miles northwest of Greensburg. A mobile home was destroyed 3 miles east of Amite when a large tree fell on top of it.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana?
78 hail events are recorded in Lafayette Parish between 1965 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Lafayette Parish?
The strongest hail on record in Lafayette Parish measured 2.
Where does the hail data for Lafayette 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.
Cite this page
“Hail in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/louisiana/lafayette-parish/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.