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 12 1.10 1.29 26 1.29 26 0.00 0 0 3 2 0.0 0 0
Nov 12 2.44 4.23 24 4.23 24 0.00 0 0 10 2 0.0 0 0
Dec 12 3.57 7.50 21 7.50 21 0.00 0 0 13 2 0.0 0 0
Jan 13 3.93 1.03 17 1.03 17 0.00 0 0 4 2 0.0 0 0
Feb 13 3.92 0.31 12 0.31 12 0.00 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
March 13 3.27 2.09 29 2.09 29 0.00 0 0 4 3 0.0 0 0
April 13 1.57 0.57 15 0.57 15 0.00 0 0 5 2 0.0 0 0
May 13 0.88 0.18 16 0.18 16 0.00 0 0 4 3 0.0 0 0
June 13 0.23 0.28 24 0.28 24 0.00 0 0 2 1 0.0 0 0
July 13 0.01 0.00 16 0.00 16 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0
Aug 13 0.05 0.00 15 0.00 15 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 13 0.33 0.74 19 0.74 19 0.00 0 0 2 4 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 21.30" 18.22" 234 days 18.22" 234 0.00" 0 days 0 49 days 23 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
10/1/2012 0.00
10/2/2012 0.00
10/3/2012 0.00
10/4/2012 0.00
10/5/2012 0.00
10/6/2012 0.00
10/7/2012 0.00
10/8/2012
10/9/2012 0.00
10/10/2012 0.00
10/11/2012 0.00
10/12/2012 T
10/13/2012 0.00
10/14/2012 0.00
10/15/2012 0.00
10/16/2012
10/17/2012
10/18/2012 0.00
10/19/2012
10/20/2012
10/21/2012 0.00
10/22/2012 0.75
10/23/2012 0.47
10/24/2012 0.07
10/25/2012 T
10/26/2012 0.00
10/27/2012 0.00
10/28/2012 0.00
10/29/2012 0.00
10/30/2012 0.00
10/31/2012 0.00
11/1/2012 0.40
11/2/2012
11/3/2012 0.00
11/4/2012
11/5/2012 0.00
11/6/2012 0.00
11/7/2012 0.00
11/8/2012 0.00
11/9/2012 0.13
11/10/2012 0.01
11/11/2012 0.00
11/12/2012 0.00
11/13/2012 0.00
11/14/2012 0.00
11/15/2012 0.00
11/16/2012
11/17/2012 0.39
11/18/2012 0.84
11/19/2012 0.01
11/20/2012 T
11/21/2012 0.54
11/22/2012 0.03
11/23/2012
11/24/2012
11/25/2012 0.00
11/26/2012
11/27/2012 0.00
11/28/2012 T
11/29/2012 0.51
11/30/2012 1.37
12/1/2012 1.13
12/2/2012 1.08
12/3/2012 0.84
12/4/2012 T
12/5/2012 0.66
12/6/2012 0.07
12/7/2012 0.01
12/8/2012 0.00
12/9/2012 0.00
12/10/2012
12/11/2012
12/12/2012 0.07
12/13/2012 0.43
12/14/2012 0.00
12/15/2012 0.00
12/16/2012 0.09
12/17/2012
12/18/2012
12/19/2012
12/20/2012
12/21/2012 T
12/22/2012 0.64
12/23/2012 0.65
12/24/2012 0.83
12/25/2012
12/26/2012 1.00
12/27/2012
12/28/2012 0.00
12/29/2012 0.00
12/30/2012
12/31/2012
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2013 0.00
1/2/2013 0.00
1/3/2013
1/4/2013
1/5/2013
1/6/2013 0.84
1/7/2013
1/8/2013
1/9/2013 0.00
1/10/2013 0.01
1/11/2013
1/12/2013 0.00
1/13/2013 0.00
1/14/2013 0.00
1/15/2013 0.00
1/16/2013
1/17/2013 0.00
1/18/2013 0.00
1/19/2013 0.00
1/20/2013
1/21/2013
1/22/2013
1/23/2013
1/24/2013 0.13
1/25/2013 0.05
1/26/2013 T
1/27/2013 T
1/28/2013 0.00
1/29/2013
1/30/2013
1/31/2013
2/1/2013
2/2/2013 0.00
2/3/2013
2/4/2013 0.00
2/5/2013
2/6/2013 0.00
2/7/2013
2/8/2013 0.02
2/9/2013
2/10/2013
2/11/2013
2/12/2013 0.00
2/13/2013
2/14/2013
2/15/2013
2/16/2013 0.00
2/17/2013
2/18/2013
2/19/2013 0.00
2/20/2013 0.29
2/21/2013 0.00
2/22/2013
2/23/2013
2/24/2013 0.00
2/25/2013
2/26/2013 0.00
2/27/2013
2/28/2013 0.00
3/1/2013 0.00
3/2/2013 0.00
3/3/2013 T
3/4/2013 T
3/5/2013 0.00
3/6/2013 0.26
3/7/2013 0.00
3/8/2013 T
3/9/2013 0.00
3/10/2013 0.00
3/11/2013
3/12/2013 0.00
3/13/2013 0.00
3/14/2013 0.00
3/15/2013 0.00
3/16/2013 0.00
