Hail events in La Crosse County, Wisconsin 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 224 hail events on record for La Crosse County, Wisconsin, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
The newest hail event on record is on 10 Jun 2026.
From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 63 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 .
Date of the data: NCEI storm events through . Event types on this page: Hail.
Newest hail events on record
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile N of MIDWAY
Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size
1 mile E of NEW AMSTERDAM
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles ESE of LYTLE
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile S of ONALASKA
Hail0.75 in, penny size
4 miles SSE of NEWBURG CORNERS
Hail2.00 in, hen egg size
1 mile W of HOLMEN. Damage estimate: $280 thousand
Hail0.75 in, penny size
2 miles SSW of COUNCIL BAY
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile SW of HOLMEN
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
2 miles SSW of COUNCIL BAY
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
1 mile SSE of COUNCIL BAY. Damage estimate: $10 thousand
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
1 mile SW of HOLMEN. Damage estimate: $20 thousand
Hail2.75 in, baseball size
3 miles ESE of HOLMEN. Damage estimate: $30 thousand
Hail3.00 in, tea cup size
1 mile NW of WEST SALEM. Damage estimate: $50 thousand
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
3 miles ENE of HOLMEN
Hail2.00 in, hen egg size
1 mile W of WEST SALEM. Damage estimate: $35 thousand
Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size
1 mile W of WEST SALEM. Damage estimate: $35 thousand
Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size
1 mile NE of WEST SALEM. Damage estimate: $65 thousand
Hail2.75 in, baseball size
2 miles ENE of WEST SALEM. Damage estimate: $50 thousand
Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size
1 mile NE of BARRE MILLS
Hail2.75 in, baseball size
1 mile SE of BANGOR. Damage estimate: $50 thousand
Hail4.00 in, softball size
1 mile NNE of NESHBONOC LAKE. Damage estimate: $65 thousand
Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size
1 mile SE of BANGOR. Damage estimate: $25 thousand
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles NE of HERRINGTON
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
3 miles N of HERRINGTON
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile SW of HOLMEN
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
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 1990s | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| 2000s | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 58 |
| 2010s | 4 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| 2020s | 10 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 (part of the year) | 58 |
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
- Jan0 events
- Feb0 events
- Mar6 events
- Apr33 events
- May28 events
- Jun56 events
- Jul66 events
- Aug19 events
- Sep12 events
- Oct3 events
- Nov0 events
- Dec1 event
Magnitudes on record
| Hail size | Size in words | Events |
|---|---|---|
| under 1 in | pea to quarter | 93 |
| 1 to 1.74 in | quarter to golf ball | 85 |
| 1.75 to 2.74 in | golf ball to baseball | 37 |
| 2.75 to 3.99 in | baseball to softball | 7 |
| 4 in and larger | softball and larger | 2 |
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.
An event without a size in the record is not in this table.
Beside the other counties
| Measure | La Crosse | All counties of Wisconsin | All counties of the United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail events, 1955 to 2026 | 224 | 9,251 | 423,723 |
| Events for each 100 square miles | 49.6 | 17.1 | 12.0 |
| Events for each 10,000 residents | 18.6 | 15.7 | 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
| Date | Event type | Magnitude | Damage estimate | Deaths | Injuries | On record for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $405 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $4 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $1 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $2.1 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $46 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | $149 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $174 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $149 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $150 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | $44 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $170 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.00 in | $20 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $20 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $5.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $2 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 3.50 in | $500 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $100 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $100 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $40 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | $5 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $2 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $350 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.25 in | $320 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $25 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $8 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.00 in | $7 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $1 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $500 | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $7 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $4 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $3 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $2 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $1 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $4 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $3 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $750 | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $750 | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $500 | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $500 | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $500 | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $15 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $10 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $30 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $10 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $30 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 3.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 4.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County |
The site keeps 173 of the 224 events for this page. It keeps the newest 120 events. It also keeps 80 events with the most damage, injuries or deaths. 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: La Crosse, WI (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 .
Cite this page
County Hazards. "Hail events on record for La Crosse County, Wisconsin". https://countyhazards.com/county/wi/la-crosse/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on .
Questions
- Which month has the most hail events on record for La Crosse County?
- July has 66 of the 224 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
- How many hail events are on record for Wisconsin?
- NCEI has 9,265 hail events on record for Wisconsin from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
- How does La Crosse County compare with the other counties of Wisconsin?
- The counties of Wisconsin have 17.1 hail events for each 100 square miles. La Crosse County has 49.6.
- How large is the hail on record for La Crosse County?
- 46 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.