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Homer, LA 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 Homer city centroid, 1950 to present.

72hail events since 1950
54≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 1988-11-19
2025-03-23most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

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

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
2025-10-18 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 0.7 mi
2025-09-24 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 6.1 mi
2025-08-28 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.5 mi
2025-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.6 mi
2025-03-23 Hail 1.00" 4.9 mi
2025-03-23 Hail 1.00" 1.5 mi
2025-03-23 Hail 1.00" 1.1 mi
2024-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 0.4 mi
2023-07-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 2.9 mi
2023-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.2 mi

2025-10-18: “Trees were blown down in and near Homer.”

2025-09-24: “A tree was downed along Highway 9 near Forest Grove Road. Another tree was also downed on Forest Grove Road.”

2025-08-28: “Trees downed at the intersection of Highway 2 and Greer Road.”

Disputing a claim at a Homer 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