SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 38 Deg. 31 Min. N LONGITUDE: 121 Deg. 30 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 17 BARO 41 TIME ZONE: PACIFIC WBAN: 23232

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






45

45



52.7
37.7
45.2

70
1991
23
1979


60.0
41.4
50.7

76
1992
23
1989


64.0
43.2
53.6

88
1988
26
1971


71.1
45.5
58.3

93
1990
32
1953


80.3
50.3
65.3

105
1984
36
1974


87.8
55.3
71.6

115
1961
41
1990


93.2
58.1
75.7

114
1972
48
1983


92.1
58.0
75.1

109
1990
49
1978


87.3
55.7
71.5

108
1988
43
1978


77.9
50.4
64.2

101
1970
36
1989


63.1
43.4
53.3

87
1960
26
1993


52.7
37.8
45.3

72
1989
18
1990


73.5
48.1
60.8

115
JUN 1961
18
DEC 1990
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




614
0

400
0

357
0

230
29

80
89

12
210

0
332

0
313

16
211

78
53

351
0

611
0

27
1237
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE
46
48
65
74
82
90
94
97
96
93
86
66
49
78
MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
90 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

47


47
47
47

56

47
47

47


45
45

45
45

7.1


6.5
6.0
18.5

10.1

0.0
0.4

10.1


0.0
0.1

6.4
0.0

6.2


7.9
6.8
13.5

8.6

0.*
0.6

5.2


0.0
0.0

1.8
0.0

5.6


10.1
8.2
12.7

8.8

0.0
0.8

1.7


0.0
0.0

0.5
0.0

4.8


12.1
9.5
8.4

5.3

0.0
0.7

0.3


0.4
0.0

0.*
0.0

3.6


17.0
8.5
5.4

2.8

0.0
0.4

0.2


5.3
0.0

0.0
0.0

2.2


21.7
5.9
2.4

1.2

0.0
0.3

0.0


11.9
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.1


27.0
3.1
1.0

0.2

0.0
0.2

0.0


22.0
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.4


25.6
4.1
1.3

0.4

0.0
0.1

0.*


19.5
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.8


23.6
4.2
2.1

1.3

0.0
0.5

0.2


12.5
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.2


19.3
6.1
5.6

3.3

0.0
0.3

1.4


2.9
0.0

0.0
0.0

5.6


10.1
7.4
12.5

6.7

0.0
0.2

5.1


0.0
0.0

1.4
0.0

6.8


7.7
5.9
17.4

9.1

0.0
0.2

9.6


0.0
0.*

6.4
0.0

4.1


188.7
75.7
100.8

57.7

0.*
4.7

33.9


74.5
0.*

16.5
0.0
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
21
1019.3
1017.6
1015.6
1015.1
1012.5
1011.2
1011.0
1011.2
1011.3
1014.5
1018.0
1019.6
1014.7
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

34
35
35
35

90
86
70
87

88
78
60
82

86
70
54
78

82
58
43
73

82
51
36
70

79
47
31
65

77
47
29
62

78
50
29
64

78
50
31
65

80
57
38
70

86
73
57
81

90
84
70
87

83
63
46
74
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



56

56

47


47

47



3.73
9.69
1995
0.16
1984
3.41
1967

T
1974
T
1974


2.87
8.77
1962
0.15
1964
3.01
1986

2.0
1976
2.0
1976


2.57
8.13
1995
0.05
1.94
2.30
1982

T
1982
T
1982


1.16
4.76
1941
0.00
1949
2.22
1958

0.0

0.0



0.27
3.13
1948
T
1992
1.38
1994

T
1994
T
1994


0.12
1.26
1993
0.00
1981
1.21
1993

0.0

0.0



0.05
0.79
1974
0.00
1983
0.78
1974

0.0

0.0



0.07
0.65
1976
0.00
1982
0.65
1965

0.0

0.0



0.37
2.78
1989
0.00
1980
1.79
1989

0.0

0.0



1.08
7.51
1962
0.00
1966
5.59
1962

0.0

0.0



2.72
7.41
1970
T
1995
2.95
1970

0.0

0.0



2.51
12.64
1955
0.00
1989
3.64
1955

T
1995
T
1995


17.2
12.64
DEC 1955
0.00
DEC 1989
5.59
OCT 1962

2.0
FEB 1976
2.0
FEB 1976
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

45



46
46






7.2

SE

SE
60
1954





7.4

SSE

SE
51
1959





8.5

SW

S
66
1952





8.6

SW

SW
45
1955





9.1

SW

SW
74
1993





9.7

SW

SW
47
1950





8.9

SSW

SW
36
1956





8.5

SW

SW
38
1954





7.4

SW

NW
42
1965





6.4

SW

SE
68
1950





6.0

NNW

SE
70
1953





6.6

SSE

SE
70
1952





7.8

SW

SW
74
MAY 1993




(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.