Sacramento Executive, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Sacramento Executive's primary NOAA station, SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AP.
The climate verdict for Sacramento Executive
Dryness leads the climate profile for Sacramento Executive, California, with 18.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. It scores 88/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 89% of them.
- 62°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 88/100
- comfort score, above 89% of station-mapped location scores
- 18.1"
- annual precipitation
- 303 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Sacramento Executive: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023232 · Sacramento Executive, CA 62°F mean · 18.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bayboro
- PRCP-DRY 18.1"
- SWING-NARROW 29°F
- COMF-TOP 88/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00023232
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bayboro, NC (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA station list.
- Sacramento Exec… (this station) 62°F
- Hot Cloverdale, CA 62°F
- Near Bayboro, NC 62°F
- Near Broken Bow, OK 62°F
- Near Clinton, SC 62°F
Climate Living Index · Sacramento Executive
Sacramento Executive: 79/100 · grade B
Sacramento Executive publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Sacramento Executive, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 88/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 303 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Summer moisture balance | 53.5°F mean dew point | 95/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 77 calendar days | 83/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 61.8°F · 5.7° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 18.1 in · 16.9 from 35 in | 40/100 · D |
Sacramento Executive · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Sacramento Executive is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 47.3°F and warmest-month mean 75.9°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Csa). Class Csa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Csa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 75.9°F
- Coldest month
- 47.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Sacramento Executive sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Sacramento Executive's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Sacramento Executive sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 76%
- Sacramento Executive's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Sacramento Executive is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Sacramento Executive compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Sacramento Executive's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
88 Top 11% score exceeds 89% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Sacramento Executive's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 70 complete annual observations from 1948 to 2025, SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.17°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Sacramento Executive primary station fitted change +0.17 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F (13°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.7" | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 61°F (16°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.5" | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.7" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| May | 80°F (27°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.6 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.7 |
| September | 89°F (31°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 13.8 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.7" | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 56°F (13°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.4" | 6.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Sacramento Executive runs from a mild 38°F around December 20 to 93°F at the peak near July 18, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 24 through September 8, covering 77 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 8 to November 4.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 38°F around December 20.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 15, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 17 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 58 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Sacramento Executive.
Where Sacramento Executive Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 77 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Sacramento Executive earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.0 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
1.1 days with precipitation
0.1 days with precipitation
0.2 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
Sacramento Executive's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 58% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 1%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows an unusually narrow 28.6°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 3.7"
- Driest month
- July, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- January, February, December (58% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
How Sacramento Executive's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 58 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 18.1" between them, or roughly 0.31 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 2
50% probability date
Growing Season
303 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,436
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,292
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 5.1 | 57% | 26% |
| February | 72% | 6.1 | 56% | 22% |
| March | 66% | 6.8 | 66% | 13% |
| April | 58% | 7.4 | 70% | 10% |
| May | 57% | 7.5 | 78% | 6% |
| June | 54% | 7.3 | 90% | 2% |
| July | 55% | 7.2 | 92% | 1% |
| August | 53% | 6.1 | 92% | 1% |
| September | 55% | 5.3 | 86% | 3% |
| October | 65% | 4.7 | 74% | 11% |
| November | 76% | 5.0 | 61% | 23% |
| December | 80% | 5.1 | 55% | 30% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Sacramento Executive on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (62°F here).
- Bayboro, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Broken Bow, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Clinton, SC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Dardanelle, AR 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (18.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Killdeer, ND 18.1" · 0.0" off
- Drake, ND 18.1" · 0.0" off
- Ekalaka, MT 18.1" · 0.0" off
- McClusky, ND 18.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Sacramento Executive's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · dry · low swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 18.1 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
The calendar stays thermally compact and dry. July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, only 28.6°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 62°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
Sacramento Executive combines a compact 28.6°F annual temperature range with meaningful demand on both sides of the thermostat: 2,436 heating and 1,292 cooling degree days. The balance matters more here than either annual total in isolation.
Sacramento Executive has a long frost-free window of roughly 303 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Sacramento Executive's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Sacramento Executive, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Sacramento Executive's primary station: SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AP (USW00023232). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Sacramento Executive; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Sacramento Executive comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.