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Lake Station, 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 Lake Station city centroid, 1950 to present.

65hail events since 1950
45≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.00"largest on record · 1983-07-01
2024-05-07most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 0
2020 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2019 2 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 1 0.88" (nickel)
2016 0
2015 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 1 0.88" (nickel)
2013 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 4 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
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.1 mi
2025-07-16 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 4 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 8.9 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 6.2 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 5.6 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 3.9 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 3 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 4 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 2.8 mi
2025-03-30 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 8.4 mi

2025-07-16: “A measured wind gust to 65 mph was reported.”

2025-05-15: “Trees were blown down around 71st Avenue.”

2025-05-15: “A private weather station measured a wind gust to 61 mph.”

Disputing a claim at a Lake Station 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