Climate change in South Carolina
Climate change is affecting locations like South Carolina in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include more extreme rainfall, greater health risks from humid heat, and hotter summers.
Explore these pages to learn how people in South Carolina are at risk in a warming world.
South Carolina's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting South Carolina in summer
Heavier downpours
Climate change is supercharging the water cycle, driving heavier rainfall and flood risk.
More dangerous heat
Climate change is driving hotter, longer, and more frequent extreme heat.
Hotter summers
Hotter summers bring more dangerous heat, higher energy bills, and worse wildfire.
Rising seas, flooding coasts
Rising seas from climate change are driving more frequent coastal flooding.
More coastal flooding
In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago.
More graphics about South Carolina and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for South Carolina, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.