Station Overview Station Location
Station Number CA-SA-1 Latitude 38.617278
Station Name Carmichael 1.6 SW Longitude -121.340377
County Sacramento Elevation (ft) 102



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 11 1.10 2.13 19 2.13 19 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 11 2.44 0.73 20 0.43 17 0.30 3 1 6 2 0.0 0 0
Dec 11 3.57 0.10 24 0.10 24 0.00 0 0 1 3 0.0 0 0
Jan 12 3.93 3.02 19 3.02 19 0.00 0 0 4 2 0.0 0 0
Feb 12 3.92 0.58 21 0.58 21 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
March 12 3.27 4.96 29 4.96 29 0.00 0 0 13 0 0.0 0 0
April 12 1.57 3.58 21 3.58 21 0.00 0 0 7 1 0.0 0 0
May 12 0.88 0.02 18 0.02 18 0.00 0 0 1 1 0.0 0 0
June 12 0.23 0.05 22 0.05 22 0.00 0 0 1 1 0.0 0 0
July 12 0.01 0.00 23 0.00 23 0.00 0 0 0 3 0.0 0 0
Aug 12 0.05 0.00 22 0.00 22 0.00 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0
Sept 12 0.33 0.00 22 0.00 22 0.00 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 21.30" 15.17" 260 days 14.87" 257 0.30" 3 days 1 43 days 17 days 0.0" 0 days 0 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2011 0.00
10/2/2011
10/3/2011 0.00
10/4/2011 0.00
10/5/2011 0.65
10/6/2011 0.27
10/7/2011 0.04
10/8/2011
10/9/2011 0.00
10/10/2011 0.00
10/11/2011 1.17
10/12/2011 0.00
10/13/2011
10/14/2011 0.00
10/15/2011 0.00
10/16/2011 0.00
10/17/2011 0.00
10/18/2011 0.00
10/19/2011
10/20/2011
10/21/2011
10/22/2011
10/23/2011
10/24/2011 0.00
10/25/2011 0.00
10/26/2011
10/27/2011 0.00
10/28/2011
10/29/2011 0.00
10/30/2011
10/31/2011
11/1/2011
11/2/2011
11/3/2011 0.00
11/4/2011 0.02
11/5/2011 0.00 **
11/6/2011 **
11/7/2011 0.30
11/8/2011
11/9/2011
11/10/2011
11/11/2011 0.00
11/12/2011 0.07
11/13/2011
11/14/2011
11/15/2011
11/16/2011 0.00
11/17/2011 0.00
11/18/2011 0.00
11/19/2011 0.02
11/20/2011 0.29
11/21/2011 0.02
11/22/2011 0.00
11/23/2011 0.00
11/24/2011
11/25/2011
11/26/2011 T
11/27/2011
11/28/2011 0.00
11/29/2011 0.01
11/30/2011 T
12/1/2011 0.00
12/2/2011
12/3/2011 0.00
12/4/2011 0.00
12/5/2011 0.00
12/6/2011 0.00
12/7/2011 0.00
12/8/2011 0.00
12/9/2011 0.00
12/10/2011 0.00
12/11/2011 0.00
12/12/2011 0.00
12/13/2011 0.00
12/14/2011 0.00
12/15/2011 0.10
12/16/2011 T
12/17/2011 0.00
12/18/2011
12/19/2011 0.00
12/20/2011 0.00
12/21/2011
12/22/2011 0.00
12/23/2011 0.00
12/24/2011
12/25/2011 0.00
12/26/2011
12/27/2011
12/28/2011 T
12/29/2011 0.00
12/30/2011 T
12/31/2011
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2012
1/2/2012 0.00
1/3/2012
1/4/2012
1/5/2012
1/6/2012 0.00
1/7/2012
1/8/2012 0.00
1/9/2012
1/10/2012 0.00
1/11/2012
1/12/2012
1/13/2012 0.00
1/14/2012
1/15/2012
1/16/2012 0.00
1/17/2012 0.00
1/18/2012 0.00
1/19/2012 0.00
1/20/2012 0.32
1/21/2012 1.51
1/22/2012 0.00
1/23/2012 0.81
1/24/2012 0.38
1/25/2012 0.00
1/26/2012 T
1/27/2012 T
1/28/2012
1/29/2012
1/30/2012 0.00
1/31/2012 0.00
2/1/2012 0.02
2/2/2012 0.00
2/3/2012 0.00
2/4/2012
2/5/2012
2/6/2012
2/7/2012 0.08
2/8/2012 0.03
