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Sacramento, CA

38.507°N, 121.496°W · station SACthr · 150 years of record
87°F
forecast high · Oct 17

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Sacramento.
87°SAT10/1782°SUN10/1870°MON10/1969°TUE10/2072°WED10/2172°THU10/2272°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Sacramento — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.

Ranks

#7 / 142
warmest Oct 17 in 142 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 17 ever

96°F
set in 2020

Coolest Oct 17 ever

55°F
set in 1984
Forecast high 87°F — 7th warmest Oct 17 of 142 years · record 96°F (2020) · warmest since 2020.
1877: 77°F1878: 75°F1879: 75°F1880: 76°F1881: 68°F1882: 72°F1883: 67°F1884: 75°F1885: 74°F1886: 64°F1887: 83°F1888: 74°F1889: 66°F1890: 78°F1891: 83°F1892: 56°F1893: 68°F1894: 68°F1895: 66°F1896: 76°F1897: 75°F1898: 84°F1899: 70°F1900: 79°F1901: 75°F1902: 79°F1903: 89°F1904: 66°F1905: 69°F1906: 72°F1907: 75°F1908: 62°F1909: 68°F1910: 72°F1911: 84°F1912: 83°F1913: 79°F1914: 67°F1915: 85°F1916: 79°F1917: 72°F1919: 75°F1920: 68°F1921: 81°F1922: 80°F1923: 77°F1924: 58°F1925: 67°F1926: 82°F1927: 73°F1928: 82°F1929: 73°F1930: 82°F1931: 71°F1932: 74°F1933: 88°F1934: 66°F1935: 76°F1936: 85°F1937: 83°F1938: 68°F1939: 71°F1940: 78°F1941: 87°F1947: 74°F1948: 82°F1949: 68°F1950: 72°F1951: 75°F1952: 73°F1953: 74°F1954: 77°F1955: 72°F1956: 79°F1957: 76°F1958: 84°F1959: 86°F1960: 86°F1961: 93°F1962: 77°F1963: 73°F1964: 80°F1965: 75°F1966: 79°F1967: 87°F1968: 74°F1969: 67°F1970: 74°F1971: 60°F1972: 62°F1973: 86°F1974: 91°F1975: 83°F1976: 83°F1977: 80°F1978: 80°F1979: 81°F1980: 69°F1981: 80°F1982: 71°F1983: 81°F1984: 55°F1985: 82°F1986: 69°F1987: 86°F1988: 87°F1989: 84°F1990: 84°F1991: 87°F1992: 78°F1993: 71°F1995: 79°F1996: 73°F1997: 87°F1998: 75°F1999: 81°F2000: 80°F2001: 77°F2002: 71°F2003: 84°F2004: 68°F2005: 83°F2006: 75°F2007: 68°F2008: 85°F2009: 81°F2010: 62°F2011: 87°F2012: 89°F2013: 82°F2014: 75°F2015: 77°F2016: 64°F2017: 81°F2018: 81°F2019: 75°F2020: 96°F2021: 76°F2022: 78°F2023: 86°F2024: 77°F2025: 74°F87° forecast556065707580859095100188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 1787°F
Hottest this date since2020
This-date record96°F
This-date rank#7 of 142
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record115°F (1961)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1877–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Sacramento in each calendar month, and for the whole 1877–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan76°FJan 24, 201419°FJan 14, 1888
Feb80°FFeb 18, 189921°FFeb 13, 1884
Mar88°FMar 26, 198826°FMar 5, 1971
Apr96°FApr 21, 193131°FApr 9, 1999
May105°FMay 28, 198434°FMay 3, 1950
Jun115°FJun 15, 196141°FJun 7, 1950
Jul114°FJul 17, 192547°FJul 3, 1901
Aug112°FAug 16, 202048°FAug 30, 1887
Sep114°FSep 5, 202242°FSep 30, 2007
Oct104°FOct 2, 200134°FOct 30, 1935
Nov87°FNov 1, 196026°FNov 21, 1941
Dec74°FDec 7, 202017°FDec 11, 1932
All-time115°FJun 15, 196117°FDec 11, 1932

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Sacramento so far this year — through Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

9 broke
plus 5 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (88°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

78°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 9, 1881

Coldest high ever

29°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 14, 1972
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan60°FJan 1, 199731°FJan 5, 1961
Feb58°FFeb 8, 201540°FFeb 3, 1883
Mar60°FMar 24, 189643°FMar 2, 1976
Apr64°FApr 19, 190750°FApr 12, 1922
May72°FMay 28, 188754°FMay 7, 1905
Jun78°FJun 23, 190957°FJun 6, 1914
Jul78°FJul 9, 188165°FJul 3, 1910
Aug76°FAug 12, 189866°FAug 29, 2000
Sep74°FSep 22, 193958°FSep 30, 1894
Oct70°FOct 9, 189950°FOct 30, 1886
Nov62°FNov 20, 195040°FNov 28, 1952
Dec60°FDec 23, 196429°FDec 14, 1972
All-time78°FJul 9, 188129°FDec 14, 1972

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

33 days
record run, ended Aug 6 2018

So far in 2026

81 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Sacramento's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 79°F · forecast is +8° vs normal.
Jan: 56°FJan: 39°FFeb: 61°FFeb: 42°FMar: 66°FMar: 44°FApr: 72°FApr: 47°FMay: 80°FMay: 52°FJun: 88°FJun: 56°FJul: 92°FJul: 59°FAug: 92°FAug: 59°FSep: 88°FSep: 56°FOct: 79°FOct: 50°FNov: 65°FNov: 43°FDec: 56°FDec: 38°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise6:16 AM
Sunset5:27 PM
Solar noon11:51 AM
Daylight11h 11m · losing 17 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

38.51°N, 121.50°W

Nearby Stations

Stockton, CA45 mi SESan Francisco Airport, CA77 mi SWSan Jose, CA82 mi SMerced, CA99 mi SEUkiah, CA101 mi WReno, NV115 mi NE

The Last 6 Weeks

Sacramento's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Sacramento, CA — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Sacramento's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Sacramento, CA — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1877

Each cell is one day's high at Sacramento, coloured by temperature — 150 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Sacramento, CA daily high heat map 1877–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Sacramento — counted through Oct 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
81 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 25th most in 150 years. Normal for this point: 62. Record: 108 in 2020.

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