South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2013

920 events in 191 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2013, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

South Carolina in 2013 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

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The year

Events
920
Deaths
12
Injuries
13
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
191

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind46810$657,000
Flash Flood13531$3.6 million
Hail9101$740,000
Flood5800$156,000
Winter Weather3400$9,000
Tropical Storm3410$27,000
Strong Wind3300$43,000
Heavy Rain2500$6,000
Tornado10011$1.1 million
Lightning900$127,000
Coastal Flood800
Rip Current770
Funnel Cloud400
Heavy Snow200
Wildfire100$12 million
High Wind100$10,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

February 2013

March 2013

April 2013

May 2013

June 2013

July 2013

August 2013

September 2013

October 2013

November 2013

December 2013

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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.