All-time weather records — West Sacramento, CA

Record high
115.0°F
June 15, 1961
Record low
18.0°F
December 22, 1990
Wettest day
5.41 in
October 24, 2021

Climate change signal in West Sacramento

22.1%

of West Sacramento's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (81 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
8
55
1950s
35
83
1960s
54
52
1970s
38
57
1980s
34
36
1990s
52
29
2000s
35
29
2010s
57
18
2020s
53
7

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1942, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1941-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 24, 2014 19.9°F — Jan 5, 1950 3.05 in — Jan 21, 1967
February 78.1°F — Feb 15, 2016 23.0°F — Feb 7, 1989 2.63 in — Feb 17, 1986
March 88.0°F — Mar 18, 2026 26.1°F — Mar 5, 1971 1.85 in — Mar 31, 1982
April 95.0°F — Apr 26, 2004 30.9°F — Apr 9, 1999 2.17 in — Apr 2, 1958
May 105.1°F — May 28, 1984 34.0°F — May 3, 1950 1.67 in — May 20, 2002
June 115.0°F — Jun 15, 1961 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1990 1.14 in — Jun 4, 1993
July 114.1°F — Jul 13, 1972 48.0°F — Jul 8, 1983 0.77 in — Jul 8, 1974
August 111.9°F — Aug 16, 2020 48.0°F — Aug 5, 1950 0.65 in — Aug 11, 1965
September 114.1°F — Sep 5, 2022 42.1°F — Sep 30, 2007 1.79 in — Sep 16, 1989
October 104.0°F — Oct 2, 2001 35.1°F — Oct 20, 1949 5.41 in — Oct 24, 2021
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1960 26.1°F — Nov 17, 1961 2.42 in — Nov 28, 1970
December 73.9°F — Dec 7, 2020 18.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 2.87 in — Dec 19, 1955

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in West Sacramento.