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Sacramento, CA

38.507°N, 121.496°W · station SACthr · 150 years of record
56°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Sacramento.
56°WED9/258°THU9/357°FRI9/456°SAT9/557°SUN9/657°MON9/760°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low 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 coldest on record.

Ranks

#46 / 144
coldest Sep 2 in 144 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

49°F
set in 1898

Mildest Sep 2 ever

68°F
set in 2017
Forecast low 56°F — 46th coldest Sep 2 of 144 years · record 49°F (1898) · coldest since 2021.
1877: 54°F1878: 55°F1879: 57°F1880: 62°F1881: 55°F1882: 63°F1883: 63°F1884: 64°F1885: 59°F1886: 56°F1887: 55°F1888: 62°F1889: 64°F1890: 54°F1891: 59°F1892: 58°F1893: 54°F1894: 58°F1895: 54°F1896: 57°F1897: 51°F1898: 49°F1899: 51°F1900: 56°F1901: 60°F1902: 61°F1903: 61°F1904: 58°F1905: 53°F1906: 52°F1907: 53°F1908: 59°F1909: 53°F1910: 52°F1911: 54°F1912: 57°F1913: 55°F1914: 51°F1915: 58°F1916: 57°F1917: 54°F1918: 55°F1919: 53°F1920: 58°F1921: 57°F1922: 62°F1923: 61°F1924: 61°F1925: 55°F1926: 62°F1927: 58°F1928: 50°F1929: 54°F1930: 54°F1931: 56°F1932: 64°F1933: 53°F1934: 57°F1935: 53°F1936: 60°F1937: 55°F1938: 58°F1939: 53°F1940: 56°F1941: 61°F1947: 60°F1948: 57°F1949: 58°F1950: 67°F1951: 51°F1952: 66°F1953: 61°F1954: 56°F1955: 65°F1956: 54°F1957: 57°F1958: 59°F1959: 55°F1960: 56°F1961: 64°F1962: 55°F1963: 60°F1964: 50°F1965: 54°F1966: 60°F1967: 61°F1968: 60°F1969: 63°F1970: 54°F1971: 58°F1972: 60°F1973: 53°F1974: 56°F1975: 56°F1976: 60°F1977: 53°F1978: 62°F1979: 60°F1980: 57°F1981: 57°F1982: 59°F1983: 56°F1984: 64°F1985: 57°F1986: 59°F1987: 62°F1988: 59°F1989: 56°F1990: 56°F1991: 60°F1992: 58°F1993: 62°F1994: 56°F1995: 54°F1996: 55°F1997: 63°F1998: 65°F1999: 53°F2000: 57°F2001: 60°F2002: 62°F2003: 64°F2004: 61°F2005: 55°F2006: 54°F2007: 62°F2008: 61°F2009: 62°F2010: 61°F2011: 58°F2012: 54°F2013: 66°F2014: 62°F2015: 62°F2016: 58°F2017: 68°F2018: 58°F2019: 65°F2020: 59°F2021: 53°F2022: 67°F2023: 61°F2024: 59°F2025: 65°F56° forecast455055606570188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 256°F
Coldest this date since2021
This-date record49°F
This-date rank#46 of 144
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record17°F (1932)
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 Aug 30.

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

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

Cold Streaks

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Sacramento's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 58°F · forecast is -2° 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

Sunrise5:35 AM
Sunset6:36 PM
Solar noon12:06 PM
Daylight13h 01m · 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 low 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 low

2026 So Far

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.
Sacramento, CA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1877

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.
Sacramento, CA daily low heat map 1877–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Sacramento — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
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.

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