Hail events in Kershaw County, South Carolina The hail events on record, by date and by year
This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).
NCEI has 130 hail events on record for Kershaw County, South Carolina, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
The newest hail event on record is on 10 May 2024.
From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 21 hail events on record for the county.
The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on .
Date of the data: NCEI storm events through . Event types on this page: Hail.
Newest hail events on record
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile S of CASSATT
Hail0.75 in, penny size
1 mile SSE of KIRKLAND
Hail0.25 in, pea size
1 mile NE of ELGIN. Damage estimate: $200
Hail0.25 in, pea size
At CAMDEN. Damage estimate: $200
Hail0.25 in, pea size
3 miles S of WARREN XRDS. Damage estimate: $200
Hail0.70 in, marble size
2 miles WSW of LUGOFF. Damage estimate: $200
Hail0.25 in, pea size
3 miles S of WARREN XRDS. Damage estimate: $200
Hail0.25 in, pea size
1 mile SW of CASSATT. Damage estimate: $20
Hail0.25 in, pea size
1 mile SW of MC CASKILL. Damage estimate: $20
Hail0.25 in, pea size
7 miles NE of FLAT ROCK. Damage estimate: $20
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
2 miles NNW of ELGIN
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
9 miles NE of WESTVILLE
Hail2.00 in, hen egg size
1 mile N of BETHUNE
Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size
At BETHUNE
Hail0.25 in, pea size
At BETHUNE. Damage estimate: $200
Hail0.25 in, pea size
3 miles ESE of SHEPARD. Damage estimate: $200
Hail0.25 in, pea size
11 miles NNW of BETHUNE. Damage estimate: $200
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
4 miles SSE of LIBERTY HILL
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles S of LUGOFF
Hail0.75 in, penny size
4 miles SSW of WARREN XRDS
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
2 miles SSW of CAMDEN
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
3 miles SSE of WARREN XRDS
Hail0.75 in, penny size
4 miles SE of WARREN XRDS
Hail0.75 in, penny size
4 miles NW of KIRKLAND
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
9 miles NE of WESTVILLE
A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.
Hail events by year
| Decade | Year that ends in 0 | Year that ends in 1 | Year that ends in 2 | Year that ends in 3 | Year that ends in 4 | Year that ends in 5 | Year that ends in 6 | Year that ends in 7 | Year that ends in 8 | Year that ends in 9 | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1990s | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2000s | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 53 |
| 2010s | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 |
| 2020s | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 (part of the year) | 14 |
A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.
Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.
By month, all years
- Jan0 events
- Feb4 events
- Mar8 events
- Apr23 events
- May36 events
- Jun31 events
- Jul16 events
- Aug6 events
- Sep3 events
- Oct1 event
- Nov1 event
- Dec1 event
Magnitudes on record
| Hail size | Size in words | Events |
|---|---|---|
| under 1 in | pea to quarter | 71 |
| 1 to 1.74 in | quarter to golf ball | 34 |
| 1.75 to 2.74 in | golf ball to baseball | 24 |
| 2.75 to 3.99 in | baseball to softball | 1 |
| 4 in and larger | softball and larger | 0 |
When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.
An event without a size in the record is not in this table.
Beside the other counties
| Measure | Kershaw | All counties of South Carolina | All counties of the United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail events, 1955 to 2026 | 130 | 6,688 | 423,723 |
| Events for each 100 square miles | 17.9 | 22.2 | 12.0 |
| Events for each 10,000 residents | 19.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.
More hail events on record
| Date | Event type | Magnitude | Damage estimate | Deaths | Injuries | On record for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 1.00 in | $3 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $4 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $65 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $40 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.75 in | $140 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.00 in | $135 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $25 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $45 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $5 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $7 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County |
The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.
Official channels
- NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
- National Weather Service: Columbia, SC (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
- FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.
These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on .
Cite this page
County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Kershaw County, South Carolina". https://countyhazards.com/county/sc/kershaw/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on .
Questions
- Which month has the most hail events on record for Kershaw County?
- May has 36 of the 130 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
- How many hail events are on record for South Carolina?
- NCEI has 6,692 hail events on record for South Carolina from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
- How does Kershaw County compare with the other counties of South Carolina?
- The counties of South Carolina have 22.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Kershaw County has 17.9.
- How large is the hail on record for Kershaw County?
- 25 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.