Pickens, SC

South Carolina · Records since 1941–2026

☀️ 94°F Feels like 98°
Currently in Pickens
As of 2:30 PM EDT
🔥 2° from today's record of 96°F

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

96°F

September 11, 2019

+12° from 84° normal

❄ Record Low

46°F

September 11, 1976

-18° from 64° normal
🌞 Normal high: 84°F 🌑 Normal low: 64°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Pickens

🔥
106°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 28, 1993
❄
-6°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1985
🌧
8.02"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 7, 2004
☃
8.5"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 22, 1987

First & Last Dates — Pickens

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
256 days
Longest growing season
1988
183 days
Shortest growing season
1943
209 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 96°F September 11, 2019
2 94°F September 11, 2016
3 94°F September 11, 2007
4 94°F September 11, 2002
5 93°F September 11, 1983
6 93°F September 11, 1962
7 91°F September 11, 1999
8 90°F September 11, 1994
9 90°F September 11, 1946
10 89°F September 11, 1963

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 46°F September 11, 1976
2 47°F September 11, 1998
3 48°F September 11, 1993
4 48°F September 11, 1949
5 50°F September 11, 1999
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1941–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Pickens

threshold: 95°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
99°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
44
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1942–2026
49
2026 so far
43
Avg/year 1970–2025
46
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
92
Most in a year (1993)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Pickens

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 28, 1993 – Aug 1, 1993 35 106°F (Jul 28) 100°F 69°F
2 Jul 6, 1977 – Jul 22, 1977 17 102°F (Jul 21) 98°F 71°F
3 Jul 21, 1999 – Aug 2, 1999 13 104°F (Jul 31) 100°F 68°F
4 Jul 30, 1980 – Aug 10, 1980 12 101°F (Aug 9) 98°F 69°F
5 Jul 8, 1980 – Jul 18, 1980 11 104°F (Jul 13) 100°F 70°F
6 Aug 6, 1999 – Aug 15, 1999 10 101°F (Aug 14) 98°F 67°F
7 Jul 8, 1981 – Jul 16, 1981 9 98°F (Jul 11) 97°F 71°F
8 Jun 23, 1998 – Jul 1, 1998 9 98°F (Jun 25) 97°F 68°F
9 Aug 18, 1968 – Aug 25, 1968 8 100°F (Aug 23) 97°F 73°F
10 Aug 15, 1993 – Aug 21, 1993 7 102°F (Aug 17) 97°F 69°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

62
2026 total
above-normal nights
31.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
73
Most in a summer
2010

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1941–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1941, annual totals have trended +0.30" per decade, about +2.5" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Pickens is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

140 of 243 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

27.64"
2026 YTD
Normal: 39.60"
-11.96"
0.00"
September so far
September normal: 4.54"
-4.54"
7
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Pickens is 11.96" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 11 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
2026 is still under way for this window — totals and rankings appear once September 10 passes.

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 11 – Sep 10

1942–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.12° per decade (warming since 1942)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 11 – Sep 10

1942–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.03" per decade (wetter since 1942)

About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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