Sacramento CA Most Rain in a Day for Each Year

This page lists the heaviest rainfalls and wettest days of each year in Sacramento, California. The information answers questions like: When was the last time Sacramento got more than three inches of rain in a single day? What was the heaviest rainfall of 2019?

This page gives the highest daily precipitation for each year in Sacramento and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign beside it means the same amount of rain also fell on at least one other day earlier that year.

These precipitation extremes were measured at the California State University campus in Sacramento and go back to 1878. Since then the biggest one-day rainstorm recorded there dropped 5.44 inches (138.2 millimetres) of water on October 24, 2021.

Most rain in one day for recent years in Sacramento
Inches	Date	Millimetres
1.32	January 09, 2023	33.5
2.37	December 31, 2022	60.2
5.44	October 24, 2021	138.2
1.21	April 05, 2020	30.7
2.52	February 26, 2019	64.0
2.38	January 08, 2018	60.5
2.16	January 10, 2017	54.9
2.28	December 15, 2016	57.9
1.07	February 08, 2015 +	27.2
2.10	December 11, 2014	53.3
0.68	March 31, 2013	17.3
1.79	November 30, 2012	45.5
1.15	March 13, 2011	29.2
1.21	October 24, 2010	30.7

Highest daily rainfall recorded at Sacramento each year
Inches	Date	Millimetres
3.04	October 13, 2009	77.2
2.23	January 04, 2008	56.6
1.44	February 10, 2007	36.6
0.98	April 04, 2006 +	24.9
2.34	December 31, 2005	59.4
1.93	September 19, 2004	49.0
1.18	December 29, 2003	30.0
1.40	November 07, 2002	35.6
1.51	January 08, 2001	38.4
3.11	January 24, 2000	79.0
1.21	February 07, 1999	30.7
1.62	February 03, 1998	41.1
2.13	January 22, 1997	54.1
1.83	February 04, 1996	46.5
2.83	January 09, 1995	71.9
1.70	December 03, 1994	43.2
2.53	January 13, 1993	64.3
1.34	February 14, 1992	34.0
1.54	February 02, 1991	39.1
2.53	January 12, 1990	64.3
1.75	September 16, 1989	44.5
1.02	January 16, 1988	25.9
1.79	March 05, 1987	45.5
3.21	February 17, 1986	81.5
2.27	November 24, 1985	57.7
1.19	November 27, 1984	30.2
2.21	December 24, 1983	56.1
3.10	January 04, 1982	78.7
2.25	November 13, 1981	57.2
1.29	February 19, 1980	32.8
1.68	January 14, 1979	42.7
1.68	January 05, 1978	42.7
1.58	November 21, 1977	40.1
0.61	February 29, 1976	15.5
1.22	February 12, 1975	31.0
0.96	December 27, 1974	24.4
2.11	February 27, 1973	53.6
1.07	November 10, 1972	27.2
0.96	March 12, 1971	24.4
2.20	November 28, 1970	55.9
1.46	January 19, 1969	37.1
0.98	January 30, 1968	24.9
2.87	January 21, 1967	72.9
1.40	November 06, 1966	35.6
1.22	January 05, 1965	31.0
2.10	January 20, 1964	53.3
1.70	January 30, 1963	43.2
3.63	October 13, 1962	92.2
1.06	November 29, 1961	26.9
0.93	November 25, 1960	23.6
1.46	September 18, 1959	37.1
2.23	April 02, 1958	56.6
1.18	December 15, 1957	30.0
1.38	January 14, 1956	35.1
2.41	December 19, 1955	61.2
1.87	December 09, 1954	47.5
1.54	April 27, 1953	39.1
1.80	March 06, 1952	45.7
1.63	December 01, 1951	41.4
1.74	November 18, 1950	44.2
1.11	January 19, 1949	28.2
1.67	May 30, 1948	42.4
1.33	February 12, 1947	33.8
1.13	November 19, 1946	28.7
2.74	February 01, 1945	69.6
2.40	February 02, 1944	61.0
3.14	January 21, 1943	79.8
1.76	January 24, 1942	44.7
1.86	April 04, 1941	47.2
–	1940	–
1.37	March 08, 1939	34.8
1.42	January 31, 1938	36.1
2.52	March 21, 1937	64.0
2.34	February 11, 1936	59.4
3.35	April 07, 1935	85.1
1.65	December 13, 1934	41.9
1.47	December 29, 1933	37.3
0.88	December 19, 1932	22.4
1.96	December 27, 1931	49.8
1.11	March 05, 1930	28.2
1.56	December 15, 1929	39.6
1.33	November 13, 1928	33.8
–	1927	–
1.61	February 13, 1926	40.9
1.01	December 01, 1925	25.7
–	1924	–
0.86	January 22, 1923	21.8
1.23	November 06, 1922	31.2
1.90	January 17, 1921	48.3
0.89	March 21, 1920	22.6
1.96	February 10, 1919	49.8
–	1918	–
–	1917	–
2.60	January 03, 1916	66.0
1.73	December 13, 1915	43.9
1.21	February 20, 1914	30.7
1.61	November 18, 1913	40.9
0.89	September 06, 1912	22.6
1.84	January 13, 1911	46.7
1.26	March 21, 1910	32.0
2.16	February 11, 1909	54.9
1.15	January 13, 1908	29.2
1.74	March 18, 1907	44.2
2.27	March 30, 1906	57.7
1.31	May 07, 1905	33.3
2.48	February 12, 1904	63.0
1.38	January 27, 1903	35.1
1.30	December 25, 1902	33.0
1.80	February 05, 1901	45.7
2.32	November 21, 1900	58.9
2.20	March 15, 1899	55.9
1.10	February 24, 1898	27.9
1.36	January 29, 1897	34.5
1.90	April 24, 1896	48.3
2.62	January 04, 1895	66.5
2.25	January 15, 1894	57.2
1.18	March 11, 1893	30.0
1.86	December 24, 1892	47.2
1.86	February 15, 1891	47.2
3.34	December 31, 1890	84.8
2.38	March 13, 1889	60.5
1.95	November 16, 1888	49.5
1.73	February 05, 1887 +	43.9
2.50	January 23, 1886	63.5
3.02	November 17, 1885	76.7
2.62	March 09, 1884	66.5
1.90	January 01, 1883	48.3
1.82	October 02, 1882	46.2
2.66	January 29, 1881	67.6
5.28	April 20, 1880	134.1
1.97	March 05, 1879	50.0
1.63	January 15, 1878	41.4

Sacramento - Extreme Daily Rainfall for Each Year

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