Pickens, SC: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 79.9°F in Pickens, SC, the warmest August since 2016, 8th warmest of 82.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 79.9°F; Warmest since 2016; 8th warmest of 82
Precipitation: 3.71 in; Driest since 2024; 35th driest of 81

A normal August in Pickens, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.7°F, between 75°F and 80.7°F in eight years of ten and 4.17 in of precipitation, between 1.32 in and 9.21 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Pickens, SC since 1942: 79.9°F in 2026; the highest is 81.8°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 75 to 80.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	79.9	8	91	9	68.8	6	3.71	47	0
2025	74.8	79	83.2	82	66.3	45	5.49	24	0
2024	78.5	20	90	16	67.1	28	1.13	77	0
2023	78.1	25	87.7	44	68.5	12	4.13	41	0
2022	76.8	48	85.5	68	68.1	16	5.49	24	0
2021	78.4	22	88.1	43	68.7	10	3.39	52	0
2020	78.2	24	87.3	49	69.2	3	7.62	12	0
2019	78.1	25	88.9	25	67.4	23	1.06	78	0
2018	77.5	36	87.4	47	67.5	21			0
2017	77.1	44	86.5	55	67.8	19	7.59	13	0
2016	80.7	5	90	16	71.4	1	3.85	44	0
2015	77.6	34	88.4	35	66.9	32	4.60	34	0
2014	75.1	74	85.6	65	64.5	75	4.62	32	0
2013	75.4	67	84.2	77	66.6	38	10.70	2	0
2012	74.9	76	84.1	78	65.7	62	5.94	20	0
2011	79	13	91.8	6	66.2	48	1.36	73	0
2010	79	13	87.5	46	70.6	2	2.28	64	0
2009	77.8	29	88.9	25	66.7	35	4.94	29	0
2008	77.3	40	88.2	40	66.5	41	7.11	15	1
2007	81.8	1	94.6	2	69	5	1.80	69	0
2006	79.4	9	90.4	11	68.5	12	3.34	55	0
2005	78.5	20	88.4	35	68.6	11	7.11	15	0
2004	75.1	74	85.5	68	64.8	72	2.66	61	0
2003									9
2002	78.6	18	90.3	13	67	31	4.17	39	1
2001			88.3	37			1.43	72	4
2000	77.3	40	88.7	29	66.2	48	3.85	44	3
1999	81.3	2	95.1	1	67.5	21	1.25	75	0
1998	77.8	29	90.7	10	64.9	71	3.99	43	1
1997	75.4	67	88.6	32	62.4	82	0.33	81	1
1996	76.5	53	87	52	66	57	7.85	9	0
1995	78.6	18	88.5	34	68.8	6	14.44	1	0
1994	77.1	44	88.2	40	66.1	54	10.03	3	0
1993	80.7	5	92.9	5	68.5	12	3.39	52	0
1992	73.1	82	80.9	83	65	69			2
1991	74.9	76	83.6	80	66.1	54	8.66	5	0
1990	77.4	39	87.3	49	67.4	23	4.21	38	0
1989	75.9	58	85.5	68	66.4	42	5.41	27	0
1988	79.1	11	89.5	20	68.8	6	3.58	49	0
1987	78.9	15	89.1	23	68.8	6	3.83	46	0
1986	75.3	71	84.4	76	66.2	48	4.26	37	0
1985	75.4	67	83.6	80	67.3	26	7.66	10	0
1984	76	55	85.3	71	66.7	35	8.32	7	0
1983	79.3	10	91.6	7	66.9	32	3.43	51	0
1982	75.5	62	85.6	65	65.4	66	5.79	22	0
1981	76.9	46	87.1	51	66.6	38	0.41	80	0
1980	81	3	94.5	3	67.4	23	1.34	74	0
1979	76.7	50	89	24	64.4	76	3.57	50	0
1978	77.7	31	88.7	29	66.7	35	4.57	35	1
1977	77.2	42	88.3	37	66.2	48	2.05	66	0
1976	75.8	60	87	52	64.6	74	2.42	62	0
1975	77.6	34	89.6	19	65.6	63	1.73	70	1
1974	74.8	79	85.1	72	64.4	76	4.61	33	0
1973	76.2	54	86.5	55	65.9	58	6.67	17	0
1972	75.5	62	86.2	61	64.8	72	3.15	56	1
1971	75.9	58	86.5	55	65.4	66	4.09	42	0
1970	77.7	31	88.6	32	66.9	32	4.50	36	0
1969	76	55	86.3	60	65.6	63	3.62	48	2
1968	78.8	17	89.8	18	67.9	18	1.55	71	0
1967	74.5	81	83.7	79	65.3	68	8.44	6	0
1966	75.5	62	84.8	74	66.3	45	7.55	14	0
1965	77.2	42	88.2	40	66.2	48	2.70	60	0
1964	75.3	71	84.5	75	65.9	58	9.19	4	1
1963	76.7	50	87.4	47	66.1	54	3.35	54	0
1962	77.5	36	88.7	29	66.2	48	1.05	79	1
1961	75.6	61	84.9	73	66.3	45	7.90	8	0
1960	76.9	46	86.7	54	67.1	28	7.66	10	0
1959	79.1	11	90.2	15	68.1	16	2.87	59	0
1958	76.7	50	86.2	61	67.2	27	5.20	28	1
1957	77.5	36	89.5	20	65.5	65	6.20	18	0
1956	78.4	22	90.4	11	66.4	42	1.93	67	0
1955	78.9	15	88.8	27	69.1	4	2.38	63	0
1954	80.8	4	94.1	4	67.7	20	1.18	76	1
1953	77.7	31	88.8	27	66.6	38	5.47	26	0
1952	76.8	48	86.5	55	67.1	28	5.92	21	0
1951	80	7	91.4	8	68.5	12	1.89	68	0
1950	75.4	67	86.5	55	64.3	78	3.08	58	0
1949	76	55	86.2	61	65.9	58	6.13	19	0
1948	75.5	62	88.3	37	63	81	4.64	31	1
1947	77.9	28	89.5	20	66.4	42	3.09	57	0
1946	74.9	76	86.1	64	63.6	79	4.92	30	0
1945	75.5	62	87.6	45	63.3	80	4.14	40	0
1943	78.1	25	90.3	13	65.8	61	2.22	65	0
1942	75.3	71	85.6	65	65	69	5.50	23	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	81.8
1999	81.3
1980	81
1954	80.8
2016	80.7
1993	80.7
1951	80
2026	79.9
2006	79.4
1983	79.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	73.1
1967	74.5
2025	74.8
1974	74.8
2012	74.9
1991	74.9
1946	74.9
2014	75.1
2004	75.1
1986	75.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	14.44
2013	10.70
1994	10.03
1964	9.19
1991	8.66
1967	8.44
1984	8.32
1961	7.90
1996	7.85
1985	7.66
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	0.33
1981	0.41
1962	1.05
2019	1.06
2024	1.13
1954	1.18
1999	1.25
1980	1.34
2011	1.36
2001	1.43

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 18 August 2026
Coldest night: 61°F; 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.93 in; 3 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 3.71 in of precipitation in Pickens, SC, the driest August since 2024, 35th driest of 81.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Pickens, SC: 99°F on Tuesday 18 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Pickens, SC: a low of 61°F on Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Pickens, SC: 1.93 in on Monday 3 August 2026.