Sacramento, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SACRAMENTO 5 ESE, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Sacramento has an annual average temperature of 63.4°F with about 19.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 94.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 40.7°F). January is typically the wettest month (3.87 in) and July the driest (0.00 in).
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All-time records →55 of 366 (15%) of Sacramento's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1870s | 0 | |
| 1880s | 3 | |
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 3 | |
| 1910s | 8 | |
| 1920s | 18 | |
| 1930s | 20 | |
| 1940s | 9 | |
| 1950s | 30 | |
| 1960s | 30 | |
| 1970s | 27 | |
| 1980s | 60 | |
| 1990s | 41 | |
| 2000s | 31 | |
| 2010s | 36 | |
| 2020s | 38 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56.5°F | 41.1°F | 48.8°F | 3.87 in | — | 11 |
| February | 62.2°F | 43.7°F | 52.9°F | 3.63 in | — | 10 |
| March | 67.8°F | 46.7°F | 57.2°F | 2.82 in | — | 9 |
| April | 73.5°F | 49.3°F | 61.4°F | 1.44 in | — | 5 |
| May | 81.3°F | 54.0°F | 67.7°F | 0.86 in | — | 4 |
| June | 89.0°F | 58.7°F | 73.9°F | 0.21 in | — | 1 |
| July | 94.4°F | 61.4°F | 77.9°F | 0.00 in | — | 0 |
| August | 93.5°F | 61.0°F | 77.3°F | 0.02 in | — | 0 |
| September | 89.3°F | 58.8°F | 74.0°F | 0.15 in | — | 1 |
| October | 78.9°F | 52.9°F | 65.9°F | 0.93 in | — | 3 |
| November | 65.3°F | 45.3°F | 55.3°F | 1.78 in | — | 7 |
| December | 56.4°F | 40.7°F | 48.5°F | 3.49 in | — | 10 |
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