2/9/2012 0.00
2/10/2012
2/11/2012 0.00
2/12/2012 0.00
2/13/2012 0.40
2/14/2012 0.04
2/15/2012 0.00
2/16/2012 0.00
2/17/2012
2/18/2012 0.00
2/19/2012 0.00
2/20/2012 0.01
2/21/2012 0.00
2/22/2012
2/23/2012 0.00
2/24/2012 0.00
2/25/2012 0.00
2/26/2012
2/27/2012 0.00
2/28/2012 0.00
2/29/2012
3/1/2012 0.08
3/2/2012 0.05
3/3/2012 0.00
3/4/2012 0.00
3/5/2012 0.00
3/6/2012 0.00
3/7/2012 0.00
3/8/2012
3/9/2012
3/10/2012 0.00
3/11/2012 0.01
3/12/2012 0.00
3/13/2012 0.00
3/14/2012 0.78
3/15/2012 0.72
3/16/2012 0.17
3/17/2012 1.02
3/18/2012 0.28
3/19/2012 0.09
3/20/2012 0.00
3/21/2012 0.00
3/22/2012 0.00
3/23/2012 0.00
3/24/2012 0.00
3/25/2012 0.44
3/26/2012 0.00
3/27/2012 0.00
3/28/2012 1.18
3/29/2012 0.08
3/30/2012 0.06
3/31/2012 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2012 0.38
4/2/2012 0.00
4/3/2012 0.00
4/4/2012 0.06
4/5/2012
4/6/2012
4/7/2012 0.00
4/8/2012
4/9/2012 0.00
4/10/2012 0.00
4/11/2012 0.21
4/12/2012 0.89
4/13/2012 1.21
4/14/2012 0.17
4/15/2012
4/16/2012 0.00
4/17/2012
4/18/2012 0.00
4/19/2012 0.00
4/20/2012 0.00
4/21/2012 0.00
4/22/2012 0.00
4/23/2012
4/24/2012 0.00
4/25/2012 0.00
4/26/2012 0.66
4/27/2012 T
4/28/2012
4/29/2012
4/30/2012
5/1/2012
5/2/2012 0.00
5/3/2012 0.00
5/4/2012 T
5/5/2012 0.00
5/6/2012
5/7/2012
5/8/2012 0.00
5/9/2012
5/10/2012 0.00
5/11/2012
5/12/2012
5/13/2012 0.00
5/14/2012 0.00
5/15/2012
5/16/2012
5/17/2012 0.00
5/18/2012 0.00
5/19/2012
5/20/2012
5/21/2012 0.00
5/22/2012 0.00
5/23/2012
5/24/2012 0.00
5/25/2012 0.00
5/26/2012 0.02
5/27/2012 0.00
5/28/2012 0.00
5/29/2012
5/30/2012
5/31/2012 0.00
6/1/2012 0.00
6/2/2012 0.00
6/3/2012 0.00
6/4/2012 0.00
6/5/2012 0.05
6/6/2012
6/7/2012
6/8/2012 0.00
6/9/2012 0.00
6/10/2012 0.00
6/11/2012
6/12/2012 0.00
6/13/2012 0.00
6/14/2012 0.00
6/15/2012
6/16/2012 0.00
6/17/2012 0.00
6/18/2012 0.00
6/19/2012
6/20/2012
6/21/2012 0.00
6/22/2012 0.00
6/23/2012 T
6/24/2012 0.00
6/25/2012 0.00
6/26/2012
6/27/2012 0.00
6/28/2012
6/29/2012 0.00
6/30/2012 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2012 0.00
7/2/2012 0.00
7/3/2012
7/4/2012
7/5/2012
7/6/2012
7/7/2012 0.00
7/8/2012 0.00
7/9/2012
7/10/2012 0.00
7/11/2012 0.00
7/12/2012 0.00
7/13/2012 0.00
7/14/2012 0.00
7/15/2012 0.00
7/16/2012 0.00
7/17/2012 0.00
7/18/2012 0.00
7/19/2012 T
7/20/2012 T
7/21/2012 0.00
7/22/2012 0.00
7/23/2012 T
7/24/2012
7/25/2012 0.00
7/26/2012
7/27/2012
7/28/2012 0.00
7/29/2012 0.00
7/30/2012 0.00
7/31/2012 0.00
8/1/2012 0.00
8/2/2012 0.00
8/3/2012 0.00
8/4/2012 0.00
8/5/2012 T
8/6/2012
8/7/2012
8/8/2012
8/9/2012 0.00
8/10/2012 0.00
8/11/2012 0.00
8/12/2012 0.00
8/13/2012 0.00
8/14/2012 0.00
8/15/2012 0.00
8/16/2012 0.00
8/17/2012 0.00
8/18/2012 T
8/19/2012 0.00
8/20/2012 0.00
8/21/2012 0.00
8/22/2012 0.00
8/23/2012 0.00
8/24/2012
8/25/2012
8/26/2012
8/27/2012 0.00
8/28/2012
8/29/2012
8/30/2012
8/31/2012 0.00
9/1/2012 0.00
9/2/2012 0.00
9/3/2012 0.00
9/4/2012 0.00
9/5/2012 0.00
9/6/2012 T
