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South Carolina has seen just three June tropical cyclone landfalls since 1851, with no system stronger than a Category 1 hurricane.

In South Carolina, hurricane risk is not confined to the coast. Storms can bring surge, tornadoes, blocked roads, major outages, and infrastructure damage far inland, making statewide impacts a major part of the story.

During an average year, the Atlantic Basin sees 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. The list of names for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts with Arthur.

A weather pattern change, which resulted in many communities seeing at least half a foot of rain during May, has led to improvement in the drought conditions.

Forecasters believe a strengthening El Niño pattern is likely to emerge in 2026 and continue into winter, thus influencing temperature and precipitation trends across the United States.

South Carolina’s most overlooked Memorial Day weather danger may not be a thunderstorm at all. Rip currents are the number one weather-related killer in the coastal Carolinas, and some of the worst days for them happen when the weather looks great.

AAA projects that around 45 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles during the 2026 Memorial Day holiday weekend.

NOAA’s outlook for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season predicts below-normal activity as an impending El Niño will lead to increased wind shear across the basin.

South Carolina does not flip into one clean rainy season. Instead, the state moves into a wetter summer pattern that looks different along the coast, in the Midlands, and across the mountains.

A prolonged stretch of above-normal temperatures is expected to continue across South Carolina through at least midweek as high pressure controls the weather.