THE WEATHER BEAT · NOV 1

Edisto Beach's wettest day on record: 11.6 inches of rain on November 2, 1969

On November 2, 1969, the Edisto Beach, South Carolina, gauge measured 11.6 inches of rain, the wettest day in our archive of NOAA station records.

By the Weather Rock November 1, 2026, 6:38 p.m. · 2 min read

GOES satellite view of the event region — Afternoon satellite view of the South Carolina coast on November 1, 2026, over the Edisto Beach gauge that set its wettest-day record on November 2, 1969. Image: NOAA GOES-East GeoColor via NASA GIBS, 2026-11-01 20:00Z.

Key points

On November 2, 1969, the Edisto Beach gauge in South Carolina measured 11.6 inches of rain in one day. That is the wettest day on record at that station in our archive.
The gauge's span runs 1937 to 2025, so the record sits well inside the years we hold.
Seven South Carolina towns lean on this gauge in our archive, from Edisto Beach to Fripp Island. The figure comes from our archive of NOAA daily station reports.

On November 2, 1969, the rain gauge at Edisto Beach State Park in South Carolina collected 11.6 inches in a single day. In our archive that is the wettest day ever recorded at the station. The gauge's span runs from 1937 to 2025, and no day in those years has beaten it.

The gauge serves seven towns in our archive. Edisto Beach sits closest. Harbor Island, Seabrook Island, Rockville, Meggett, Adams Run and Fripp Island lean on the same gauge. All of them carry this record with us.

Our archive does not give that day a name or a cause, and this story does not give one either. All the archive says is that November 2, 1969, was the heaviest rain day in the station's history.

Date	Town	Gauge	Record	Record with us
Nov 2, 1969	Edisto Beach SC	Edisto Beach Sp	11.6 in, wettest day	1937 to 2025

*Source: myweatherrock's archive of NOAA daily station records (GHCN-Daily), station USC00382730.*

Look at the Record column. Then ask the question the table lets you test: the next time a slow autumn rain settles over the South Carolina coast, does the Edisto Beach gauge ever come close to that number?

This is a look back at a historic weather day, not emergency information. For current conditions and warnings see weather.gov and your local officials.

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