Storms in South Carolina in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1974, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
South Carolina in 1974 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 100
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $3.6 million
- Episodes
- 26
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 70 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 11 | 6 | 6 | $3.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1974
February 1974
March 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 12, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 29, 1974
- Hail in South Carolina, March 30, 1974
April 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 2, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 3, 1974
- Hail in South Carolina, April 4, 1974
- Hail in South Carolina, April 5, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 8, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 14, 1974
May 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 12, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 19, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 26, 1974
June 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 6, 1974
- Hail in South Carolina, June 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 23, 1974
July 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 16, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 20, 1974
August 1974
September 1974
November 1974
More
Every year in South CarolinaEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in South Carolina in 197419731975
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.