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Weather in Pickens, SC · National Weather Service + NOAA

Pickens stays cool in summer

Pickens has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 31°, and about 1 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 63°, and lows to 39°.

Winter 54°/33°Spring 72°/48°Summer 87°/67°Fall 72°/50°
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Sunrise 6:52 am · sunset 5:35 pm

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What stands out about Pickens’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

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Cool summersJuly afternoons average 89°, cooler than 457 of 475 South Carolina towns.A wet climate56 inches of rain and melted snow a year, more than 95% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Pickens’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
54° / 33°
Snow is rare
Spring
72° / 48°
Last frost around Apr 1
Summer
87° / 67°
49 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
72° / 50°
First frost around Nov 3
1 dayuntil the usual first frost (Nov 3)
Best months to be outside
MarAprMaySepOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Pickens get?About 1 inches a winter.When is it wettest?December, with 5.4 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.9° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Pickens itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Pickens, SC (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.