Sutter Hill Fire Station, California climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Sutter Hill Fire Station's normal year runs from 39°F December nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 32.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.1°C, December lows of 4°C, July highs of 34°C, 813 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSutter Hill Fire Station
- Station IDUSC00048713
- Location38.38°N 120.80°W
- Elevation1,586 ft (483 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Sutter Hill Fire Station is 74°F and the normal low 51°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sutter Hill Fire Station.
- Jan 55° 39°
- Feb 58° 42°
- Mar 62° 42°
- Apr 67° 45°
- May 75° 51°
- Jun 86° 57°
- Jul 93° 63°
- Aug 92° 62°
- Sep 87° 60°
- Oct 77° 53°
- Nov 63° 44°
- Dec 55° 39°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Sutter Hill Fire Station each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in January (6.06 in), the least in July (0.02 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 39°F | 47.0°F | 6.06 | – | <1 | 5 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 58°F | 42°F | 49.7°F | 5.66 | – | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 62°F | 42°F | 52.1°F | 4.90 | – | <1 | 1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 45°F | 55.8°F | 2.78 | – | <1 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 51°F | 63.0°F | 1.69 | – | 3 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 86°F | 57°F | 71.4°F | 0.38 | – | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 63°F | 78.0°F | 0.02 | – | 23 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 62°F | 76.9°F | 0.04 | – | 21 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 87°F | 60°F | 73.1°F | 0.26 | – | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 53°F | 64.7°F | 1.71 | – | 2 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 44°F | 53.7°F | 3.12 | – | <1 | 1 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 55°F | 39°F | 46.9°F | 5.40 | – | <1 | 5 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 50°F | 61.0°F | 32.02 | – | 75 | 15 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 4°C | 8.3°C | 154 mm |
| February | 14°C | 5°C | 9.8°C | 144 mm |
| March | 17°C | 6°C | 11.2°C | 124 mm |
| April | 19°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 71 mm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 43 mm |
| June | 30°C | 14°C | 21.9°C | 10 mm |
| July | 34°C | 17°C | 25.6°C | 1 mm |
| August | 33°C | 17°C | 24.9°C | 1 mm |
| September | 30°C | 15°C | 22.8°C | 7 mm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 43 mm |
| November | 17°C | 7°C | 12.1°C | 79 mm |
| December | 13°C | 4°C | 8.3°C | 137 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00048713; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Sutter Hill Fire Station?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October.
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00048713.
When is the last frost at Sutter Hill Fire Station?
In Sutter Hill Fire Station, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 4 in half of years and after April 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 11 in half of years and before November 19 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 41 year in 10 after April 8; 9 in 10 after January 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 111 year in 10 before November 19; 9 in 10 before January 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 285 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 357 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 10 in half of springs and before December 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sutter Hill Fire Station in zone 9b in ZIP code 95642, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00048713; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Sutter Hill Fire Station?
In a normal year in Sutter Hill Fire Station, 75 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more) and 15 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 75a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 15a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00048713.
How sunny is it at Sutter Hill Fire Station?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Sutter Hill Fire Station, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (97%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.4 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 74% | 4.5 |
| April | 78% | 5.9 |
| May | 86% | 7.3 |
| June | 94% | 8.4 |
| July | 97% | 8.3 |
| August | 97% | 7.5 |
| September | 94% | 6.0 |
| October | 89% | 4.4 |
| November | 80% | 2.8 |
| December | 70% | 2.1 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Sutter Hill Fire Station record?
A normal year at Sutter Hill Fire Station brings 2,857 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,431 cooling degree days, 58% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,486 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 558 | 0 |
| February | 427 | 0 |
| March | 402 | 0 |
| April | 286 | 12 |
| May | 133 | 70 |
| June | 27 | 221 |
| July | 2 | 404 |
| August | 1 | 370 |
| September | 16 | 259 |
| October | 99 | 90 |
| November | 345 | 6 |
| December | 561 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,857 | 1,431 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00048713. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Sutter Hill Fire Station's climate compare?
Sutter Hill Fire Station is warmer than 104 of the 219 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 171. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.0°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sutter Hill Fire Station is Csa: temperate, dry-summer, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Sutter Hill Fire Station share this climate record?
19 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Ione, CA9,411 people · 8 mi W
- Rancho Murieta, CA5,606 people · 17 mi NW
- Jackson, CA5,079 people · 2 mi SE
- Buckhorn, CA3,506 people · 15 mi E
- Pine Grove, CA3,310 people · 8 mi E
- Sutter Creek, CA2,709 people · 1 mi N
- Red Corral, CA1,263 people · 11 mi E
- Pioneer, CA1,210 people · 12 mi E
- Plymouth, CA1,137 people · 7 mi NW
- Mokelumne Hill, CA1,049 people · 7 mi SE
- Amador Pines, CA960 people · 16 mi NE
- West Point, CA642 people · 14 mi E
- Lockwood, CA487 people · 13 mi NE
- Glencoe, CA333 people · 12 mi E
- Amador City, CA205 people · 3 mi NW
- Martell, CA193 people · 1 mi SW
- Fiddletown, CA187 people · 9 mi N
- Volcano, CA183 people · 11 mi NE
- Drytown, CA86 people · 5 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Sutter Hill Fire Station's climate
What is the coldest month at Sutter Hill Fire Station?
December, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 63°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Sutter Hill Fire Station?
January, with 6.06 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sutter Hill Fire Station in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sutter Hill Fire Station in zone 9b in ZIP code 95642, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Sutter Hill Fire Station?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 8. Waiting until April 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Camp Pardee, CA9 miles from this station, 62.5°F a year
- Placerville, CA22 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Calaveras Big Trees, CA27 miles from this station, 50.3°F a year
- Pacific House, CA31 miles from this station, 52.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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