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Sacramento, CA weather averages

NOAA climate normals for 1991-2020, measured at Sacramento 5 Ese, 7.1 km from the city centre — month by month temperature, rain and snow.

Quick answer

Sacramento averages a daily high of 74.5°F and a daily low of 50.9°F across the year, with 20.27 inches of precipitation. July is the warmest month at 93.3°F and December the coldest at 40.4°F.

Average annual high
74.5°FWarmest month July
Average annual low
50.9°FColdest month December
Precipitation per year
20.27 inWettest month January
Snowfall per year
0 in5.1 days at or below 32°F

Sacramento weather month by month

Normal daily high and low, precipitation and snowfall for each month, 1991-2020.

MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip inSnow inRange
January54.440.73.97040.7 to 54.4 degrees
February61.243.73.69043.7 to 61.2 degrees
March66.846.53.02046.5 to 66.8 degrees
April72.7491.3049 to 72.7 degrees
May80.953.90.76053.9 to 80.9 degrees
June87.958.40.19058.4 to 87.9 degrees
July93.360.9060.9 to 93.3 degrees
August92.260.50.03060.5 to 92.2 degrees
September87.958.40.35058.4 to 87.9 degrees
October77.952.81.05052.8 to 77.9 degrees
November63.745.52.43045.5 to 63.7 degrees
December54.340.43.48040.4 to 54.3 degrees

Source: NOAA NCEI, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 — station USW00023271, Sacramento 5 Ese · rates as published for 1991-2020 normals

How to read Sacramento climate normals

What a climate normal is, and what it is not.

A normal is the average of thirty years of daily observations at one station — here Sacramento 5 Ese, 7.1 km from the centre of Sacramento. It describes a typical year, so any single year will run warmer, cooler, wetter or drier. Readings taken at an airport on the edge of town usually sit a degree or two below a dense downtown on summer nights. Sacramento sees about 74.4 days a year at or above 90°F and about 39.7 days with a tenth of an inch of precipitation or more.

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