3/17/2013 0.00
3/18/2013 0.00
3/19/2013 0.00
3/20/2013 0.57
3/21/2013 0.05
3/22/2013 0.00
3/23/2013 0.00
3/24/2013
3/25/2013 0.00
3/26/2013 0.00
3/27/2013 0.00
3/28/2013 0.00
3/29/2013 0.00
3/30/2013 0.00
3/31/2013 1.21
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2013 0.10
4/2/2013 T
4/3/2013
4/4/2013 0.26
4/5/2013 0.16
4/6/2013 0.00
4/7/2013 T
4/8/2013 0.01
4/9/2013
4/10/2013
4/11/2013 0.00
4/12/2013 0.00
4/13/2013
4/14/2013
4/15/2013 0.00
4/16/2013 0.04
4/17/2013 0.00
4/18/2013
4/19/2013
4/20/2013 0.00
4/21/2013
4/22/2013
4/23/2013
4/24/2013
4/25/2013
4/26/2013 0.00
4/27/2013
4/28/2013
4/29/2013 0.00
4/30/2013
5/1/2013
5/2/2013
5/3/2013
5/4/2013 0.00
5/5/2013 0.00
5/6/2013 T
5/7/2013 0.04
5/8/2013 0.01
5/9/2013 0.00
5/10/2013
5/11/2013
5/12/2013
5/13/2013 0.00
5/14/2013
5/15/2013
5/16/2013 T
5/17/2013 T
5/18/2013
5/19/2013
5/20/2013 0.00
5/21/2013
5/22/2013
5/23/2013 0.00
5/24/2013
5/25/2013 0.00
5/26/2013 0.00
5/27/2013 0.00
5/28/2013 0.06
5/29/2013 0.07
5/30/2013
5/31/2013
6/1/2013
6/2/2013 0.00
6/3/2013 0.00
6/4/2013 0.00
6/5/2013 0.00
6/6/2013
6/7/2013
6/8/2013 0.00
6/9/2013 0.00
6/10/2013 0.00
6/11/2013 0.00
6/12/2013 0.00
6/13/2013 0.00
6/14/2013 0.00
6/15/2013 0.00
6/16/2013 0.00
6/17/2013
6/18/2013 0.00
6/19/2013
6/20/2013 0.00
6/21/2013
6/22/2013 0.00
6/23/2013 0.00
6/24/2013 T
6/25/2013 0.20
6/26/2013 0.08
6/27/2013 0.00
6/28/2013 0.00
6/29/2013 0.00
6/30/2013 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2013
7/2/2013 0.00
7/3/2013 0.00
7/4/2013 0.00
7/5/2013 0.00
7/6/2013 0.00
7/7/2013 0.00
7/8/2013
7/9/2013
7/10/2013 0.00
7/11/2013 0.00
7/12/2013
7/13/2013 0.00
7/14/2013 0.00
7/15/2013
7/16/2013 0.00
7/17/2013
7/18/2013
7/19/2013
7/20/2013
7/21/2013
7/22/2013 0.00
7/23/2013 T
7/24/2013 0.00
7/25/2013 0.00
7/26/2013
7/27/2013
7/28/2013 0.00
7/29/2013
7/30/2013
7/31/2013
8/1/2013 0.00
8/2/2013 0.00
8/3/2013
8/4/2013 0.00
8/5/2013
8/6/2013
8/7/2013 0.00
8/8/2013
8/9/2013 0.00
8/10/2013
8/11/2013
8/12/2013
8/13/2013
8/14/2013
8/15/2013
8/16/2013
8/17/2013 0.00
8/18/2013 0.00
8/19/2013 0.00
8/20/2013 0.00
8/21/2013 0.00
8/22/2013
8/23/2013
8/24/2013
8/25/2013 T
8/26/2013 0.00
8/27/2013 0.00
8/28/2013
8/29/2013
8/30/2013 0.00
8/31/2013 0.00
9/1/2013 T
9/2/2013 T
9/3/2013 0.29
9/4/2013 0.00
9/5/2013 0.00
9/6/2013
9/7/2013 0.00
9/8/2013 0.00
9/9/2013
9/10/2013
9/11/2013
9/12/2013
9/13/2013 0.00
9/14/2013
9/15/2013
9/16/2013
9/17/2013
9/18/2013
9/19/2013
9/20/2013 0.00
9/21/2013 T
9/22/2013 0.45
9/23/2013 0.00
9/24/2013 0.00
9/25/2013 0.00
9/26/2013 T
9/27/2013 0.00
9/28/2013 0.00
9/29/2013 0.00
9/30/2013 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High yesterday was a hot 95F, low this am, 58F. The record breaking onslaught of 90's continue, until the big change this weekend.
10/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 97 yesterday, 58 this morning
10/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 98F yesterday and 59F this morning. This relentless, all time record heat is about to end thankfully. I should make some t'shirts printed: "I survived the summer of 2012"
10/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M finally decent weather is here for a change, with a high yesterday of 77F, 18 degrees cooler than the previous day, low this morning of 55F.
