Hail in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Hail in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana: 68 recorded events between 1976 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2. That places the county #1,896 nationally and #36 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for hail in St. Landry Parish is the 2000s, when 30 of the county's 68 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 St. Landry Parish archive, hail makes up 16.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,896 for this hazard and #36 within Louisiana, putting it in the 39.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Mar is the peak month for hail in St. Landry Parish with 19 recorded events, while Sep 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 213
• Tornado 73

How many hail events are on record in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana?

68 hail events are recorded in St. Landry Parish between 1976 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in St. Landry Parish?

The strongest hail on record in St. Landry Parish measured 2.

Where does the hail data for St. Landry 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.