Hampton County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Hampton County: 5.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 26, 2024Tropical Storm, Hampton$1.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds associated with Helene produced widespread trees and power lines down across the entire county. Hampton County Emergency Management reported at least 88 homes impacted during the event, with 5 destroyed and 7 others sustaining major damage. South Carolina Forestry Commission reported that over 10,500 acres of timberland were impacted, with over $2,000,000 in estimated damage.

2. Aug 6, 2024Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A Hampton County emergency manager reported two homes flooded along Willard Street in the town of Hampton, South Carolina. In addition, several roads were washed out or flooded across the county.

3. Jan 10, 2011Ice Storm, Hampton$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Hampton County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines down across the county due to ice accumulation.

4. Aug 9, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Broadcast media reported a roof ripped off a trailer and several pecan trees uprooted, near Barkerville, South Carolina.

5. Jul 1, 2012Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Trees and powerlines down countywide. More than 1000 customers were still without power at 1030 am Monday.

6. Aug 30, 2023Flash Flood$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A trained spotter provided video of flood waters rushing from a creek and surrounding a house in the 500 Block of Willard Street Extension due to heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Idalia. An emergency manager also reported railroad tracks were beginning to wash out near the B and S Cleaners and unpaved Smith Road completely washed out near the intersection with Hickory Hill Road. Daily rainfall amounts up to 7.33 inches were recorded by the time of flash flooding starting across the area.

7. Jan 10, 2011Ice Storm, Hampton$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Hampton county warning point reported trees and power lines down across the county due to ice accumulation.

8. Jun 25, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An emergency manager reported numerous trees blown down, tin ripped off a shed, a pump house damaged, a hood from an 18 wheeler carried across a yard and a small wooden goat pen destroyed.

9. Jul 29, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
10. Jul 26, 2012Thunderstorm Wind$15,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The Hampton County warning point reported trees and powerlines were blown down throughout the city of Estill. Some streets impacted by fallen trees include 3rd Street...Wyman Blvd...Applebee Street and Morrison Avenue South. The entire city was without power.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

110°FJul 4, 1997

All-time low

0°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

85°FJun 19, 2010

Coldest day

17°FFeb 14, 1899

Wettest day

11.32 inOct 8, 2016

Snowiest day

12.0 inFeb 10, 1973

Hottest year

1900mean 67.8°F

Coldest year

1969mean 62.7°F

Wettest year

196474.38 in

Driest year

193125.72 in

Snowiest season

12.0 in1972-73

Station Yemassee 1 N (USC00389469), 44 ft elevation, 16.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1899 to September 30, 2026; 90.6% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00389469.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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