9/7/2012 T
9/8/2012
9/9/2012 0.00
9/10/2012 0.00
9/11/2012
9/12/2012
9/13/2012 0.00
9/14/2012 0.00
9/15/2012 0.00
9/16/2012 0.00
9/17/2012
9/18/2012 0.00
9/19/2012 0.00
9/20/2012 0.00
9/21/2012
9/22/2012
9/23/2012 0.00
9/24/2012 0.00
9/25/2012 0.00
9/26/2012
9/27/2012 0.00
9/28/2012 0.00
9/29/2012
9/30/2012 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M not one drop of rain fell here from yesterday's and last night system. The leading edge of cold front (rain band) reached Sacramento yesterday then stalled for several hours and disappated. The then dry front finally moved east.
10/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.65 M M M M Our first measurable rain. It was pretty much an all night rain. Woke up with clear skies this morning.
10/6/2011 7:15 AM 0.27 M M M M a shower yesterday afternoon with a little thunder(.13") and more precip late day (.13"). light rain falling at obs time this morning (.01")
10/7/2011 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Light showers yesterday morning. Cold this morning, low was 43f!
10/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2011 7:15 AM 1.17 M M M M Turned out to be a major storm here in the eastern Sacramento suburbs...all day rain yesterday, even heavy rain at one point late morning. A slight bit more precip over night. Yesterday high temp was 63f, low this morning 62f, just 1 deg difference! (compare to the average July low of 61f)
10/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/14/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M getting a bit warmer each day, yesterday was 83f, low this morning 55f
10/15/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 86f yesterday, the low 60f this am.
10/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this morning was a chilly 50f. It would have been in the 40's had it not been for the formation of low overcast early this morning. Rainfall total so far this season is 2.13" which is above normal.
10/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Last night was the coldest night since last April...we had a low of 40f
10/29/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this am: 43f, high yesterday 75f, a tad warmer in Sacramento as is often the case this time of year with 77@SAC, 78@SMF, 76@ N. Sac.
11/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2011 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M A little rain late aft/early evening. First 30's of the season with a low this morning of 38.4f at 7:31am....cold enough for maybe a patch of frost or two somewhere around here.
11/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low was estimated 35 or 36 frosty degrees. (had a thermometer failure last night)
11/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2011 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M a little precip yesterday aft (.01"), the rest overnight.
