South Carolina Hail Map & History
South Carolina was hit as recently as 2026-09-06, 8 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 370 separate hail days in South Carolina since 2010, across 1,794 individual storm reports. 35 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 4.5 inches on 2011-05-10 near Pamplico, Florence.
South Carolina's Midlands and Upstate -- Columbia and Greenville -- see hail from spring frontal convection. Pick a date below to see the NOAA radar swath and reports, or check a specific address.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in South Carolina. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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South Carolina averages 22 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 2 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg.
When it hails in South Carolina
South Carolina's busiest hail month is May, with 87 of its 370 hail days on record. April through August holds 303 of them, 82% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| February | 3 |
| March | 26 |
| April | 43 |
| May | 87 |
| June | 84 |
| July | 53 |
| August | 36 |
| September | 27 |
| October | 4 |
| November | 3 |
| December | 2 |
Top South Carolina counties by hail frequency
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 71 | 3.00″ |
| Spartanburg | 59 | 3.00″ |
| Horry | 43 | 4.50″ |
| Berkeley | 41 | 2.50″ |
| Oconee | 37 | 2.75″ |
| Aiken | 30 | 2.00″ |
South Carolina hail history by county
27 South Carolina counties have at least 13 NOAA hail days on record since 2010 -- enough archive signal for a page of their own. Ordered by hail days.
Greenville County · Spartanburg County · Horry County · Berkeley County · Oconee County · Aiken County · Pickens County · Anderson County · York County · Charleston County · Lexington County · Dorchester County · Orangeburg County · Chesterfield County · Georgetown County · Laurens County · Richland County · Fairfield County · Lancaster County · Cherokee County · Florence County · Colleton County · Sumter County · Newberry County · Greenwood County · Union County · Kershaw County
Recent South Carolina hail days
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | 2.00″ | 10 |
| 2026-09-05 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-22 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1.00″ | 3 |
| 2026-07-02 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-23 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-11 | 1.75″ | 2 |
How to read the South Carolina map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail in each ~1 km cell; the dots are individual SPC ground reports. Yellow is around an inch, red is 1.5 to 2″, and purple is 2″ and up -- see how hail size maps to roof damage. Click any spot on the map to see the hail history at that point, or look up a full street address on the hail history by address tool. Today's nationwide activity is on today's hail report.
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, South Carolina only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.