10/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M plenty of clouds overnight, even radar depicted sprinkles in sac county, but not one drop here.
10/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M I thought I heard distant thunder at 8pm last night, with plenty of clouds in the area, sprinkles and scattered showers in sac county last evening and night coming down off the sierras moving towards the bay area, but not a drop of rain here.
10/12/2012 8:50 AM T M M M M sprinkles observed last night (9pm hour), and some earlier in late day/eve. (nothing in gauge)
10/13/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this morning was 49F...our first 40's here at the station since last June.
10/14/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M hi/lo: 75/52
10/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M lots of cloud cover today, but no rain so far. So far this season we had only a trace of rain (since July 1st). We normally would have an inch of rain by now.
10/22/2012 8:30 AM 0.75 M M M M First measurable rain since June, steady rain throughout the early morning hours, moderate sometimes, first drops 11pm hour I believe. still raining at obs time (8:30am)
10/23/2012 9:00 AM 0.47 M M M M precip yesterday morning, sprinkles later in day, .02 early part of last night, heavy rain during midnight hour. Storm total: 1.22". At least 5 tornadoes in surrounding counties (including this one) yesterday!
10/24/2012 7:25 AM 0.07 M M M M early morning rain event (I heard it raining at times starting 3am hour), not raining at obs time. Overnight low was 47F reached a little past 10:30pm last night before warming up with onset of clouds.
10/25/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
10/26/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M cold this morning...down to 43 degrees!
10/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am: 47F, high yesterday: 71F, (74F SAC, 75F SMF)
10/28/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am: 50F, high yesterday: 76.5F; warmer at the airports as is often the case this time of year with 79 SAC, 80 SMF, perhaps due to better mixing, slight north wind component.
10/29/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this morning 50F, high yesterday 78F (79F SAC & SMF)
10/30/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am 50F (for 3rd morning in a row), high was 78F (2nd day in a row)
10/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/1/2012 8:20 AM 0.40 M M M M heard things dripping sometime before 9pm last night. pretty much rained all night with this very slow moving frontal band.
11/3/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M foggy yesterday morning but sunny this morning.
11/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M max yesterday 78F, low 49F
11/7/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 24hr high/low: 79/49 (SAC 79/48, SMF 80/46)
11/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2012 7:15 AM 0.13 M M M M rain yesterday afternoon, possibly a sprinkle this morning; clearing skies at obs time. Low was 41F reached at 1:27am (before the onset of clouds).
