South Carolina

Storm History: Beaufort County, South Carolina

379 episodes, 875 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Beaufort County, South Carolina: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
875
Deaths
4
Injuries
25
Damage
$8.0 million
Episodes
379

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind36801$2.4 million
Hail27606$453,000
Tornado12718$3.5 million
Flash Flood6612$41,000
Lightning2528$1.6 million
Tropical Storm400$6,000
Flood400$13,000
Excessive Heat200$3,000
Heavy Rain200
Waterspout100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Beaufort County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Beaufort CountyEvery warning in Beaufort County since 1986Every county in South Carolina

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.