Horry County
Temperature Summary (1945-2006)
Highest Maximum: 107 F, June 27,28, 1952
Lowest Minimum: 2 F, January 21, 1985, February 12, 1973
Annual Average:
Maximum 73.4 F
Mean 64.5 F
Minimum 55.2 F
Precipitation Summary (1893-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 14.80 Inches September 16, 1999
Annual Average Rainfall: 54.46 Inches
Wettest Year: 74.38 Inches, 1964
Mean Snowfall: 1.3 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 12.0 Inches, 1989
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
38 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
$20.648 million total cost from all the tornadoes
104 Injuries from all the tornadoes
169 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
Total Damage 3.034M
8 Injuries
1 Death
113 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total Cost= $57,000
23 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
7 Lightning-related Injuries
1 Deaths from Lightning
Total Cost= $425
Following data from 1975-1995
31 Total Floods
20 Flash Floods
8 River Floods
1 Urban Floods
2 Coastal Floods
4 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
17 Extreme Cold Events
141 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
