Pickens Threshold Days by Year (USC00386831)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Pickens (USC00386831): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Pickens Thresholds

Pickens: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 71 years, most in 1954 with 117.
Pickens: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 71 years, most in 1998 with 90.
Pickens: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 71 years, most in 2013 with 64.
Pickens: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 71 years, most in 1961 with 25.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Pickens.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

71 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 117 in 1954.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Pickens
Year	Days	Decade average
1952	89	88.7
1953	93	88.7
1954	117	88.7
1956	92	88.7
1957	82	88.7
1958	73	88.7
1959	75	88.7
1960	82	69
1961	59	69
1962	97	69
1963	69	69
1964	63	69
1965	74	69
1966	62	69
1967	44	69
1968	67	69
1969	73	69
1970	107	77.3
1971	80	77.3
1972	55	77.3
1973	74	77.3
1974	55	77.3
1975	85	77.3
1976	57	77.3
1977	102	77.3
1978	97	77.3
1979	61	77.3
1980	106	78.3
1981	97	78.3
1982	67	78.3
1983	79	78.3
1984	58	78.3
1985	55	78.3
1986	93	78.3
1987	83	78.3
1988	89	78.3
1989	56	78.3
1990	71	89
1994	104	89
1995	80	89
1996	83	89
1997	76	89
1998	116	89
1999	93	89
2000	95	87.1
2001	82	87.1
2002	103	87.1
2003	73	87.1
2004	69	87.1
2005	83	87.1
2006	91	87.1
2007	104	87.1
2008	87	87.1
2009	84	87.1
2010	99	90.8
2011	98	90.8
2012	57	90.8
2013	61	90.8
2014	87	90.8
2015	92	90.8
2016	111	90.8
2017	89	90.8
2018	103	90.8
2019	111	90.8
2020	79	76.4
2021	67	76.4
2022	76	76.4
2023	64	76.4
2024	89	76.4
2025	76	76.4
2026	84	76.4

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
1952	1952-04-22	1952-10-02
1953	1953-05-11	1953-10-12
1954	1954-04-08	1954-10-13
1956	1956-04-30	1956-09-17
1957	1957-04-28	1957-09-14
1958	1958-04-24	1958-10-10
1959	1959-05-02	1959-09-28
1960	1960-04-23	1960-09-20
1961	1961-06-01	1961-09-26
1962	1962-04-30	1962-10-07
1963	1963-04-21	1963-09-21
1964	1964-05-09	1964-09-23
1965	1965-04-09	1965-09-21
1966	1966-05-09	1966-09-06
1967	1967-04-07	1967-09-19
1968	1968-04-19	1968-10-01
1969	1969-05-23	1969-10-12
1970	1970-04-23	1970-10-10
1971	1971-04-18	1971-10-05
1972	1972-04-15	1972-09-28
1973	1973-05-11	1973-10-05
1974	1974-04-29	1974-09-21
1975	1975-04-26	1975-09-21
1976	1976-04-19	1976-09-09
1977	1977-04-11	1977-09-27
1978	1978-04-02	1978-09-23
1979	1979-05-11	1979-09-14
1980	1980-04-23	1980-09-24
1981	1981-04-12	1981-10-07
1982	1982-03-20	1982-09-18
1983	1983-06-05	1983-09-19
1984	1984-06-02	1984-09-26
1985	1985-04-21	1985-10-15
1986	1986-04-25	1986-10-06
1987	1987-04-30	1987-09-19
1988	1988-05-15	1988-09-25
1989	1989-04-25	1989-09-12
1990	1990-06-07	1990-09-21
1994	1994-04-11	1994-09-17
1995	1995-03-24	1995-09-18
1996	1996-05-05	1996-09-18
1997	1997-05-19	1997-09-21
1998	1998-05-16	1998-10-02
1999	1999-04-04	1999-09-27
2000	2000-05-05	2000-10-03
2001	2001-04-08	2001-09-23
2002	2002-04-15	2002-10-05
2003	2003-04-30	2003-09-20
2004	2004-04-18	2004-09-28
2005	2005-05-09	2005-10-21
2006	2006-04-15	2006-10-06
2007	2007-03-26	2007-10-10
2008	2008-05-24	2008-09-16
2009	2009-03-10	2009-09-26
2010	2010-04-06	2010-09-26
2011	2011-05-11	2011-09-16
2012	2012-04-03	2012-09-09
2013	2013-05-16	2013-10-06
2014	2014-05-05	2014-09-17
2015	2015-04-09	2015-09-21
2016	2016-05-09	2016-10-21
2017	2017-05-10	2017-10-13
2018	2018-05-11	2018-10-12
2019	2019-05-18	2019-10-05
2020	2020-03-27	2020-09-15
2021	2021-05-23	2021-09-15
2022	2022-05-05	2022-09-23
2023	2023-05-10	2023-09-13
2024	2024-04-19	2024-10-08
2025	2025-04-06	2025-09-25
2026	2026-03-24	2026-08-31

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	71	117	1954	84
35 C (95 F): Days	56	42	1954	12
40 C (104 F): Days	4	2	1952	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	71	90	1998	49
100 F (37.8 C): Days	18	14	1999	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	34	5	1996	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	70	98	1996	44
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	51	12	2010	5
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	1	1	1985	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	70	89	2018	67
25 C (77 F): Days with min	3	1	1968	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	71	64	2013	29
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	71	25	1961	8
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	69	10	1964	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	16	2	1968	2
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	1	2004	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	10	2	1958	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1952.

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Pickens Threshold Days by Year (USC00386831)

Key Facts for Pickens Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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