Pickens, SC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 40.2°F in Pickens, SC, the coldest January since 2025, tied 31st coldest of 81 (with 1981).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 40.2°F; Coldest since 2025; 31st coldest of 81
Precipitation: 3.65 in; Driest since 2025; 17th driest of 80

A normal January in Pickens, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 40.4°F, between 36.9°F and 45.6°F in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Pickens, SC since 1942: 40.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 31.6°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 36.9 to 45.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	40.2	50	52.2	43	28.3	58	3.65	64	0
2025	37.1	72	49.7	63	24.6	77	2.05	75	0
2024	40	53	51.9	44	28.1	61	10.60	1	0
2023	45.6	13	56.1	15	35.2	15	8.61	8	0
2022	39.9	55	50.5	60	29.3	51	4.57	46	0
2021	43.2	28	53.3	36	33.1	23	5.44	28	0
2020	45.9	11	56.5	11	35.3	14			0
2019	43	29	53.4	34	32.6	26			0
2018	37	73	49.1	70	24.9	76	5.37	31	0
2017	46.8	8	57.3	7	36.4	10	5.38	29	0
2016	39.6	60	51.1	54	28.1	61	3.90	60	0
2015	39.9	55	51.7	49	28	64	4.83	41	0
2014	35.2	79	47.3	79	23	80	3.93	58	0
2013	45.5	15	55.8	17	35.2	15	7.89	11	0
2012	43.6	24	54.7	25	32.5	29	4.87	37	0
2011	36.9	75	47.8	76	26	73	2.54	71	0
2010	36.9	75	49.4	66	24.5	78	4.86	39	0
2009	39.7	59	50.9	57	28.5	57	4.34	51	0
2008	38.7	64	50.9	57	27.1	67	2.50	72	1
2007	43.7	22	55.2	22	32.3	30	4.72	43	0
2006	45.8	12	58.8	5	32.9	25	4.95	36	0
2005	45	18	56.6	9	33.4	22	2.98	67	1
2004	40.4	48	53.5	33	27.3	66	1.23	79	0
2003	38.4	67	49.9	62	27	69	1.76	76	0
2002			56.6	9			5.35	32	16
2001			52.4	42			4.07	57	11
2000	39.9	55	51	56	28.8	55	4.65	45	0
1999	42.7	32	55.5	20	29.8	50	4.68	44	0
1998	43.4	26	54.1	28	32.6	26	10.58	2	0
1997	42	37	53.1	37	30.9	42	6.53	19	0
1996	35.7	78	47.4	78	24.1	79	8.70	6	1
1995	39.6	60	51.4	51	28.3	58	6.57	18	1
1994	38.5	65	48.3	73	28.7	56	5.90	25	0
1992	41.7	41	51.8	46	31.6	37			0
1991	42.8	30	51.2	52	34.6	18	5.19	35	1
1990	48.1	5	58.2	6	38	5	7.52	13	0
1989	46.3	10	56.2	13	36.5	8	2.70	69	0
1988	37.3	70	46.5	81	28.1	61	4.81	42	0
1987	40.5	46	49.4	66	31.7	35	5.60	26	0
1986	42.4	34	54.4	26	30.4	44	2.34	74	0
1985	37.3	70	47.9	75	26.7	71	3.66	63	0
1984	41.2	45	51.9	44	30.5	43	4.31	52	1
1983	39.5	62	48.9	71	30	47	3.77	61	0
1982	38.5	65	49.2	68	27.8	65	9.29	5	0
1981	40.2	50	52.8	38	26.8	70	0.58	80	3
1980	43.4	26	51.7	49	35	17	6.13	23	1
1979	38.9	63	49.5	64	28.3	58	6.73	16	0
1978	34.8	80	44.5	82	25	75	8.67	7	0
1977	31.6	81	41.5	83	21.7	81	4.14	56	0
1976	40	53	51.1	54	29	53	6.93	14	2
1975	47.1	6	57.2	8	36.5	8	6.21	22	1
1974	52.5	1	61.8	1	43.1	1	9.39	4	0
1973	41.7	41	51.8	46	31.6	37	4.37	49	0
1972	46.4	9	55.9	16	36.9	7	7.60	12	0
1971	41.5	43	50.7	59	32.3	30	5.25	34	0
1970	36.8	77	47.1	80	26.6	72	2.61	70	0
1969	40.3	49	49.2	68	31.4	39	5.27	33	0
1968	39.8	58	48.4	72	31.3	40	5.38	29	0
1967	45.6	13	55.7	19	35.5	11	4.85	40	0
1966	38.4	67	47.7	77	29	53	4.87	37	0
1965	43.7	22	55.1	24	32.3	30	2.86	68	0
1964	42.4	34	52.7	39	32.2	33	8.07	10	1
1963	40.1	52	50.3	61	30	47	4.44	48	0
1962	41.9	39	51.2	52	32.6	26	5.53	27	0
1961	40.5	46	51.8	46	29.2	52	4.21	53	0
1960	44.1	21	54.1	28	34.1	19	6.31	20	0
1959	42.8	30	54.4	26	31.1	41	3.13	65	0
1958	38.3	69	49.5	64	27.1	67	3.91	59	0
1957	45.1	17	55.2	22	35.4	12	6.28	21	1
1956	42.6	33	53.4	34	31.7	35	1.63	78	1
1955	43.6	24	53.9	31	33.1	23	2.38	73	2
1954	44.9	19	56.2	13	33.7	20	8.28	9	0
1953	46.9	7	56.4	12	37.4	6	5.99	24	1
1952	50.6	4	61.6	2	39.7	4	4.36	50	0
1951	41.8	40	53.6	32	30	47	1.74	77	0
1950	51	2	60.6	4	41.6	2	4.51	47	3
1949	50.7	3	61.1	3	40.3	3	4.20	54	0
1948	37	73	48.1	74	25.7	74	4.15	55	1
1947	45.3	16	55.3	21	35.4	12	6.92	15	0
1946	42.1	36	52.6	40	32.1	34	10.51	3	2
1944	42	37	54	30	30.2	46	3.07	66	1
1943	44.7	20	55.8	17	33.6	21	6.67	17	0
1942	41.5	43	52.5	41	30.4	44	3.74	62	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	52.5
1950	51
1949	50.7
1952	50.6
1990	48.1
1975	47.1
1953	46.9
2017	46.8
1972	46.4
1989	46.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	31.6
1978	34.8
2014	35.2
1996	35.7
1970	36.8
2011	36.9
2010	36.9
2018	37
1948	37
2025	37.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	10.60
1998	10.58
1946	10.51
1974	9.39
1982	9.29
1996	8.70
1978	8.67
2023	8.61
1954	8.28
1964	8.07

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.58
2004	1.23
1956	1.63
1951	1.74
2003	1.76
2025	2.05
1986	2.34
1955	2.38
2008	2.50
2011	2.54

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 28 January 2026, 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.64 in; 10 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 3.65 in of precipitation in Pickens, SC, the driest January since 2025, 17th driest of 80.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Pickens, SC: 72°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Pickens, SC: a low of 11°F on Wednesday 28 January 2026 and Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Pickens, SC: 1.64 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.