11/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
11/20/2011 7:30 AM 0.29 M M M M
11/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
11/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/26/2011 9:00 AM T M M M M Not sure if this was from drizzle or just fog/condensation, the total in gauge was actually just barely .01" so I split the difference and called it a "trace".
11/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M foggy once again this morning, with more water inside rain gauge (.005")from the fog/condensation but no evidence of driz/precip.
11/29/2011 7:15 AM 0.01 M M M M Virtually the same amount in the rain gauge this morning vs yesterday except the difference was dry pavement (except for areas of condensation) yesterday morning...whereas obvious signs of precip (in this case drizzle) this morning with wet pavement carved out directly under sky exposure. Plus a slight mist/drizle fell on myself when I went out to check the r.g.; Yesterday's high: 61, Low this am: 44
11/30/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M drizzle yesterday morning at times. Persistent fog and stratus yesterday kept the maximum temp to only 51f.
12/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M strong gusty N-NW winds with gusts 40+mph yesterday, carried on last night and today. yesterdays H: 63.5f, L this am: 49f
12/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Highest temperature ever recorded for the entire month of December with a max temp yesterday of 72f, 73f at the airport (both SMF and SAC). Last night the temp warmed 13 degrees! went from 45f at 9pm to 58f an hour later thanks to a wind change (going from calm to gusty nw winds)..huge dew point drop as well accompanied it.
12/4/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Was freezing this morning, low was 32f....our first 32 of the season.
12/5/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this am was 30f, coldest so far this season.
12/6/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am was 30f same as 24hrs ago.
12/7/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low was 30.5f, almost virtually the same these past 3 mornings.
12/8/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this morning: 31f
12/9/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am: 30f (tied for coldest so far). In fact its been either 30 or 31 the past 5 mornings.
12/10/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low was once again 30f (4th time this week).
12/11/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M For the first time in over a week, our low temp was above freezing..low this am: 33f
12/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M no rain here, but SMF asos reported light rain at one point around 4am with radar returns in NW sac county (movement from the SE)
12/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/14/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am was 29f, coldest so far this season.
12/15/2011 7:05 AM 0.10 M M M M Cloudy, a little mist at obs time.
12/16/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M a little precip after yesterdays obs.
12/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this am was 31f. A high of mid 60's yesterday before a rapid ten degree drop in temperature yesterday afternoon due to wind shift....refer to January 13th 2009 which a similar event occurred which I write about in detail.
12/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am was 31f, 58f the high yesterday, 65f-66f across town thanks to the northly wind over there.(at SAC and SMF)
12/22/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Bone dry, dew point was down to 5 degrees at nearby mather apt overnight. I will have to crank out my old fashioned sling psychrometer to see what it is here.
12/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low dew points of around 15 deg here yesterday, with min temp of 27f this am. Coldest last winter was 27f.
12/25/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Santa was greeted with a low of 29f this am, was 26f yesterday morning...coldest in 2 yrs.
12/28/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M evidence of a sprinkle (gauge dry however)
12/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/30/2011 9:30 AM T M M M M A slight bit of drizzle or fine diameter precip earlier, rain gauge dry however.
1/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/6/2012 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M foggy this morning. Yesterday max temp was another record high for the 2nd day in a row, with a high of 65f (66 at SMF and SAC)
1/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M record high once again yesterday with 65f here, a tad warmer (once again) in sacramento with 66 at SAC and SMF.
1/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/13/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain for nearly a month! I will have to check the record books see where we stand. It was 63f but 65f at SAC and 66f at SMF, (Sacramento seems to run a tad warmer usually when a NW wind flow is present like we had yesterday, during the fall and winter season...less mixing, more stagnation my side of town with resultant lower temps)
1/16/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M down to 27f early this morning (coldest so far this winter was 26f). No measurable rain in over a month. Streak of record highs came to an end yesterday.
1/17/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this AM was 24f! the coldest night since Dec 2009 when we also had a 24. We had a 23 low back in Jan 2007. This morning it was 19f at Mather airport and 24f at SAC which ties the record low for the date.