11/10/2012 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M I am assuming precip, not condensation from this mornings rain gauge total. Low this morning was 39F, first 30's since Spring.
11/11/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M cold and frosty this am, with a low of 34F.
11/12/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this am was 36F (2 deg warmer than previous night), yesterday 58F.
11/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2012 7:20 AM 0.39 M M M M a little bit of rain yesterday, more overnight. Woke up to heavy rain at around 2:22am. Overnight low was 55F (reached before midnite), yesterdays high was 64F (SAC 64F, SMF 58F). Not raining at obs time.
11/18/2012 8:25 AM 0.84 M M M M We got .35" after yesterdays obs up to 2pm. And another .49" after 2pm to todays obs. for a grand total of 1.23" since friday morning.
11/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M a little drizzly, sprinkly light rain last nite.
11/20/2012 8:30 AM T M M M M a trace sometime overnight or earlier this morning.
11/21/2012 7:55 AM 0.54 M M M M
11/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M .03" fell yesterday morning after obs., .57" storm total.
11/25/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M colder this morning with a low of 38F.
11/27/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am: 40F, yesterdays high: 65F (64 SAC, 64 SMF)
11/28/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M sprinkles around obs time at 7am, so that qualifies for "T", wind is calm, and cloudy. (update: as of this writing at 11:12 AM we had .30" for a storm total so far with distant thunder heard at 7:40am)
11/29/2012 8:30 AM 0.51 M M M M precip started falling yesterday morning by 7am, distant thunder heard at around 7:40am, rain ended afternoon with .50" another .01" sometime last night or this morning. Hi yesterday 59F, low last night 52F
11/30/2012 8:00 AM 1.37 M M M M rain still coming down at 8am observation.
12/1/2012 6:45 AM 1.13 M M M M Rain let up by mid aft...storm total was 2.15" (thurs nite/fri storm) by 4pm yesterday with an additional .19 between 4pm and midnite. With an additional .16" after midnite as very lite precip continues to fall at obs time.
12/2/2012 7:00 AM 1.08 M M M M Rain coming down in buckets at this mornings obs. High yesterday was 61F, oddly it was 64F at SAC, 63F at SMF, which maybe in part explains why a squall line formed over sac in the aft and dumped heavy rain, but nothing here from that line.
12/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.84 M M M M All of the rain fell yesterday morning after my yesterdays drenching weather observation. Total rainfall since it all began last Wednesday was 4.93", about 1/4 of the seasons average annual total!
12/4/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M Trace of rain last night (noted precip before 10pm I believe)
12/5/2012 7:25 AM 0.66 M M M M some sprinkles and lite rain yesterday aft and night, with .01" total at around 11:40pm then right after that a cloudburst dumped mod-heavy rain before and after midnite, with around .2" in rain gauge at 12:10am, rainy night thereafter.
12/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Much of the precip was from drizzle yesterday with a lite fog and stratus deck, with another .01" overnight and this morning. At observation time (8:30am) it was overcast and a slight mist.
12/7/2012 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Drizzle continued after yesterdays reading in the morning with a few sprinkles around 2pm, for a total of .02" for the date (6th). Foggy this morning with visi 1/8 mile at 8am.
12/8/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M foggy this morning again (shallow), with .004" in rain gauge probably due to fog/condensation.
12/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/12/2012 8:30 AM 0.07 M M M M Anemic cold front crossed over around 10pm+, dropping .04". Post frontal precip added another .03" later.
12/13/2012 7:30 AM 0.43 M M M M Surprise cloudburst at 3am dumped heavy rain. By 3:10am already close to 1/4" fell as it continued to rain. I checked radar at 3am, and it showed one little isolated shower right over our neighborhood in an otherwise empty radar screen.
12/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M frosty cold this am with low of 33F, making it the coldest so far this season.
12/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low of 32F this morning.
12/16/2012 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
12/21/2012 7:35 AM T M M M M sprinkles (none in gauge)
12/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.64 M M M M The .64" is an estimate. Still raining at 7am.
12/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.65 M M M M an estimate.
12/24/2012 9:00 AM 0.83 M M M M The .83 is an estimate. Actual cocorahs rain gauge total since Friday morning: 2.11"
12/26/2012 10:00 AM 1.00 M M M M Late report, got exactly 1 inch of rain from the Christmas day storm (including post frontal precip) up to 10am.
