Sacramento CA Highest Temperature 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

Sacramento - Highest Temperature for Each Year

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