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La Fontaine, IN hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the La Fontaine city centroid, 1950 to present.

76hail events since 1950
38≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.25"largest on record · 1961-07-05
2025-08-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 0.75" (penny)
2024 2 1.00" (quarter)
2023 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 3 1.00" (quarter)
2019 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 4 1.00" (quarter)
2015 0
2014 0
2013 1 0.88" (nickel)
2012 1 1.00" (quarter)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-08-16 Hail 0.75" 9.2 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7 mi
2025-03-30 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.8 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.7 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.7 mi
2024-03-14 Hail 1.00" 9.8 mi
2024-03-14 Hail 1.00" 3.1 mi
2023-08-24 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9 mi
2023-08-17 Hail 1.25" 0.3 mi

2025-08-16: “Public report.”

2025-06-18: “Trained spotter recorded a 60 mph wind gust.”

2025-06-18: “Emergency manager reports a tree down on power lines.”

Disputing a claim at a La Fontaine address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-06-12