1/18/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/19/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/20/2012 8:10 AM 0.32 M M M M First measuable rain in over 1 month! fine light rain falling at observation time.
1/21/2012 7:30 AM 1.51 M M M M rainy yesterday and heavy rain for a while last night, with maybe 1/2" falling in about 1hr time.
1/22/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.81 M M M M Around 4:15 am, Barometric pressure was higher to the NW across sacramento (29.73 SMF, 29.71 Mather) yet we had a strong SE wind gusts region-wide to 35+ mph. Still raining at obs time (7am).
1/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.38 M M M M some good am rains (after obs time)yesterday, slacked off to drizzle, ending during the afternoon. Precip total since last thursday: 3.02"
1/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/26/2012 8:30 AM T M M M M drizzling at obs time (8:30am)
1/27/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M drizzle yesterday morning.
1/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/1/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
2/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/7/2012 7:30 AM 0.08 M M M M
2/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M .03" after yesterday's obs for a storm total of .11"
2/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/11/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M nothing in gauge although not sure if water on top of funnel is from condensation or fine diameter precip. I am guessing the former
2/12/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/13/2012 6:40 AM 0.40 M M M M
2/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
2/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/20/2012 7:15 AM 0.01 M M M M
2/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Our first 70 deg+ weather of the year with high in the low 70's yesterday; mid 70's as you went west towards the sac river.
2/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72 deg yesterday.
2/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M mercury reached 73 deg yesterday for the warmest temp this yr (and near record high). Oddball winds/Barometer last night in Sacramento area around 11:50pm with SAC reporting calm winds (30.14") while at the same time SMF having WSW winds gusting to 41 mph (30.10"), with ESE 3 mph here. We never did get those strong winds here last night.
2/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/1/2012 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M precip from mid morn yesterday to mid aft. No rain since yesterday aft. Storm total: .41"
3/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M .05" fell yesterday (.01" yesterday morning, .04" mid-day or aft, a "T" early last night)
3/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M record or near record high of 74 degrees yesterday. Low this am was 41
3/6/2012 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M not one drop of precip here despite some cloud cover overnight and this morning.
3/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/11/2012 7:30 AM 0.01 M M M M just barely .01" (.006") in rain gauge from precip occuring sometime prior during this am.
3/12/2012 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/13/2012 7:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/14/2012 7:45 AM 0.78 M M M M steady rain overnight, still raining with light rain much of yesterday. temperature pretty much stayed the same all night.
3/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.72 M M M M steady rain yesterday from early morning until mid aft or so.(.68" to 5pm) an additional .03" eve or early night, with an additional .01" early morning today. storm total: 1.50". temperature stayed the same all night. Sprinkling at obs time.
3/16/2012 8:45 AM 0.17 M M M M .05" was all yesterday after obs through bedtime, but the additional .12" happened this am.
3/17/2012 7:00 AM 1.02 M M M M rainy much of yesterday including a downpour around 5:30pm with .2" in 9 minutes, with as much as .06" in 1 minute! Saw a flash of lightning northwestern sky last night. total rainfall this week: 2.69" Low this am was 39F.
3/18/2012 8:00 AM 0.28 M M M M
3/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M all the precip (.09") was from convective showers yesterday afternoon, even what appeared to be a little graupel mixed in there with rain in the first shower. Total this past week: 3.06", total for march: 3.12", for the season (since July 1st): 10.29" which is still over 9" below normal for here.
3/20/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M no rain despite persistant cloud cover and warm night.
3/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2012 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/25/2012 8:50 AM 0.44 M M M M
3/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Orchard thermometer indicated a low temp this morning of 41f. Season total so far (since July 1st): 10.73"; last season (July 1st 2010 - June 30th 2011): 28.22"
3/27/2012 7:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2012 7:00 AM 1.18 M M M M Major storm starting yesterday afternoon into the night.
3/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
3/30/2012 7:10 AM 0.06 M M M M
3/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M rain a comin, weatherman this morning predicted a high of 59f today, it was 63f at 9:11am.
