Sacramento - Highest Temperature for Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Sacramento, California. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Sacramento rose above 110 °F? What was the highest temperature in Sacramento a century ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Sacramento and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign beside it means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These temperature extremes were measured at the California State University campus in Sacramento and go back to 1878. The highest temperature recorded during that time there was 116 degrees Fahrenheit (47 Celsius) on September 6, 2022.

Highest Sacramento temperatures in recent years
Max °F Date Max °C
109 July 16, 2023 + 43
116 September 06, 2022   47
113 July 10, 2021   45
112 August 16, 2020   44
107 August 15, 2019 42
109 July 25, 2018 43
109 August 28, 2017 43
108 July 26, 2016 42
108 July 29, 2015 + 42
107 August 01, 2014 + 42
110 July 04, 2013 43
107 August 13, 2012 42
102 September 09, 2011 + 39
108 August 25, 2010 42
Highest temperature recorded at Sacramento each year
Max °F Date Max °C
108 June 28, 2009 42
107 July 09, 2008 42
108 July 05, 2007 42
111 July 23, 2006 44
107 July 16, 2005 + 42
106 August 11, 2004 41
106 July 28, 2003 + 41
112 July 10, 2002 44
106 July 03, 2001 + 41
107 June 14, 2000 42
108 July 12, 1999 42
111 August 04, 1998 44
109 August 07, 1997 43
110 August 13, 1996 + 43
109 June 25, 1995 43
105 July 17, 1994 41
109 August 01, 1993 43
107 August 16, 1992 42
111 July 03, 1991 44
111 July 12, 1990 44
110 July 07, 1989 43
112 July 18, 1988 + 44
110 August 30, 1987 43
106 September 01, 1986 41
108 July 24, 1985 + 42
110 July 13, 1984 43
106 August 06, 1983 + 41
103 August 22, 1982 39
107 June 22, 1981 42
108 July 27, 1980 + 42
106 July 30, 1979 41
108 August 09, 1978 + 42
109 July 30, 1977 43
108 August 31, 1976 + 42
109 July 25, 1975 43
106 July 25, 1974 + 41
106 July 26, 1973 + 41
113 July 14, 1972 45
108 August 10, 1971 42
107 July 04, 1970 + 42
107 August 03, 1969 42
106 July 05, 1968 41
106 August 17, 1967 + 41
107 August 06, 1966 + 42
102 July 04, 1965 39
103 July 11, 1964 + 39
103 September 26, 1963 39
104 June 20, 1962 40
111 June 15, 1961 44
107 July 19, 1960 + 42
107 July 10, 1959 42
104 September 06, 1958 40
108 June 24, 1957 42
106 June 28, 1956 + 41
109 September 02, 1955 43
107 July 28, 1954 42
104 July 21, 1953 40
105 July 27, 1952 41
105 July 18, 1951 41
109 September 01, 1950 + 43
103 June 13, 1949 39
107 July 15, 1948 42
104 July 19, 1947 40
107 August 02, 1946 42
107 July 26, 1945 42
108 September 09, 1944 42
106 July 28, 1943 41
108 July 24, 1942 + 42
105 July 22, 1941 41
1940
106 July 21, 1939 41
106 July 20, 1938 41
108 June 27, 1937 42
109 July 19, 1936 43
109 August 11, 1935 43
112 June 30, 1934 44
111 August 13, 1933 44
106 August 24, 1932 + 41
109 July 04, 1931 43
106 July 14, 1930 41
1929
103 August 09, 1928 + 39
1927
109 July 15, 1926 43
114 July 17, 1925 46
1924
108 July 27, 1923 42
106 July 15, 1922 41
106 July 07, 1921 41
108 August 15, 1920 + 42
107 August 19, 1919 42
1918
1917
105 July 22, 1916 41
105 August 28, 1915 41
102 July 15, 1914 39
109 August 23, 1913 43
103 July 15, 1912 + 39
100 July 26, 1911 38
103 May 30, 1910 39
101 July 12, 1909 38
103 August 07, 1908 + 39
99 August 15, 1907 37
104 July 24, 1906 40
110 July 08, 1905 43
102 September 07, 1904 39
102 September 02, 1903 39
107 July 24, 1902 + 42
105 August 11, 1901 41
102 August 02, 1900 39
102 July 18, 1899 39
110 August 11, 1898 43
105 July 11, 1897 41
104 July 10, 1896 + 40
102 June 23, 1895 39
108 August 27, 1894 42
103 July 31, 1893 39
106 August 18, 1892 41
106 August 22, 1891 + 41
102 July 26, 1890 + 39
104 July 30, 1889 40
108 August 24, 1888 42
100 September 27, 1887 + 38
1886
105 August 17, 1885 + 41
100 August 10, 1884 + 38
104 July 02, 1883 40
100 September 01, 1882 + 38
99 July 23, 1881 37
98 July 24, 1880 37
103 August 01, 1879 39
101 August 12, 1878 38
Reference

Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 

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