Hail in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Hail in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana: 255 recorded events between 1959 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4. That places the county #412 nationally and #3 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for hail in Ouachita Parish is the 2000s, when 63 of the county's 255 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 Ouachita Parish archive, hail makes up 31.4% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #412 for this hazard and #3 within Louisiana, putting it in the 86.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for hail in Ouachita Parish with 78 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 378
• Flash Flood 106
• Tornado 47

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

255 hail events are recorded in Ouachita Parish between 1959 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Ouachita Parish?

The strongest hail on record in Ouachita Parish measured 4.

Where does the hail data for Ouachita 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.