Indiana hail history

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Indiana had hail reported on 214 days from 2016 to 2025, about 21 a year, and on 1,333 days since 1955. The largest hailstone on record in the state is 9.99″ (May 6, 1961). Marion County had the most hail days of any county from 2016 to 2025 (32).

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

Report counts rose over the decades as more people and spotters reported storms, so compare recent years with each other rather than with the 1960s.

Indiana cities with the most hail days, 2016–2025

Biggest hail days in Indiana since 2016

The largest hail and the biggest storm days since 1955, with radar swaths since 2019: Biggest hail storms in Indiana history

Indiana counties

Places with fewer than 5 hail days on record are listed without a link and kept out of search engines.

When hail falls in Indiana, by month and week: Indiana hail season

Download every Indiana hail, tornado and wind report as CSV, by year: Indiana storm report downloads

All Indiana cities

Alexandria Anderson Angola Attica Auburn Aurora Austin Avon Bargersville Batesville Bedford Beech Grove Berne Bicknell Bloomington Bluffton Boonville Brazil Bremen Brooklyn Brookville Brownsburg Brownstown Butler Carmel Cedar Lake Centerville Chandler Charlestown Chesterfield Chesterton Cicero Clarksville Clinton Columbia City Columbus Connersville Corydon Covington Crawfordsville Crown Point Cumberland Danville Decatur Delphi DeMotte Dyer East Chicago Edinburgh Elkhart Ellettsville Elwood Evansville Fairmount Fishers Fort Branch Fort Wayne Fortville Frankfort Franklin Garrett Gary Gas City Georgetown Goshen Greencastle Greendale Greenfield Greensburg Greenwood Griffith Hammond Hanover Hartford City Hebron Highland Hobart Huntertown Huntingburg Huntington Indianapolis Ingalls Jasper Jeffersonville Kendallville Knox Kokomo La Porte Lafayette Lagrange Lake Station Lapel Lawrence Lawrenceburg Lebanon Leo-Cedarville Ligonier Linton Logansport Loogootee Lowell Madison Marion Martinsville McCordsville Merrillville Michigan City Middlebury Mishawaka Mitchell Monticello Mooresville Mount Vernon Muncie Munster Nappanee New Albany New Castle New Haven New Palestine New Whiteland Newburgh Noblesville North Manchester North Vernon Osceola Ossian Paoli Pendleton Peru Pittsboro Plainfield Plymouth Portage Porter Portland Princeton Rensselaer Richmond Rochester Rockville Rushville Salem Santa Claus Schererville Scottsburg Sellersburg Seymour Shelbyville Sheridan South Bend Speedway Spencer St. John Sullivan Syracuse Tell City Terre Haute Tipton Union City Upland Valparaiso Vincennes Wabash Warsaw Washington West Lafayette Westfield Whiteland Whitestown Whiting Winchester Winfield Winona Lake Yorktown Zionsville

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