4/1/2012 8:00 AM 0.38 M M M M cold front crossed over yesterday morning accompanied by big temp drop, along with .22" during the day, with an additional .16" last night. March was by far the rainiest month this season with 5.10", the previous March was also the rainiest with 7.65". Season total so far since July 1st now is 12.27"
4/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2012 7:30 AM 0.06 M M M M some rain last night (total .06")
4/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Amazingly, the highest temperature we had so far this year is only 75 degrees and its already April 7th, just a few degrees above our normal high for this date. I have seen it 90 degrees on this date before in past years.
4/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M about 75* yesterday, 44* this am
4/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/11/2012 7:15 AM 0.21 M M M M no rain yesterday; rain early morning. Not raining now.
4/12/2012 8:00 AM 0.89 M M M M showers yesterday and last night with more steady rain this early morning. Thunder numerous times (mostly at a distance) earlier yesterday afternoon, late yesterday afternoon (5pm hour) and last night (9 pm hour).One of the thunderclaps last night sounded kinda loud. Raining at obs time.
4/13/2012 7:25 AM 1.21 M M M M lots of rain and showers some heavy at times, still moderate rain at obs time. Thunder at around 4:35pm yesterday, then a big thunderstorm rolled right over us an hour later, numerous strikes and some pea size hail too.
4/14/2012 8:30 AM 0.17 M M M M steady rains in the early morn yesterday, followed by a few showers during day, ending during the night. A hailstorm (without rain) during 2pm hour, pea sized. Nice rainbow too. Yet another tornado in the central valley(Yuba City this time). Precip total since it all began last wed is 2.48".
4/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M yesterday's high was 82f, our first 80's of the year, and tomorrow will probably be the first 90's.
4/21/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High yesterday was 89* low this morning 58*. Will reach our first 90's of the year today.
4/22/2012 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday's high was 90.5 degrees. Low this am was 60. Temp is running a couple of degrees warmer this morning.
4/24/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M high temp yesterday was 74 degrees, down 19 degrees from previous day!
4/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/26/2012 6:35 AM 0.66 M M M M sprinkling at obs time. Rain started yesterday morning, but most of the rain I think fell from last evening through into the night.
4/27/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M a few sprinkles during and right after yesterdays obs. Low this am a chilly 43 degrees.
5/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/3/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M A trace of rain in the rain gauge, most of the prec fell during the 1pm hour yesterday.
5/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M the mercury yesterday reached 90 degrees! Our hot weather returns.
5/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/17/2012 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M no rain despite cloud cover. Season total so far 15.63" (since july 1st) which is several inches below normal. A "trace" of rain so far in May.
5/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M a little shower(.02")during 1pm hour yesterday, and some sprinkles during the 9pm hour last night. The .02" which is our total for the entire month of May so far, is much below May's normal. Season total stands at 15.65" (since July 1st) which is several inches below normal.
5/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M showers just to the east of us over eastern suburbs and foothills late yesterday, but not one drop of rain here according to my sprinkle indicator.
5/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M yesterdays hi was 96f, lo this am was 62f...hottest temps so far this year.
6/2/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M HOT! temps in record territory yesterday with a high of 99, with 101 at SMF. Low this am was 61 (July's av. low)
6/3/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M several degrees cooler yesterday with a high of 91, low this am 56. rain a comin tomorrow perhaps.
6/4/2012 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M rain a comin. Temperatures are suppose to be about 23 degrees cooler today than they were yesterday! A great relief from the hot weather we have had.
6/5/2012 7:30 AM 0.05 M M M M a little rain mid day yesterday (.05") from a skinny front that crossed over...had ended by 1:30pm.
6/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Max yesterday was 96f, Min this morning was 59f
6/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M carbon copy weather from the previous 24hrs: yesterdays Hi 96, this Am's low 59.
6/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It's suppose to be 106 degrees today they say! Hottest it got all last year was only 102 deg.
6/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It got up to an est 104 or so deg yesterday! Our fist 100 degree day this year. low e am was 67.
