Hail events in Vigo 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 111 hail events on record for Vigo County, Indiana, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 30 Mar 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 24 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

Mar 30 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile N of WOODRIDGE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of SOUTHWOOD

May 7 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WSW of PIMENTO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles S of TAYLORVILLE

Mar 14 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile ESE of TERRE HAUTE

Mar 13 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles WSW of SHEPHARDSVILLE

Feb 28 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BELT JCT

Jun 29 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of YOUNGSTOWN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of OTTER CREEK JCT

Jul 11 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ALLENDALE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WSW of LARIMER HILL

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of SYCAMORE PARK

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles W of PRESTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NW of ST MARY OF THE WOODS

Aug 17 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SE of TERRE HAUTE

Mar 30 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ALLENDALE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of KELLER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of TERRE HAUTE

Jul 13 2016

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SW of GROVER

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NW of TERRE HAUTE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At TERRE HAUTE

Jun 15 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of TERRE HAUTE

May 1 2016

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles E of SWALLS

Apr 26 2016

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of BELT JCT

Apr 10 2013

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of NORTH TERRE HAUTE

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 Vigo 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	1	0	0	2	0	3
1960s	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
1980s	0	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	12
1990s	1	0	2	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	11
2000s	0	1	3	1	4	3	10	3	7	0	32
2010s	4	9	8	4	0	0	6	3	0	1	35
2020s	5	0	0	2	5	2	0 (part of the year)				14

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

Jan1 event
Feb2 events
Mar15 events
Apr22 events
May23 events
Jun17 events
Jul17 events
Aug6 events
Sep2 events
Oct2 events
Nov4 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Vigo County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	44
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	46
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	21
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	0
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: Vigo County beside the total of the counties of Indiana and of the United States
Measure	Vigo	All counties of Indiana	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	111	7,617	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	27.5	21.3	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	10.5	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 Vigo County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
10 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Aug 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Aug 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Aug 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Aug 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Nov 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 May 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Sep 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
9 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Sep 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Feb 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jan 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Nov 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Aug 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Nov 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jul 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Nov 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 1983	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
20 Jun 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 1982	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
20 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 1981	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 Oct 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Oct 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 1971	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
29 Mar 1960	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1958	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1958	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Mar 1955	Hail	0.75 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: Indianapolis, IN (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 Vigo County, Indiana". https://countyhazards.com/county/in/vigo/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 Vigo County?: May has 23 of the 111 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 Vigo County compare with the other counties of Indiana?: The counties of Indiana have 21.3 hail events for each 100 square miles. Vigo County has 27.5.
How large is the hail on record for Vigo County?: 21 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.