South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2020

869 events in 158 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2020, 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 2020 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
869
Deaths
19
Injuries
105
Damage
$125 million
Episodes
158

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 Wind47027$416,000
Hail10210$14,000
Tornado741290$123 million
Flash Flood7302$552,000
Strong Wind4402$35,000
Coastal Flood4100
Flood2000$14,000
Lightning1101$30,000
Tropical Storm901$620,000
Winter Weather800
Heavy Rain700
Rip Current542
Heavy Snow200
Funnel Cloud100
Tropical Depression100
Storm Surge/Tide100

Every episode, month by month

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November 2020

December 2020

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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.