6/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M delta winds cooled it down to 100 yesterday.
6/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/23/2012 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M would have marked it "zero" had it not been for my 'sprinkle indicator' which indicated we had a few sprinkles probably falling between 3:30 and 4pm. And I encountered a few spatterings of sprinkles on the windshield on fair oaks blvd east of watt at 3:38pm.
6/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M new rain season begins today, Our season total which ended yesterday totaled 15.70" which is some 7" below normal. Started low overcast stratus this morning.
7/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M hot! 98 degrees yesterday, down to 62 early this am.
7/10/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 98 degrees for high yesterday for 3rd day in a row. Where the days have been above normal, oddly nights have been below normal. Low this am was 58. Normal low is 61
7/11/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 101f yesterday and 61f this am.
7/12/2012 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hi yesterday a HOT 104! low this am 64. As is often the case during the summer, the eastern suburbs get a sharp dip in dew points during the late aft, with a dew point of 18f at one point here, before climbing to 30f 15 minutes later, whereas dew points at the other side of town at SMF stayed in the 40's while maintaining about the same air temp at both locales.
7/13/2012 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No black cat stories here, our high temp yesterday (for the 2nd day in a row) was 104f! oh well it could be worse...Death Valley Ca had a high temperature of 128f and a low temperature of 107f! which is their 2nd warmest night ever recorded (their record high minimum is 110f)
7/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M high yesterday was 86 deg...18 degrees cooler than previous day!
7/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/17/2012 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low overcast stratus this morning, with pleasant beautiful cool humane weather we only get a couple times each summer with highs in the mid 70's (as opposed to the normal hot weather).
7/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M beautiful weather in the mid 70's once again yesterday, as the heat is turned on starting today.
7/19/2012 7:30 AM T M M M M Sprinkles this AM, remnants from an old hurricane.
7/20/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M sprinkles yesterday morning, yes it can rain here in July! Even though NWS lists Sacramento's normal July rainfall as "zero", in 20 yrs of record keeping, I got precip in 7 out of the past 20 July's. Thats about 1 out of every 3 July's we get at least some precip. Last time we had July precip was in 2009.
7/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M mercury reached 101f yesterday. Our 7th day of 100 deg+ this year to occur today, which is just about par of what to expect to this point in the summer. Last summer we had only 6 such days all summer long. Low was a warm 65f this morning.
7/23/2012 6:15 AM T M M M M seat riveting lightning show last night and early this morning as well. A dry thunderstorm rolled through here close to 3am, with closest bolt about 1.5 mi away. Slept afterwards so at lost of what happened beyond that. Evidence indicate plenty of rain drops (sometime early morn) but nothing that actually fell in measuring tube.
7/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/29/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M max yesterday was 93f which is exactly normal, low this morn was 58 which is 3 degrees below normal.
7/30/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M high yesterdday: 94 est, low this am 58f. The nights been cooling off this summer more than usual, but those hot days!
7/31/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M very slow at cooling off last night, low this am was 64f, was around 98 to 99 yesterday.
8/1/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M hi yesterday: 99 (6 deg above normal), low this am: 60 (1 deg below normal). Heading for close to 100 deg today.
8/2/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heat is relentless, Ditto from 24hrs ago: yesterdays high once again 99, low this am 60. This summer the nights seem to be cooling down at least for the most part. Maybe another round of thunder this weekend?
8/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M no rain so far as of 10am from the anticipated thunderstorms. Already been thunder in the delta area as of this writing (10:03am)
8/5/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M sprinkles late yesterday and last evening. Lightning flashes last night towards foothills and even over w.sac (i didnt hear any thunder). This is the 6th August out of the past 20 we had precip. Any precip that does fall in August (as is with July) is usually just sprinkles or barely measurable, the exception being back on Aug 22nd of 2003 we had over 1 inch of rain from thunderstorms whereas Downtown Sac only had .06" that same day. August normal rainfall in Sac is listed as .03"
8/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M max yesterday 99, low this am 60. We are in our biggest heatwave (if forecast pans out) in 3 yrs. Our all time biggest heatwave was in 2006 when we had 12 days in a row of 100 degree+ weather.
