Sleet in Louisiana
Every sleet event the National Weather Service has filed in Louisiana, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Sleet accumulating half an inch or more.
The most significant on the map
The most significant sleet episodes in Louisiana.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 33
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $650,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Louisiana, January 24 to 26, 2026A historically damaging ice storm occurred across northeast Louisiana and the surrounding region.
- Winter Storm and Sleet in Louisiana, February 15, 2021While several rounds of winter weather occurred leading up to February 15, 2021, the first major winter precipitation event occurred on this day.
- Sleet in Louisiana, January 6, 2017A complex weather pattern eventually evolved into a widespread winter weather event across the area on January 6th, 2017. Strong surface high, near 1030mb, was building into the central and southern Plains.
- Sleet and Winter Weather in Louisiana, January 28, 2014A bitterly cold airmass descended on southern Mississippi and southeast Louisiana during the night of the 26th and during the day on the 27th. A strong upper level jet disturbance moved across the area on the 28th, producing a large area of sleet and freezing rain.
- Sleet in Louisiana, March 5, 2015With only a little over a week since the previous heavy snowfall event on February 25th, the region again saw another winter weather maker. Luckily for most of the area, the region had begun a warmup that helped alleviate a lot of road issues.
- Sleet in Louisiana, January 6, 2017Moisture riding over the top of a very cold airmass produced sleet and freezing rain over southwest Mississippi and the adjacent southeast Louisiana parishes. Some accumulations of sleet were reported, although many locations north of Interstate 12 reported trace amounts.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.