Storms in South Carolina in 2026
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2026, 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 2026 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
- 397
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $643,000
- Episodes
- 69
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 | 165 | 0 | 0 | $81,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 18 | 1 | 1 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 3 | 3 | |
| Strong Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 12 | 0 | 0 | $45,000 |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Tornado | 6 | 1 | 1 | $500,000 |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2026
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2026
- Winter Storm in South Carolina, January 25, 2026
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, January 25, 2026
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 25, 2026
- Winter Storm in South Carolina, January 25, 2026
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in South Carolina, January 25, 2026
- Winter Storm in South Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 31, 2026
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 31, 2026
February 2026
- Cold in South Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm in South Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Cold in South Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold and Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Cold in South Carolina, February 2, 2026
- Strong Wind in South Carolina, February 22, 2026
March 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 8, 2026
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 12, 2026
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 12, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 12 to 16, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 16, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 16, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 16, 2026
April 2026
- Drought in South Carolina, April 1 to 30, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 5, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 30, 2026
- Hail in South Carolina, April 30, 2026
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, April 30, 2026
May 2026
- Drought in South Carolina, May 1 to 31, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 11, 2026
- Hail in South Carolina, May 11, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 22, 2026
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 22, 2026
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, May 23, 2026
- Rip Current in South Carolina, May 24, 2026
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, May 25, 2026
- Flash Flooding and Flood in South Carolina, May 26, 2026
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 26, 2026
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in South Carolina, May 27, 2026
June 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 1, 2026
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 1, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 1, 2026
- Rip Current in South Carolina, June 4, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 12, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 12, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 13, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 13, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 13, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 14, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 14, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 14, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 14, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 18, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 18, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 19, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 22, 2026
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 26, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 27, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 27, 2026
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 27, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 28, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 28, 2026
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 29, 2026
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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.