South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2018

929 events in 161 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2018, 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 2018 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
929
Deaths
11
Injuries
9
Damage
$5.9 million
Episodes
161

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 Wind50402$2.0 million
Hail9300$166,000
Tropical Storm8400$39,000
Flash Flood5700$63,000
Heavy Snow3900
Strong Wind2011$80,000
Heavy Rain1900
Winter Weather1800
Tornado1802$186,000
Winter Storm1630
Lightning1604$20,000
Flood1600$27,000
Coastal Flood800
Rip Current710
Cold/Wind Chill600
Tropical Depression500
Hurricane (Typhoon)260$3.4 million
Storm Surge/Tide100

Every episode, month by month

January 2018

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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.