Hail events in Lake County, Indiana The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 146 hail events on record for Lake County, Indiana, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 24 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 25 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

Jun 24 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HIGHLAND

Mar 26 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of HIGHLAND

Mar 10 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HOBART

May 20 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of CEDAR LAKE

May 7 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of HOBART

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles SE of HOBART

May 2 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NNW of LAKE STATION

Feb 8 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of CROWN POINT

Jun 1 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of MERRILLVILLE

Mar 31 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS

Mar 26 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of CROWN POINT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of ST JOHN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ST JOHN

Jun 13 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles ENE of NEW CHICAGO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles N of LAKE STATION

Oct 12 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At CEDAR LAKE

Jun 22 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of GLEN PARK

Jun 10 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SSE of DYER

Apr 7 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of COLE ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of HIGHLAND

Mar 14 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SW of LOWELL

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HAMMOND

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SE of DYER

May 2 2018

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles NE of CEDAR LAKE

Jul 7 2017

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At ST JOHN

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Lake County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3
1980s	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
1990s	0	4	2	2	4	4	6	2	0	2	26
2000s	1	0	0	7	2	2	3	10	3	2	30
2010s	5	7	17	14	3	7	0	4	1	3	61
2020s	5	0	2	5	5	0	3 (part of the year)				20

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan2 events
Feb1 event
Mar14 events
Apr12 events
May22 events
Jun48 events
Jul27 events
Aug13 events
Sep4 events
Oct3 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Lake County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	51
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	67
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	27
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Lake County beside the total of the counties of Indiana and of the United States
Measure	Lake	All counties of Indiana	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	146	7,617	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	29.3	21.3	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	2.9	11.2	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Lake County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
7 Jul 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jul 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jul 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
8 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Oct 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Jan 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Jan 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2012	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
28 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Sep 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2011	Hail	1.50 in	$500	County
1 Jul 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Sep 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Sep 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Aug 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Oct 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Aug 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1999	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 Jul 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 1997	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
19 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1995	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1992	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Mar 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 1991	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 Sep 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 1983	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 1978	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 1961	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Chicago, IL (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Lake County, Indiana". https://countyhazards.com/county/in/lake/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Lake County?: June has 48 of the 146 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Indiana?: NCEI has 7,627 hail events on record for Indiana from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Lake County compare with the other counties of Indiana?: The counties of Indiana have 21.3 hail events for each 100 square miles. Lake County has 29.3.
How large is the hail on record for Lake County?: 28 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.