8/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hi/lo: 103 yesterday, 63 this morn.
8/11/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M In the midst of a big heatwave, yesterdays max 104 (around 11 deg above normal), low this morn 62 (about 1 deg above normal).
8/12/2012 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Stayed hot last night. Max temp yesterday 106, min this morn 68.
8/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 5 days in a row of 100+ deg streak ended yesterday with upper 90's. Low of 70 deg yesterday morning! Sprinkles/brief light rain at downtown Sacramento early last night but not a drop here.
8/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M This has turned into a HOT August. Only 2 days this month below normal, the rest ABOVE normal in temperatures.
8/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M no rain, monsoonal moisture clouds (again)...very active monsoonal moisture yr this yr, hot weather tends to draw them in.
8/18/2012 8:45 AM T M M M M Nothing in rain gauge but sprinkle indicator indicated a few sprinkles did occur early this morning. Low was a warm 69 deg.
8/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M the heat is relentless, high yesterday was 98 F, low this am was 61 F. Except for 2 days, everyday during this month the daytime temp has been above normal.
8/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M finally a day of decent weather for a change with the thermometer around 80 yesterday in this record hot August, but hot weather returns today.
8/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M yesterday, 96F, low this morn, 56F, under the much welcome marine influence today resulting in cool down lasting a day or 2, before it gets hot again.
9/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 20 degrees cooler yesterday! High was 76 degrees! August was the hottest in the 20 years of record keeping (the max temps)
9/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M hi yesterday 81F, up from 76F Friday. August was the hottest I have seen in 20yrs of data. 7 days of 100+ in August, that number a bit deceiving since we had a lot of 98 and 99's. If I had went by my backyard thermometer which runs 2 deg hotter would have 13 days of 100+ in that micro climate, but I like to use the readings that are close to neighborhood average that can be comparable to the airports (yes I know nobody lives at the airport, the airports temps are not always the same as the adjacent neighborhoods based on my temp experiments)
9/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M smoke aloft yesterday, reaching the ground/reduced visi PM and 93F. Air quality seems better today thus far.
9/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M pc-bro clds (ac) and 60F at 7am. no precip so far.
9/6/2012 7:20 AM T M M M M a few sprinkles during 4pm hr yesterday, a few more after dark, a brief shower like around midnight, perhaps more sprinkles e.morning; distant thunder at 5:45am. (nothing inside rain gauge).
9/7/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M sprinkles yesterday morning after observation time.
9/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this AM 59F, high yesterday 91F; SAC had 88F with the sea breeze (delta wind )kicking in.
9/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Pretty chilly start for an otherwise hot weather regime...with a low of 54F. A trace of rain so far this season, which is below normal.
9/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M August was the hottest month ever in my 20 yrs of record keeping, and September is on track for being the hottest as well...at least there has been no 100's so far this month. I had a feeling this would be a hot summer...burrr! Interesting to note we had only 14 days of 100 degree weather this summer compared to an average of 13 days...so it could have been worse.
9/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M please winter hurry up! The 90+ degree weather is relentless. We are suppose to be in the 80's this time of year.
9/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hot weather finally left us, with a high of around 87F yesterday.
9/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Autumn is here but our 6 months of Summer continues in this area, high yesterday was around 94, low this am, 60
9/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M yesterdays high: 87, low this am, 54. HOT the next 7 days with 90's, when its suppose to be in the low and mid 80's. Normal rainfall is 1/3 inch of rain by now, but only a "T" so far this season (since July 1st).
9/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this am: 57F, yesterdays high: est 90F. all time record number of 90's temps in September, with the last of it this weekend perhaps before big weather change. Perhaps cool and rain the next 2 weekends after this.
9/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M ouch! they are saying 100F Sunday through Tuesday. In 2001 it was 100F on Oct 1st and 101F on the Oct 2nd of that year both records...and latest 100 on a calendar yr (SAC and SMF was up to 104F).
9/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



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