12/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low was 33F this morning
12/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this morning was 40, high yesterday 48 (48 SAC , 44 SMF)
1/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It was as frigid as my ex, with a low temperature this morning of 28F.
1/6/2013 8:20 AM 0.84 M M M M
1/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/10/2013 6:50 AM 0.01 M M M M 31degrees at obs time. The .01" in rain gauge was still in liquid form despite below freezing weather. Precip occurred last eve/night. The low this morning was 31F, hi yesterday 50F
1/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this am: 27F, coldest of yr so far.
1/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Coldest night in 6 years with a low this morning of 23F (reached at 7:14 am.). The year 2007 was the last time we had a low of 23F. By the way, the coldest it got last winter was 24F.
1/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M northly breeze kept the minimum up with a low of 27.5F this morn.
1/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 5th night in a row with temps in the 20's....low this AM 29F.
1/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M an amazing 7th night in a row with 20 degree weather...low this AM was 28F.
1/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this AM was 29F....this is the 8th night in a row with a low temp in the 20's...the most I have seen in 20 years of record keeping. Second most was 5 nights in a row during the past 20 yrs.
1/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Our record breaking string of 8 nights in a row of 20's degree temps has been broken! Low was a balming 30 degrees early this morning!
1/24/2013 8:30 AM 0.13 M M M M
1/25/2013 7:15 AM 0.05 M M M M .04" yesterday up to bedtime. An additional .01" afterwards.
1/26/2013 9:10 AM T M M M M late obs this morning showed a T of rain (sprinkles) on rain gauge. Low this am:50F, high yesterday 66F (65.5). SAC and SMF had 66, official "downtown" sac city had 68 which usually reads a couple degrees higher than reality due to exposure problems(when the sun is out). (their thermometer in of of itself is accurate).
1/27/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M about .004" in rain gauge, not quite measurable from presumably overnight.
1/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M some rain yesterday morning.
2/12/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this am: 34F yesterdays high: 61F however warmer at the airports (SAC 63, SMF 65)
2/16/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M first 70 degree weather of the year with a high yesterday of 71F, low this morning 40F.
2/19/2013 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M not a drop of rain up thus far up to observation time despite cloudy skies.
2/20/2013 8:00 AM 0.29 M M M M rain yesterday, clear by late night. reports of 2 tornadoes yesterday in northern sac valley. I emptied rain gauge late last night for fear of freezing. (skies where clear and no rain in forecast). One time I left rain in gauge when it went down to 31F but still didn't freeze(in the gauge).
2/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/1/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this morning: 42F yesterday 71F. Possible record high temperature today.
3/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M record high of 73F yesterday.
3/3/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M evidence shows some sprinkles overnight sometime.(none in gauge)
3/4/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M a trace of rain in the rain gauge from precip yesterday around noon or early afternoon.
3/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M
3/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/8/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M sprinkles observed at 6pm. (nothing in rain gauge)
3/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this am: 44F, high yesterday: 73F, (72 SAC, 71 SMF) Record highs possible this week.
3/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M hi yesterday 78F, warmest so far this yr...high clouds kept it from reaching 80. low this am was 48F.
3/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 77F yesterday, low this morning was 45F
3/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/20/2013 8:15 AM 0.57 M M M M
3/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M storm total was .62"
3/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/23/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M yesterday was 65F, low this morning a chilly 36F
3/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M not a drop of rain despite threatening clouds last night and sprinkles in parts of sac county.
3/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M there may have been sprinkles yesterday (thursday) but was not outside to witness them, gauge was bone dry.
3/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/31/2013 10:00 AM 1.21 M M M M Late observation, Numerous thunder for a couple hours last night, steady rains early morning (sometimes coming down in buckets). est. .15 to .20" by 1am, around 1.12" by 7am.
4/1/2013 10:00 AM 0.10 M M M M sprinkles yesterday afternoon, and .10" last night. Storm total was 1.31"
4/2/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M a trace of rain in gauge, from a shower late last evening from a stationary cell to the SE.
