Pickens, SC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 42.6°F in Pickens, SC, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 25th coldest of 80 (with 1987).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 42.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 25th coldest of 80
Precipitation: 8.17 in; Driest since 1986; 3rd driest of 78

The mean temperature of every winter in Pickens, SC since 1942: 42.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 38.1°F, in 2010.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	42.6	55	54.8	41	30.5	61	8.17	76	0
2025	42.9	47	55.1	36	30.7	60	16.52	27	0
2024	44.3	30	56.9	10	31.7	47	20.99	4	0
2023	46.3	9	56.1	20	36.4	8	17.75	15	0
2022	46.2	10	57.3	8	35.1	16	14.41	40	0
2021	43.2	43	54	47	32.4	43	15.43	35	0
2020	46.6	8	56.9	10	36.3	9			0
2019	45.3	19	55.2	33	35.4	14			0
2018	44.4	28	55.2	33	33.5	31	16.46	28	0
2017	47.4	4	59.3	3	35.5	13	10.17	69	0
2016	45.8	15	56.7	14	34.9	19	17.56	18	0
2015	41.3	68	52.7	63	29.9	66	12.24	58	0
2014	41.7	63	53.9	50	29.6	71	14.98	37	0
2013	45	21	55.4	29	34.5	22	17.90	13	2
2012	45	21	56.4	17	33.7	28	11.54	63	0
2011	39.4	76	50.9	77	27.8	77	9.72	72	0
2010	38.1	80	49.5	81	26.6	79	17.14	22	0
2009	42.4	58	54	47	30.9	55	12.96	53	2
2008	43.7	39	56	22	31.5	51	13.20	50	2
2007	43.8	38	56.8	13	30.8	58	11.30	65	0
2006	42.7	53	55	38	30.4	62	12.17	59	0
2005	43.4	42	55.3	31	31.4	52	14.33	41	1
2004	40.6	72	53.1	61	28.2	75	11.02	67	0
2003	41	69	51.8	70	30.2	64	16.25	30	1
2002			57.8	6			10.53	68	29
2001			52.1	69			9.52	73	35
2000	42.7	53	55.5	26	29.8	70	10.15	70	0
1999	44.6	25	56.6	16	32.6	41	13.34	49	2
1998	42.8	50	53.5	56	32.2	45	23.23	3	2
1997	42.8	50	54.2	45	31.4	52	17.66	16	0
1996	39.1	77	51.4	75	26.6	79	14.66	39	5
1995	41.9	61	53.2	58	30.9	55	17.02	23	3
1994	42.8	50	53.4	57	32	46	18.29	11	1
1993									63
1992									31
1991	46.1	12	55.4	29	36.9	4	13.16	52	2
1990	45.5	18	55	38	36	10	18.57	10	0
1989	45.8	15	56.2	19	35.4	14	11.99	61	0
1988	42.3	60	52.2	67	32.6	41	12.01	60	1
1987	42.6	55	51.6	73	33.5	31	16.53	26	1
1986	44.3	30	55	38	33.6	30	4.45	78	0
1985	44.9	23	55.1	36	34.7	21	13.45	47	1
1984	43	46	53.2	58	32.8	39	20.82	5	1
1983	44	33	53	62	35	18	16.06	31	0
1982	41.6	64	51.7	72	31.6	49	23.62	1	0
1981	43.2	43	55.3	31	30.8	58	6.59	77	6
1980	43.5	40	53.8	52	33.2	35	9.25	75	3
1979	41.6	64	52.2	67	30.9	55	16.97	24	2
1978	38.7	79	49.2	82	28.2	75	14.01	43	0
1977	38.9	78	50.1	80	27.8	77	13.41	48	1
1976	45.6	17	56.7	14	34.5	22	12.87	55	3
1975	46.1	12	56	22	36	10	17.62	17	1
1974	47.3	5	57.7	7	36.9	4	23.46	2	0
1973	43.9	37	53.9	50	33.7	28	16.61	25	1
1972	46.7	7	56.9	10	36.5	6	16.30	29	0
1971	44.6	25	55.6	25	33.5	31	15.93	34	3
1970	40.9	71	51.5	74	30.2	64	11.88	62	1
1969	41	69	50.4	78	31.7	47	15.96	32	1
1968	42.5	57	52.3	66	32.9	38	14.20	42	1
1967	44	33	53.6	54	34.3	24	12.48	57	0
1966	42.9	47	52.4	65	33.3	34	14.75	38	0
1965	44.7	24	55.2	33	34.1	26	13.67	46	2
1964	40.1	75	50.2	79	29.9	66	17.55	19	2
1963	40.6	72	51.2	76	29.9	66	12.68	56	1
1962	45.2	20	55.5	26	34.9	19	19.99	6	0
1961	42.9	47	54.1	46	31.6	49	15.96	32	0
1960	44.5	27	54.6	43	34.3	24	17.19	21	1
1959	44	33	54.8	41	33.2	35	11.12	66	1
1958	40.4	74	51.8	70	29	74	13.17	51	2
1957	50	1	60.4	1	39.7	1	17.25	20	7
1956	44.2	32	54.4	44	33.9	27	13.92	45	3
1955	43.5	40	53.8	52	33.1	37	12.96	53	4
1954	46.2	10	57.3	8	35.1	16	19.11	7	1
1953	46	14	56	22	36	10	18.85	8	2
1952	48.1	3	58.5	4	37.6	3	17.85	14	2
1951	41.8	62	54	47	29.6	71	9.36	74	0
1950	47.2	6	58.2	5	36.5	6	10.13	71	5
1949	48.6	2	59.6	2	37.8	2	13.94	44	1
1948	41.4	67	53.2	58	29.5	73	11.36	64	2
1947	43.1	45	56.4	17	29.9	66			0
1946	41.5	66	52.7	63	30.4	62			2
1945									46
1944	44.4	28	56.1	20	32.7	40	15.38	36	1
1943	44	33	55.5	26	32.3	44	18.13	12	1
1942	42.4	58	53.6	54	31.1	54	18.74	9	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1957	50
1949	48.6
1952	48.1
2017	47.4
1974	47.3
1950	47.2
1972	46.7
2020	46.6
2023	46.3
2022	46.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	38.1
1978	38.7
1977	38.9
1996	39.1
2011	39.4
1964	40.1
1958	40.4
2004	40.6
1963	40.6
1970	40.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	23.62
1974	23.46
1998	23.23
2024	20.99
1984	20.82
1962	19.99
1954	19.11
1953	18.85
1942	18.74
1990	18.57

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	4.45
1981	6.59
2026	8.17
1980	9.25
1951	9.36
2001	9.52
2011	9.72
1950	10.13
2000	10.15
2017	10.17

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 79°F; 21 February 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 2 February 2026, 1 February 2026, 28 January 2026, 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.64 in; 10 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.17 in of precipitation in Pickens, SC, the driest winter since 1986 (winter 1992 excluded: 80 of 91 days missing; winter 1993 excluded: 63 of 90 days missing; winter 2019 excluded: 19 of 90 days missing; 1 more winter excluded for missing days), 3rd driest of 78.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Pickens, SC: 79°F on Saturday 21 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) 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 winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Pickens, SC: 1.64 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.