Hail in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Hail in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana: 97 recorded events between 1973 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #1,466 nationally and #23 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for hail in St. Tammany Parish is the 1990s, when 25 of the county's 97 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. Tammany Parish archive, hail makes up 13.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,466 for this hazard and #23 within Louisiana, putting it in the 52.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for hail in St. Tammany Parish with 16 recorded events, while Nov 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 361
• Flash Flood 123
• Tornado 70

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

97 hail events are recorded in St. Tammany Parish between 1973 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

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

The strongest hail on record in St. Tammany Parish measured 3.

Where does the hail data for St. Tammany 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.