Pickens, SC: 2026

30 September 2026: 2026 so far averaged 65.2°F in Pickens, SC, the warmest 1 January to 30 September since 2019, tied 8th warmest of 79 (with 2019).

2026 so far, to 30 September 2026

Mean temperature: 65.2°F; Warmest since 2019; 8th warmest of 79
Precipitation: 32.00 in; Driest since 2016; 12th driest of 80

A normal 1 January to 30 September in Pickens, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.2°F, between 61.7°F and 65°F in eight years of ten and 41.53 in of precipitation, between 30.42 in and 51.70 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 30 September in Pickens, SC since 1942: 65.2°F in 2026; the highest is 65.7°F, in 1954 and 1952.

Normal range, 61.7 to 65°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 30 September in Pickens, SC from 1942 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	65.2	8	77.1	3	53.3	15	32.00	69	0
2025	64	24	75.2	34	52.7	23	40.85	51	1
2024	64.8	12	76.1	15	53.6	11	53.03	6	0
2023	64	24	74.7	42	53.3	15	46.49	27	0
2022	63.6	33	74.6	47	52.6	27	41.69	46	0
2021	63.5	36	73.9	58	53.1	19	48.29	17	0
2020	64.2	18	74.3	50	54.1	7	46.88	26	0
2019	65.2	8	76.4	8	54.1	7	35.88	60	0
2018	64.4	14	74.9	38	53.8	9	47.31	24	0
2017	64.9	11	76.1	15	53.7	10	45.86	30	0
2016	65.1	10	76.9	4	53.3	15	31.99	70	0
2015	63.2	45	74.7	42	51.8	42	32.35	67	0
2014	61.7	76	73.3	69	50.1	74	35.30	63	0
2013	61.7	76	72.3	80	51.1	62	60.85	2	2
2012	64.2	18	75.4	31	53	21	41.34	49	0
2011	63.4	39	75.2	34	51.7	45	29.73	75	0
2010	62.8	52	74.4	48	51.2	60	35.25	64	0
2009	62.2	69	73.8	61	50.6	70	41.97	44	0
2008	62.3	66	75	37	49.7	75	29.00	77	2
2007	63.7	30	76.7	5	50.8	67	30.72	73	0
2006	63.4	39	75.9	21	50.8	67	32.14	68	0
2005	62.7	56	74.3	50	51.1	62	47.32	23	4
2004	62.9	50	74.4	48	51.5	52	49.56	11	2
2003	62	71	72.9	76	51.1	62	55.30	5	9
2002	65.6	3	76.7	5	53.3	15	37.09	57	18
2001			74.7	42			35.77	61	77
2000			76.3	12			37.96	55	39
1999	62.7	56	76.4	8	49.2	76	26.97	78	7
1998	63.9	27	76.4	8	51.5	52	51.93	7	5
1997	61.8	75	74.7	42	49.1	77	41.72	45	3
1996	61.3	78	73.6	65	49	78	48.85	15	10
1995	62.6	59	74.7	42	50.5	72	45.35	31	6
1994	64.2	18	76.2	14	52.2	35	51.60	8	2
1993									151
1992	61.2	79	71.3	81	51.7	45			18
1991	63.9	27	73.5	67	54.3	4	48.06	20	3
1990	65.5	5	76.1	15	54.8	1	40.87	50	1
1989	63.4	39	73.2	72	53.5	12	50.29	9	0
1988	63.1	47	74.3	50	52	38	30.17	74	1
1987	63.6	33	73.9	58	53.1	19	37.50	56	3
1986	65.3	6	76.3	12	54.3	4	26.24	79	0
1985	63.3	44	73.7	62	52.7	23	35.53	62	2
1984	62.5	64	73.2	72	51.8	42	48.97	14	4
1983	62.8	52	74	56	51.7	45	39.29	54	0
1982	63.4	39	74.3	50	52.5	28	48.98	13	1
1981	64.2	18	76.1	15	51.7	45	22.03	80	6
1980	64.7	13	76.4	8	52.5	28	43.49	39	11
1979	62.3	66	73.1	74	51.3	57	60.05	3	3
1978	62.3	66	74	56	50.8	67	39.62	53	2
1977	63.7	30	75.7	24	52	38	35.99	59	3
1976	63.5	36	75.3	33	51.7	45	45.96	29	3
1975	63.7	30	74.8	39	52.5	28	49.93	10	4
1974	64.3	17	75.7	24	52.9	22	46.10	28	1
1973	63	48	73.6	65	52.4	33	55.81	4	0
1972	62.4	65	73.7	62	51.1	62	44.77	35	1
1971	62.7	56	74.2	55	51.1	62	42.35	40	5
1970	64.2	18	75.7	24	52.7	23	31.14	72	1
1969	62.6	59	73.3	69	52	38	41.35	48	4
1968	62.6	59	73.7	62	51.5	52	36.47	58	2
1967	62.8	52	73.3	69	52.3	34	44.07	36	1
1966	62	71	72.4	79	51.7	45	44.07	36	0
1965	63.4	39	74.3	50	52.5	28	41.61	47	1
1964	62.6	59	72.8	77	52.1	36	62.25	1	4
1963	62.8	52	73.9	58	51.8	42	48.18	18	1
1962	63.8	29	74.8	39	52.7	23	42.26	42	2
1961	62.6	59	73.5	67	51.7	45	49.41	12	2
1960	62.2	69	73.1	74	51.3	57	48.13	19	0
1959	64.4	14	75.4	31	53.4	14	44.94	34	4
1958	61.9	73	72.7	78	51.3	57	45.27	32	8
1957	65.3	6	75.8	22	54.7	2	45.24	33	3
1956	64.4	14	75.7	24	52.5	28	40.28	52	15
1955									38
1954	65.7	1	78	1	53.5	12	32.54	66	2
1953	65.6	3	76.7	5	54.4	3	47.78	22	4
1952	65.7	1	77.4	2	54.2	6	43.55	38	9
1951	63.2	45	76	20	50.6	70	29.66	76	9
1950	64	24	75.7	24	52.1	36	31.95	71	21
1949	64.1	23	76.1	15	52	38	48.48	16	8
1948	62.9	50	75.8	22	50.2	73	42.24	43	7
1947	61.9	73	75.2	34	48.6	79	32.82	65	3
1946	63.6	33	75.7	24	51.4	55	47.12	25	3
1945									35
1944									184
1943	63.5	36	75.5	30	51.4	55	47.88	21	3
1942	63	48	74.8	39	51.2	60	42.32	41	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	65.7
1952	65.7
2002	65.6
1953	65.6
1990	65.5
1986	65.3
1957	65.3
2026	65.2
2019	65.2
2016	65.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	61.2
1996	61.3
2014	61.7
2013	61.7
1997	61.8
1958	61.9
1947	61.9
2003	62
1966	62
2009	62.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	62.25
2013	60.85
1979	60.05
1973	55.81
2003	55.30
2024	53.03
1998	51.93
1994	51.60
1989	50.29
1975	49.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	22.03
1986	26.24
1999	26.97
2008	29.00
1951	29.66
2011	29.73
1988	30.17
2007	30.72
1970	31.14
1950	31.95

