Sacramento, CA

California · Records since 1877–2026

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Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

104°F

September 26, 1963

+18° from 86° normal

❄ Record Low

45°F

September 26, 1948

-10° from 55° normal
🌞 Normal high: 86°F 🌑 Normal low: 55°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Sacramento

🔥
115°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 15, 1961
❄
17°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 11, 1932
🌧
5.41"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 24, 2021
☃
2.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 5, 1976

First & Last Dates — Sacramento

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
350 days
Longest growing season
1912
238 days
Shortest growing season
1999
286 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 104°F September 26, 1963
2 101°F September 26, 2009
3 98°F September 26, 2010
4 98°F September 26, 1994
5 97°F September 26, 2016
6 97°F September 26, 1975
7 96°F September 26, 2018
8 96°F September 26, 1954
9 96°F September 26, 1952
10 96°F September 26, 1888

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 45°F September 26, 1948
2 46°F September 26, 1923
3 47°F September 26, 1955
4 47°F September 26, 1934
5 47°F September 26, 1926
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1877–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Sacramento

threshold: 100°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
106°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
1
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1877–2026
71
2026 so far
64
Avg/year 1970–2025
84
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
113
Most in a year (2020)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Sacramento

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 15, 1960 – Jul 24, 1960 10 111°F (Jul 19) 106°F 64°F
2 Sep 1, 2022 – Sep 9, 2022 9 114°F (Sep 5) 107°F 67°F
3 Aug 8, 1996 – Aug 16, 1996 9 110°F (Aug 10) 106°F 66°F
4 Jul 14, 1961 – Jul 21, 1961 8 110°F (Jul 18) 105°F 62°F
5 Aug 12, 1967 – Aug 19, 1967 8 107°F (Aug 18) 104°F 63°F
6 Aug 13, 2020 – Aug 19, 2020 7 112°F (Aug 16) 106°F 71°F
7 Jul 20, 2006 – Jul 26, 2006 7 111°F (Jul 23) 106°F 72°F
8 Jul 1, 2024 – Jul 7, 2024 7 110°F (Jul 6) 105°F 68°F
9 Aug 5, 1990 – Aug 11, 1990 7 109°F (Aug 9) 107°F 66°F
10 Jun 28, 2013 – Jul 4, 2013 7 109°F (Jul 4) 106°F 68°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

44
2026 total
above-normal nights
33.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
64
Most in a summer
2015

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1856–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Sacramento is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

157 of 265 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

9.57"
2026 YTD
Normal: 12.16"
-2.59"
0.00"
September so far
September normal: 0.09"
-0.09"
3
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Sacramento is 2.59" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Jun 1 – Aug 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
75.4°F
Average temperature
17th-warmest of 143
+1.0°
vs. average
Normal: 74.4°F (1991–2020)
0.00"
Precipitation
1st-driest of 142
-0.27"
vs. average
Normal: 0.27" · 0% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1878–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.24° per decade (warming since 1878)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1857–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1961 77.6°F
2 2024 77.4°F
3 1960 77.2°F
4 2020 76.9°F
5 1996 76.8°F
6 2022 76.7°F
7 2015 76.6°F
8 2017 76.6°F
9 1988 76.4°F
10 1936 76.0°F

Coolest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1907 69.3°F
2 1911 69.6°F
3 1914 69.8°F
4 1982 70.0°F
5 1910 70.3°F
6 1899 70.5°F
7 1887 70.5°F
8 1880 70.6°F
9 1909 70.6°F
10 1905 70.6°F

Wettest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 2011 1.50"
2 1884 1.45"
3 1974 1.29"
4 1993 1.26"
5 1997 0.91"
6 1907 0.85"
7 1953 0.70"
8 1976 0.69"
9 1991 0.67"
10 2005 0.66"

Driest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 2026 0.00"
2 2025 0.00"
3 2023 0.00"
4 2021 0.00"
5 2019 0.00"
6 2018 0.00"
7 2016 0.00"
8 2010 0.00"
9 2008 0.00"
10 2006 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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