Pickens, SC: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 78.7°F in Pickens, SC, the warmest summer since 2016, 7th warmest of 82.

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 78.7°F; Warmest since 2016; 7th warmest of 82
Precipitation: 9.96 in; Driest since 2024; 18th driest of 80

A normal summer in Pickens, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.4°F, between 75.5°F and 78.8°F in eight years of ten and 13.56 in of precipitation, between 7.79 in and 22.08 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Pickens, SC since 1942: 78.7°F in 2026; the highest is 81.3°F, in 1993.

Normal range, 75.5 to 78.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	78.7	7	89.2	22	68.2	3	9.96	63	0
2025	77.9	21	87.7	44	68.2	3	17.03	20	0
2024	78.5	10	89.2	22	67.9	7	8.09	73	0
2023	75.8	57	85.8	68	65.8	47	15.28	28	0
2022	77.7	25	87.3	48	68	6	10.57	61	0
2021	77.2	39	86.6	59	67.8	10	18.29	12	0
2020	77.9	21	87.7	44	68.1	5	11.75	52	0
2019	77.4	33	87.8	42	67	19	13.59	38	0
2018	78	19	88	40	67.9	7	13.75	36	0
2017	77.2	39	87.1	52	67.3	14	14.62	31	0
2016	80.5	2	91.5	5	69.5	1	13.52	40	0
2015	78.3	14	89.4	18	67.2	17			0
2014	75.6	64	86.2	65	64.9	68	11.03	58	0
2013	75.7	61	84.8	78	66.6	25	33.48	1	0
2012	75.6	64	85.8	68	65.4	59	15.69	25	0
2011	78.5	10	90.3	9	66.8	21	7.83	74	0
2010	79.1	5	89	25	69.1	2	12.19	49	0
2009	76.7	47	88.2	37	65.2	63	12.32	47	0
2008	77.3	38	89.7	15	64.9	68	11.52	53	1
2007	77.8	23	89.9	12	65.7	50	12.30	48	0
2006	77.5	31	89.5	17	65.5	58	14.77	30	0
2005	76.9	42	86.5	60	67.3	14	23.16	3	1
2004	76	54	86.2	65	65.7	50	17.62	17	2
2003	76.1	53	86.3	63	66	40	21.62	6	9
2002	78.6	8	90.2	10	67	19	9.91	64	1
2001			87.1	52			13.63	37	17
2000			89.6	16			10.81	59	19
1999	78.2	15	90.6	7	65.7	50	7.70	75	5
1998	78.6	8	91.6	4	65.6	55	11.33	54	3
1997	74.9	75	86.9	55	63	79	7.41	76	1
1996	76.6	48	88.2	37	65	65	16.27	24	3
1995	77.4	33	88.7	32	66	40	21.42	7	2
1994	78	19	89.3	20	66.8	21	24.37	2	1
1993	81.3	1	94.8	1	67.8	10	6.45	78	0
1992	74.1	79	82.7	84	65.4	59			9
1991	75.3	72	84.5	81	66.1	36	19.14	11	0
1990	77.2	39	87.8	42	66.6	25	11.13	57	0
1989	75.4	70	84.5	81	66.3	30	22.64	4	0
1988	77.5	31	89	25	66	40	9.19	67	0
1987	77.7	25	88.4	35	67.1	18	14.45	33	0
1986	78.4	12	88.9	28	67.9	7	9.85	65	0
1985	75.6	64	85.1	76	66.2	33	17.47	18	0
1984	75.7	61	85.3	74	66.2	33	20.36	9	0
1983	77.8	23	89.8	13	65.8	47	6.96	77	0
1982	75.9	55	86.2	65	65.7	50	16.92	22	0
1981	78.4	12	89.3	20	67.5	13	5.05	79	0
1980	79.3	4	92.1	2	66.4	29	4.20	80	0
1979	74.7	76	85.7	70	63.8	74	18.10	15	0
1978	77.4	33	88.9	28	65.8	47	14.19	34	1
1977	78.2	15	90.4	8	66	40	8.58	69	2
1976	74.6	78	85.7	70	63.5	76	12.89	44	0
1975	75.6	64	87.1	52	64.1	73	8.87	68	3
1974	73.7	81	84.8	78	62.8	80	12.97	42	1
1973	76.2	52	86.4	62	66	40	18.06	16	0
1972	73.7	81	84.6	80	62.8	80	18.21	14	1
1971	75.9	55	86.8	57	65	65	12.80	45	1
1970	77.7	25	89.2	22	66.1	36	9.34	66	0
1969	77.7	25	88.8	31	66.7	23	10.51	62	2
1968	76.8	45	87.4	46	66.3	30	15.31	26	0
1967	73.9	80	83.4	83	64.3	72	19.91	10	0
1966	75.8	57	86.3	63	65.3	61	13.41	41	0
1965	75.5	68	85.7	70	65.3	61	16.62	23	0
1964	75.5	68	85.3	74	65.6	55	21.97	5	1
1963	75.2	73	85.4	73	65	65	14.54	32	0
1962	76.8	45	87.4	46	66.1	36	11.17	56	1
1961	74.7	76	84.9	77	64.5	71	21.11	8	1
1960	76.6	48	87.2	49	66.1	36	18.26	13	0
1959	77.6	30	88.5	34	66.7	23	13.86	35	1
1958	76.9	42	87.2	49	66.6	25	16.93	21	3
1957	77.4	33	88.6	33	66.3	30	12.97	42	0
1956	77.4	33	89	25	65.7	50	8.12	72	0
1955	75.8	57	86.5	60	65.1	64	8.51	70	2
1954	79.1	5	91.7	3	66.6	25	8.50	71	1
1953	78.1	17	88.9	28	67.3	14	15.29	27	1
1952	79.5	3	91.1	6	67.8	10	11.22	55	4
1951	78.1	17	90.1	11	66.2	33	10.63	60	8
1950	75.7	61	86.7	58	64.6	70	13.59	38	6
1949	76.6	48	87.2	49	66	40	17.10	19	2
1948	76.6	48	89.8	13	63.6	75	11.78	51	4
1947	75.4	70	88	40	62.8	80	12.47	46	0
1946	75.2	73	86.9	55	63.5	76			1
1945	75.8	57	88.3	36	63.4	78	14.92	29	1
1943	77.7	25	89.4	18	66	40			1
1942	76.9	42	88.2	37	65.6	55	11.96	50	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1993	81.3
2016	80.5
1952	79.5
1980	79.3
2010	79.1
1954	79.1
2026	78.7
2002	78.6
1998	78.6
2024	78.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	73.7
1972	73.7
1967	73.9
1992	74.1
1976	74.6
1979	74.7
1961	74.7
1997	74.9
1963	75.2
1946	75.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	33.48
1994	24.37
2005	23.16
1989	22.64
1964	21.97
2003	21.62
1995	21.42
1961	21.11
1984	20.36
1967	19.91

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	4.20
1981	5.05
1993	6.45
1983	6.96
1997	7.41
1999	7.70
2011	7.83
2024	8.09
1956	8.12
1954	8.50

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 18 August 2026
Coldest night: 50°F; 4 June 2026
Wettest day: 1.93 in; 3 August 2026

Every month, season and year

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Every answer in words

Summer 2026 brought 9.96 in of precipitation in Pickens, SC, the driest summer since 2024, 18th driest of 80.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Pickens, SC: 99°F on Tuesday 18 August 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Pickens, SC: a low of 50°F on Thursday 4 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Pickens, SC: 1.93 in on Monday 3 August 2026.