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 18 August 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 2 February 2026, 1 February 2026, 28 January 2026, 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.39 in; 7 May 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	40.2°F 31st coldest of 81	3.65 in 17th driest of 80
February	44°F 30th coldest of 83	2.36 in 13th driest of 82
March	57.3°F 5th warmest of 80	2.68 in 9th driest of 81
April	64.4°F 4th warmest of 82	1.40 in 5th driest of 82
May	67.4°F 33rd coldest of 80	7.59 in 8th wettest of 81
June	75.2°F 39th coldest of 82	3.03 in 23rd driest of 81
July	80.9°F 7th warmest of 81	3.22 in 21st driest of 79
August	79.9°F 8th warmest of 82	3.71 in 35th driest of 81
September	76.1°F 5th warmest of 81	4.36 in 35th wettest of 83

Hot days and freezes

Pickens, SC has had 64 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 30 September, the most by that date since 2019, 10th most of 81.
Pickens, SC has had 44 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 30 September, the most by that date since 2025, tied 29th most of 79 (with 2025 and 2011).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Pickens, SC came on Sunday 29 March 2026, the latest since 2022, tied 57th latest of 80 (with 1966).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
3 September	Warmest day	98°F	97°F 2011	Provisional
2 September	Warmest day	97°F	96°F 1947	Provisional
28 March	Warmest day	87°F	84°F 2020, 1945	Provisional
23 March	Warmest day	85°F	84°F 2011	Provisional
12 March	Warmest day	83°F	82°F 2009	Provisional
11 March	Warmest day	85°F	80°F 1986, 1967	Provisional
21 February	Warmest day	79°F	73°F 1994, 1986	Provisional
20 February	Warmest day	76°F	75°F 1986	Provisional
2 February	Coldest night	11°F	12°F 1980	Provisional
8 January	Warmest day	72°F	69°F 2008	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 32.00 in of precipitation in Pickens, SC, the driest 1 January to 30 September since 2016, 12th driest of 80.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Pickens, SC: 99°F on Tuesday 18 August 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Pickens, SC: a low of 11°F on Monday 2 February 2026, Sunday 1 February 2026, Wednesday 28 January 2026 and 1 other day.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Pickens, SC: 2.39 in on Thursday 7 May 2026.