Storms in South Carolina in 2016

1,113 events in 183 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2016, 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 2016 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: 1,113
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 22
Damage: $255 million
Episodes: 183

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	629	0	6	$987,000
Flash Flood	114	0	1	$12 million
Hail	112	0	6	$249,000
Tropical Storm	52	0	1	$268,000
Drought	35	0	0
High Wind	31	0	0	$30,000
Strong Wind	27	0	0	$40,000
Flood	20	0	0
Winter Weather	19	0	0
Heavy Rain	17	0	0
Winter Storm	11	0	0
Lightning	11	0	7	$67,000
Coastal Flood	9	0	0
Rip Current	7	0	1
Tornado	5	0	0	$590,000
Storm Surge/Tide	5	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	5	5	0	$241 million
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.