South Carolina

Storm History: Darlington County, South Carolina

348 episodes, 595 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Darlington 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
595
Deaths
4
Injuries
36
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
348

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
Hail22205$1.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind20306$1.3 million
Tornado73125$12 million
Flash Flood1200$175,000
Flood1200
Winter Storm1020
Heavy Rain900
Drought800
Winter Weather800$100,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)800$1.3 million
Ice Storm600$3.8 million
Strong Wind600$14,000
Heat510
High Wind300
Lightning300$43,000
Tropical Storm300
Heavy Snow300
Funnel Cloud100

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 Darlington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Darlington CountyEvery warning in Darlington 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.