Historical hail archive: January 2016–December 2025. NOAA radar estimates within 25 miles of each city centre. ZIP matches use the first three digits; this is not a property-level report or a live alert service. Coverage and source.
Caddo Parish · Louisiana · NOAA radar record 2016–2025
Hail damage in Shreveport, LA
Radar has detected hail over Shreveport on 280 separate days since 2016. On 61 of them the largest stone was estimated at golf-ball size or bigger. The biggest was 10.2 cm on March 15, 2025.
A high value in this historical exposure model. Radar estimates do not establish what reached a property or whether it was damaged.
How we got to that number
| Component | Value | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency Hail days per year at 1.00 in (2.5 cm) or larger | 53 / 100 | × 0.35 | 18.6 |
| Severity Largest stone radar estimated in the whole window | 100 / 100 | × 0.30 | 30.0 |
| Recency How long since the last 2 in (5 cm) day | 94 / 100 | × 0.20 | 18.8 |
| Concentration Hail days per year reaching golf-ball size | 30 / 100 | × 0.15 | 4.6 |
| RoofTake Score | 72 | ||
The score describes an area, not a house. Two roofs on the same street of different ages face very different risk from the identical storm. The whole formula and its weights are on the methodology page, and you can recompute it yourself from our public data.
Ark-La-Tex storms bring hail in the same systems that bring tornadoes.
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Data last refreshed: · source: NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory, dataset nx3hail
The ten biggest hail days in Shreveport since 2016
| Date | Radar max size | Metric | Comparison | Signatures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 13, 2019 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 41 |
| May 10, 2021 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 27 |
| June 18, 2023 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 30 |
| March 15, 2025 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 22 |
| April 25, 2020 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 67 |
| May 22, 2024 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 16 |
| May 2, 2016 | 3.25 in | 8.3 cm | Teacup | 15 |
| April 15, 2023 | 3.25 in | 8.3 cm | Teacup | 54 |
| May 23, 2024 | 3.25 in | 8.3 cm | Teacup | 82 |
| January 21, 2017 | 3.00 in | 7.6 cm | Teacup | 22 |
"Signatures" is the number of separate radar volume scans that detected hail in a storm cell within 25 miles that day. More signatures means a longer-lived or larger storm, not necessarily bigger stones.
Hail days by year
Busiest year in the record: 2022 with 36 hail days.
Hail days by month
Peak month: June. Hail season in Louisiana is short and it is not distributed evenly — most of the annual risk arrives in a few weeks.
What to do with this if you own a roof in Shreveport
- Find your dates. Look up your ZIP for the record nearest you, and note every day at 1.00 in or above since you bought the house.
- Work out whether your roof could have survived them. A twelve-year-old asphalt roof and a two-year-old one respond very differently to the same stone — the age calculator explains why.
- Look, before you file. Nine photographs, none of them requiring you to get on the roof.
- Check the arithmetic. If the actual cash value of the damage is under your deductible, filing pays nothing — work it out first.
- Then write. The letter generator puts the Shreveport radar record and the NOAA citation into your notice of claim.
Every hail day radar recorded near Shreveport
280 days, most recent first. Sizes are radar estimates of the largest stone aloft in the cell, not measurements at any address.
- November 25, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- September 22, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- September 21, 20252.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- August 29, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- August 20, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- August 19, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- August 18, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- August 17, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- August 15, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- August 14, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- August 11, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- August 10, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- July 31, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- July 27, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- July 18, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- July 12, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- July 9, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- June 25, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- June 19, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- June 14, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- June 11, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- May 26, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- May 20, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- May 2, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- May 1, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- April 30, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- April 25, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- April 21, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- April 5, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- April 2, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- March 24, 20252.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- March 23, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- March 15, 20254.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
- January 5, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- October 30, 20241.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- September 25, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- July 17, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- June 3, 20242.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- June 1, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- May 31, 20240.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- May 30, 20242.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- May 23, 20243.25 in (8.3 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- May 22, 20243.75 in (9.5 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- May 13, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- May 10, 20243.00 in (7.6 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- May 9, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- April 29, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- April 28, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- April 10, 20242.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- April 9, 20241.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- April 8, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- March 15, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- March 5, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- February 11, 20242.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- September 25, 20231.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- September 8, 20230.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- September 7, 20231.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- September 6, 20231.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- September 4, 20230.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- August 28, 20232.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
Showing the 60 most recent of 280. The full record is in the JSON we publish: shreveport-la.json.
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Hail in Shreveport, LA: common questions
How often does Shreveport get damaging hail?
Radar recorded 280 hail days within 25 miles of the city centre between 2016 and 2025 — an average of 28.0 a year, of which 6.1 a year were at golf-ball size or larger. Not every one of those damages roofs.
When is hail season in Shreveport?
The busiest month in this record is June, and 2022 was the busiest single year with 36 hail days.
Does this mean my roof is damaged?
No. These are radar estimates of the largest stone aloft in a storm cell somewhere within 25 miles of the city centre. Whether anything landed on your street, and whether it damaged your particular roof, needs somebody to look.
How do I use this for an insurance claim?
A specific date with a public, citable source is what turns 'sometime last year' into a date of loss. Use the claim letter generator, which pulls the date and the NOAA citation in for you.
Why 25 miles?
It is wide enough to catch storms that clipped the metro and narrow enough that the number still means something for a house inside it. The same radius is used for every metro so the pages are comparable.
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