Pickens Threshold Days by Year (USC00226926)

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at Pickens (USC00226926): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Pickens Thresholds

Pickens: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 50 years, most in 1989 with 57.
Pickens: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 50 years, most in 2009 with 26.
Pickens: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 50 years, most in 1979 with 11.
Pickens: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 48 years, most in 1954 with 146.
18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Pickens.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

48 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Pickens with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 146 in 1954.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Pickens
Year	Days	Decade average
1949	123	123
1950	99	125.6
1951	127	125.6
1952	139	125.6
1953	140	125.6
1954	146	125.6
1955	137	125.6
1956	125	125.6
1957	114	125.6
1958	107	125.6
1959	122	125.6
1960	120	119.7
1961	100	119.7
1962	139	119.7
1963	142	119.7
1964	115	119.7
1965	123	119.7
1966	113	119.7
1967	102	119.7
1968	114	119.7
1969	129	119.7
1970	136	110
1971	112	110
1972	139	110
1973	124	110
1974	112	110
1975	111	110
1976	53	110
1977	130	110
1978	113	110
1979	70	110
1980	106	93.9
1984	54	93.9
1985	69	93.9
1986	122	93.9
1987	117	93.9
1988	101	93.9
1989	88	93.9
1997	90	108.7
1998	127	108.7
1999	109	108.7
2000	116	91.7
2003	85	91.7
2004	49	91.7
2006	119	91.7
2007	104	91.7
2008	87	91.7
2009	82	91.7

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Pickens meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Pickens
Year	First date	Last date
1949	1949-03-27	1949-10-21
1950	1950-05-05	1950-10-31
1951	1951-05-01	1951-10-26
1952	1952-04-29	1952-11-02
1953	1953-04-08	1953-10-23
1954	1954-03-11	1954-10-26
1955	1955-03-11	1955-11-13
1956	1956-04-28	1956-10-17
1957	1957-04-02	1957-09-22
1958	1958-04-23	1958-10-09
1959	1959-04-30	1959-10-10
1960	1960-04-20	1960-10-04
1961	1961-05-05	1961-10-13
1962	1962-04-29	1962-10-20
1963	1963-03-13	1963-10-26
1964	1964-04-07	1964-09-27
1965	1965-04-11	1965-10-17
1966	1966-03-31	1966-10-14
1967	1967-03-11	1967-10-15
1968	1968-05-13	1968-10-15
1969	1969-05-05	1969-10-19
1970	1970-04-01	1970-10-03
1971	1971-05-19	1971-11-02
1972	1972-04-07	1972-11-01
1973	1973-05-10	1973-10-24
1974	1974-03-07	1974-09-28
1975	1975-03-12	1975-10-14
1976	1976-04-19	1976-10-04
1977	1977-05-05	1977-10-02
1978	1978-04-05	1978-10-22
1979	1979-05-10	1979-10-19
1980	1980-04-22	1980-09-24
1984	1984-05-27	1984-10-17
1985	1985-04-19	1985-09-11
1986	1986-05-08	1986-10-06
1987	1987-04-20	1987-10-03
1988	1988-04-06	1988-09-30
1989	1989-04-27	1989-10-04
1997	1997-05-26	1997-10-13
1998	1998-05-13	1998-10-16
1999	1999-04-03	1999-10-03
2000	2000-05-11	2000-10-05
2003	2003-05-02	2003-10-08
2004	2004-05-08	2004-09-19
2006	2006-04-19	2006-10-19
2007	2007-05-06	2007-10-17
2008	2008-04-09	2008-09-14
2009	2009-05-13	2009-10-14

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Pickens
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	48	146	1954	82
35 C (95 F): Days	43	84	1954	4
40 C (104 F): Days	5	3	1954	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	48	118	1954	31
100 F (37.8 C): Days	16	27	1954	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	30	8	1985	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	46	81	1978	49
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	29	7	1977	1
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	1	1	1951	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	46	111	1998	81
25 C (77 F): Days with min	9	3	1998	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	50	57	1989	54
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	50	26	2009	26
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	50	11	1979	10
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	20	3	1975	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	1	1951	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	6	2	1997	2
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1960	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1949.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Pickens Threshold Days by Year (USC00226926)

Key Facts for Pickens Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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