Pickens, SC: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 67.4°F in Pickens, SC, the coldest May since 2025, tied 33rd coldest of 80 (with 1994 and 1983).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 67.4°F; Coldest since 2025; 33rd coldest of 80
Precipitation: 7.59 in; Wettest since 2025; 8th wettest of 81

A normal May in Pickens, SC (1991 to 2020): 3.51 in of precipitation, between 1.25 in and 6.55 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Pickens, SC since 1942: 67.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 63.2°F, in 1997.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	67.4	46	78.3	64	56.5	39	7.59	8	0
2025	67.2	50	76.9	73	57.5	28	7.68	7	0
2024	70.1	16	80.5	35	59.8	7	6.92	11	0
2023	66.1	65	75.8	78	56.5	39	4.27	37	0
2022	70	18	80.8	31	59.3	12	3.99	42	0
2021	66.8	56	77.7	68	55.9	46	4.36	35	0
2020	65.1	73	75.5	82	54.7	52			0
2019	72.9	3	84.1	4	61.7	3			0
2018	72	4	81.7	20	62.4	1	5.89	21	0
2017	68.4	34	79.5	48	57.4	29	8.56	2	0
2016	67.5	45	79	51	55.9	46	4.28	36	0
2015	69.6	25	82.7	12	56.5	39	1.25	75	0
2014	67.6	44	80.8	31	54.4	55	3.47	52	0
2013	64.2	77	75.6	81	52.8	70	5.24	28	0
2012	69.9	20	80.7	33	59.1	14	6.50	16	0
2011	67	52	79.7	45	54.3	57	0.95	78	0
2010	69.8	22	80.2	39	59.4	10	3.01	59	0
2009	68	39	77.6	69	58.3	23	5.49	24	0
2008	65.5	67	78.7	59	52.4	71	1.91	73	0
2007	66.7	59	81.5	24	51.9	73	2.35	68	0
2006	65.3	68	78.6	60	52	72	1.24	76	0
2005	64.1	78	77	72	51.2	75	3.50	51	0
2004	71.1	8	83.1	10	59.2	13	4.23	38	0
2003	67.7	42	77.5	70	57.8	26	7.70	6	0
2002	66.5	60	78.9	54	54.1	61	3.14	57	0
2001			81	30			3.19	54	10
2000			84.8	2			0.33	81	8
1999	65.2	71	79.7	45	50.7	78	2.31	69	0
1998	70.3	12	83.4	7	57.2	31	3.51	50	0
1997	63.2	80	78.5	61	48	80	4.95	30	0
1996	69.9	20	83.3	8	56.6	38	4.37	34	0
1995	68.6	32	81.2	28	56	45	3.76	47	1
1994	67.4	46	81.3	26	53.5	66	1.97	72	0
1992			72.8	83			4.55	32	7
1991	70.1	16	79.4	49	60.9	5	6.63	15	0
1990	67.9	40	78.2	66	57.6	27	2.24	71	0
1989	65.2	71	76.1	75	54.2	59	5.59	22	0
1988	67.3	49	79.7	45	54.9	50	0.85	79	1
1987	70.5	10	81.1	29	59.8	7	2.81	61	0
1986	69.3	28	80.3	37	58.4	21	4.99	29	0
1985	68.4	34	79.8	43	57	33	3.13	58	0
1984	66.5	60	78.5	61	54.4	55	7.91	5	1
1983	67.4	46	78.9	54	55.8	48	6.05	19	0
1982	71.4	6	83.9	6	58.9	17	6.33	17	0
1981	66.2	62	79	51	53.5	66	3.33	53	1
1980	68.1	37	79.9	42	56.3	44	6.69	14	0
1979	67.9	40	78.8	57	56.9	35	8.18	4	0
1978	67	52	78.3	64	55.7	49	6.06	18	0
1977	70.3	12	82.2	16	58.4	21	1.07	77	0
1976	64.8	75	75.7	79	53.8	63	10.20	1	1
1975	70.3	12	81.6	22	59	16	6.80	12	0
1974	69.2	29	81.5	24	56.9	35	6.03	20	0
1973	65.7	66	78.4	63	53	69	8.41	3	0
1972	64.8	75	75.7	79	53.8	63	7.13	10	0
1971	66.2	62	78.9	54	53.5	66	3.84	45	0
1970	70.5	10	82.6	14	58.5	20	3.58	48	0
1969	68.7	31	79.8	43	57.4	29	2.37	66	2
1968	66.2	62	78.2	66	54.2	59	4.75	31	0
1967	65.3	68	76.1	75	54.6	53	6.76	13	0
1966	67.2	50	77.5	70	56.8	37	4.16	39	0
1965	72	4	84.1	4	60	6	2.36	67	0
1964	68.9	30	80.6	34	57.2	31	1.87	74	0
1963	67.7	42	79	51	56.4	43	2.29	70	1
1962	74	1	86.4	1	61.6	4	2.89	60	1
1961	65.3	68	75.9	77	54.6	53	3.80	46	0
1960	67	52	80	40	53.9	62	3.17	56	0
1959	70.7	9	81.6	22	59.8	7	5.43	25	0
1958	69.5	26	80.3	37	58.6	19	4.40	33	1
1957	69.7	23	80	40	59.4	10	2.58	63	1
1956	69.7	23	81.3	26	58	24	4.05	40	1
1955	70.3	12	81.8	19	59.1	14	3.19	54	2
1954	63.7	79	76.3	74	51.1	76	2.76	62	0
1953	73.2	2	84.4	3	62	2	5.30	27	0
1952	69.4	27	81.7	20	57	33	3.98	43	0
1951	66.8	56	82.7	12	51.1	76	0.60	80	1
1950	71.2	7	83.3	8	58.9	17	4.01	41	3
1949	68.1	37	81.9	18	54.3	57	3.58	48	1
1948	68.2	36	82.8	11	53.6	65	5.40	26	0
1947	66.9	55	82.5	15	51.5	74	2.49	64	1
1946	66.8	56	78.8	57	54.8	51	5.50	23	0
1945	65	74	79.3	50	50.7	78	2.45	65	0
1943	70	18	82.2	16	57.9	25	3.90	44	0
1942	68.5	33	80.5	35	56.5	39	7.55	9	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1962	74
1953	73.2
2019	72.9
2018	72
1965	72
1982	71.4
1950	71.2
2004	71.1
1959	70.7
1987	70.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	63.2
1954	63.7
2005	64.1
2013	64.2
1976	64.8
1972	64.8
1945	65
2020	65.1
1999	65.2
1989	65.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	10.20
2017	8.56
1973	8.41
1979	8.18
1984	7.91
2003	7.70
2025	7.68
2026	7.59
1942	7.55
1972	7.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	0.33
1951	0.60
1988	0.85
2011	0.95
1977	1.07
2006	1.24
2015	1.25
1964	1.87
2008	1.91
1994	1.97

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 21 May 2026
Coldest night: 37°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.39 in; 7 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 7.59 in of precipitation in Pickens, SC, the wettest May since 2025, 8th wettest of 81.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Pickens, SC: 89°F on Thursday 21 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Pickens, SC: a low of 37°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Pickens, SC: 2.39 in on Thursday 7 May 2026.