Home / United States / California / Sacramento California · THREADEX · 1877–2026
Sacramento, CA 38.507°N, 121.496°W · station SACthr · 150 years of record
58°F
COLDEST JUL 18 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Sacramento.
66° TUE 7/14 65° WED 7/15 62° THU 7/16 59° FRI 7/17 58° SAT 7/18 60° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #70 / 144
coldest Jul 18 in 144 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 18 ever 50°F
set in 1921
Mildest Jul 18 ever 72°F
set in 1925
Coldest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 18 at Sacramento. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
50 61 72 1877: 58°F 1878: 54°F 1879: 59°F 1880: 62°F 1881: 63°F 1882: 59°F 1883: 57°F 1884: 60°F 1885: 57°F 1886: 63°F 1887: 52°F 1888: 64°F 1889: 54°F 1890: 54°F 1891: 60°F 1892: 56°F 1893: 60°F 1894: 62°F 1895: 56°F 1896: 60°F 1897: 71°F 1898: 59°F 1899: 64°F 1900: 56°F 1901: 55°F 1902: 56°F 1903: 53°F 1904: 55°F 1905: 54°F 1906: 58°F 1907: 60°F 1908: 66°F 1909: 56°F 1910: 65°F 1911: 56°F 1912: 64°F 1913: 59°F 1914: 57°F 1915: 59°F 1916: 53°F 1917: 62°F 1918: 53°F 1919: 60°F 1920: 54°F 1921: 50°F 1922: 63°F 1923: 57°F 1924: 54°F 1925: 72°F 1926: 62°F 1927: 57°F 1928: 54°F 1929: 55°F 1930: 54°F 1931: 65°F 1932: 57°F 1933: 61°F 1934: 56°F 1935: 57°F 1936: 59°F 1937: 54°F 1938: 62°F 1939: 58°F 1940: 55°F 1941: 59°F 1947: 56°F 1948: 57°F 1949: 55°F 1950: 54°F 1951: 67°F 1952: 56°F 1953: 59°F 1954: 54°F 1955: 53°F 1956: 57°F 1957: 57°F 1958: 56°F 1959: 59°F 1960: 62°F 1961: 67°F 1962: 54°F 1963: 55°F 1964: 62°F 1965: 60°F 1966: 58°F 1967: 54°F 1968: 57°F 1969: 64°F 1970: 60°F 1971: 65°F 1972: 60°F 1973: 54°F 1974: 60°F 1975: 59°F 1976: 52°F 1977: 59°F 1978: 63°F 1979: 55°F 1980: 57°F 1981: 53°F 1982: 54°F 1983: 52°F 1984: 70°F 1985: 55°F 1986: 54°F 1987: 54°F 1988: 70°F 1989: 66°F 1990: 63°F 1991: 58°F 1992: 60°F 1993: 63°F 1994: 55°F 1995: 58°F 1996: 57°F 1997: 57°F 1998: 63°F 1999: 51°F 2000: 56°F 2001: 56°F 2002: 56°F 2003: 69°F 2004: 61°F 2005: 63°F 2006: 66°F 2007: 60°F 2008: 57°F 2009: 66°F 2010: 63°F 2011: 56°F 2012: 58°F 2013: 55°F 2014: 60°F 2015: 61°F 2016: 56°F 2017: 61°F 2018: 62°F 2019: 62°F 2020: 58°F 2021: 63°F 2022: 67°F 2023: 64°F 2024: 55°F 2025: 56°F 58° forecast 1877 1921 2025 Forecast low · Jul 18 58°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 50°F This-date rank #70 of 144
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record 17°F (1932) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1877–2026
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.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 76°F 2014 19°F 1888 Feb 80°F 1899 21°F 1884 Mar 88°F 1988 26°F 1971 Apr 96°F 1931 31°F 1999 May 105°F 1984 34°F 1950 Jun 115°F 1961 41°F 1950 Jul 114°F 1925 47°F 1901 Aug 112°F 2020 48°F 1887 Sep 114°F 2022 42°F 2007 Oct 104°F 2001 34°F 1935 Nov 87°F 1960 26°F 1941 Dec 74°F 2020 17°F 1932 All-time 115°F 1961 17°F 1932
Records set or tied at Sacramento so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 9 broke
plus 3 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
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 16 days
record run, ended Jan 2 1991
So far in 2026 1 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Sacramento's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 60°F · forecast is -2° vs normal .
Jan: 56°F Jan: 39°F Feb: 61°F Feb: 42°F Mar: 66°F Mar: 44°F Apr: 72°F Apr: 47°F May: 80°F May: 52°F Jun: 88°F Jun: 56°F Jul: 92°F Jul: 59°F Aug: 92°F Aug: 59°F Sep: 88°F Sep: 56°F Oct: 79°F Oct: 50°F Nov: 65°F Nov: 43°F Dec: 56°F Dec: 38°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:52 AM Sunset 7:31 PM Solar noon 12:12 PM Daylight 14h 38m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 38.51°N, 121.50°W Sacramento's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Sacramento's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Sacramento, coloured by temperature — 150 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Sacramento — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
1 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 122nd most in 150 years. Normal for this point: 8 . Record: 36 in 1949.
A ready-to-share summary of Sacramento's outlook — post it, or link this page.
See Sacramento on hottestsince.com →