Storms in South Carolina in 2021
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2021, 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 2021 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
- 465
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $2.6 million
- Episodes
- 107
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 | 243 | 0 | 1 | $412,000 |
| Hail | 87 | 0 | 0 | $63,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 25 | 0 | 1 | $1.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | $265,000 |
| Tropical Depression | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2021
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, January 7 to 8, 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, January 26, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, January 27, 2021
February 2021
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 17 to 18, 2021
March 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 18, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, March 25, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 25, 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, March 26, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 28, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 28, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 31, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 31, 2021
April 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, April 9, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 10, 2021
- Wildfire in South Carolina, April 21, 2021
- Wildfire in South Carolina, April 21, 2021
May 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 1 to 4, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 3, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 2021
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 4, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 4, 2021
- Rip Current in South Carolina, May 10, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 11, 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, May 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 28, 2021
June 2021
- Tornado in South Carolina, June 3, 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, June 5, 2021
- Flood in South Carolina, June 6, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 7, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 7, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 9, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 10, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 12, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 12, 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, June 14, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 14, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 15, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 15, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 15, 2021
- Tropical Depression in South Carolina, June 19 to 20, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 19, 2021
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in South Carolina, June 20 to 21, 2021
- Tropical Storm in South Carolina, June 20, 2021
- Tropical Storm and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 28, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 30, 2021
July 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 1, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 1, 2021
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, July 7 to 8, 2021
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 8, 2021
- Tropical Storm in South Carolina, July 8, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 12, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 12, 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, July 16, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 17, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 17, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 18, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 18, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 18, 2021
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, July 19 to 20, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 22, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 23, 2021
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, July 24, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 26, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 28, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, July 28, 2021
- Excessive Heat in South Carolina, July 30, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 31, 2021
August 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 1, 2021
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 2, 2021
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, August 3, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 10, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 11, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 14 to 15, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 14, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 17, 2021
- Tornadoes in South Carolina, August 17, 2021
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 19, 2021
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, August 22, 2021
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in South Carolina, August 22, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 24, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 25, 2021
- Rip Current in South Carolina, August 27, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 31, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 31, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 31, 2021
September 2021
- Hail in South Carolina, September 8, 2021
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 8, 2021
- Tropical Depression in South Carolina, September 9, 2021
- Rip Current in South Carolina, September 11, 2021
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, September 15, 2021
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 20, 2021
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 22, 2021
October 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in South Carolina, October 7, 2021
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, October 8, 2021
November 2021
- Coastal Flood in South Carolina, November 5 to 8, 2021
- Coastal Flood in South Carolina, November 6 to 7, 2021
- Strong Wind in South Carolina, November 6, 2021
December 2021
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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.