4/4/2013 7:55 AM 0.26 M M M M still raining at observation time
4/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M storm total was .42"
4/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M sprinkles overnight, I have seen it 90 degrees on this date (my birthday) before, but still waiting to see our first 80 degrees this yr.
4/8/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M rain fell overnight.
4/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M First 80's of the year...almost first 90's, (happens a lot that way sometimes) Yesterday I had a high of 86F (as well as SAC and SMF)
4/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
4/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M a lot of virga and threatening clouds all of a sudden late afternoon but no rain here.
4/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Our first official 90 degrees of the yr here yesterday.
5/4/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Rain may be a comin, soon, had to knock off the cob webs and empty the inner tube with bugs. Warm night last night (warmer than the average July night)with low of 63F at 2:18am (after which the winds arrived to warm things up). High yesterday was 92F (94 in a microclimate zone the back yard)
5/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2013 8:30 AM T M M M M sprinkle activity....nothing inside gauge itself.
5/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Just .04" late yesterday here but clouds developed and enhanced further west (clouds came from the e or se), with torrential rain showers in Sacramento. Plenty of thunder in Sacramento too, but did not here any thunder here, probably because the heavy sheet of rain acted as a sound barrier.
5/8/2013 7:30 AM 0.01 M M M M Precip sometime overnight or early morning, barely measurable (.005", so therefore rounded out to .01")
5/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/13/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Official high temperature here yesterday was 93F, however it was 95F in my backyard (where it runs hotter in that micro climate zone) and 94F in the shady breezeway nearby. Low was 58F.
5/16/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M sprinkles on funnel, no accumulation in gauge.
5/17/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M sprinkles in the morning (yesterday)
5/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M H 73F, L 49F. Bone dry yesterday for a time late afternoon with a dew point of 3F at nearby Mather airport (7% relative humidity), and 5F at McClellan airport. Not having a dew point sensor outside, I used a sling psychrometer at 5pm and registered a dew point of 16F (12% humidity)...compared to dew point 9F at McClellan and 10F at Mather at the time.
5/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/27/2013 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
5/29/2013 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M so much for our zero percent chance of rain last nigh...we had rain overnight (.07")...more rain than the last storm we had in fact.
6/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M yesterdays high est 97F, low this morning 60F. Record highs possible this weekend, Saturday would be the hottest day in 3 years if forecast high of 107F pans out.
6/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Our first 100 of the year with a high of 104 degrees (a record). High was reached later in the day than usual. The normally hotter back yard was only a degree warmer at 105, and my shady breezeway 101. SLow to cool last night with a low of 68F. Even hotter today and its only June. Hottest it got last summer was 106F.
6/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M hottest day in years yesterday I believe, with a high of 108F here just 4 degrees shy of the all time high. It was another record high for the date. 108F also at SMF and SAC.
6/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M heard what I thought was a couple of long distant rumbles of thunder overnight around 12:45 am.(presumably from activity west of here). There may have been a sprinkle but rain gauge was bone dry nonetheless.
6/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/24/2013 6:55 AM T M M M M Trace of rain in the rain gauge...a few sprinkles at time of obs.
6/25/2013 6:40 AM 0.20 M M M M
6/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
6/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/28/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A warm one last night, low was around 66F. It will easily be over 100 today!
6/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M never cooled down last night, with 80's at midnight. Low this morning was 71F (warmest night in 5 years). yesterday it was 103F.
6/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M record breaking heatwave continues here, with est 106F yesterday, and it was actually a degree cooler this morning with a low of 70F. Yesterdays low of 71F was the warmest minimum in 5 years.
7/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M warmest night in 7 years last night with a low of around 75 degrees. No sprinkles recorded here despite monsoonal cloudiness last night.
7/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thank you delta breeze (sea breeze from the ocean, comes in our area through the delta) for lower temperatures than would otherwise be the case. Yesterdays high around 105, low this morning 70F (5 degrees cooler than 24 hr ago)
7/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this morning was 76F (highest minimum in 7 yrs) and around 105 yesterday. Reminds me of the deep south with the humidy today, dew point is 66F at time of this writing (noon hour).
7/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High yesterday was 110! hottest in 7 yrs, just 2 degrees shy of the all time high. Dew Point was a muggy 66F at noontime, and dropped to 62F 2pm. Heatwave that broke daily records galore is finally over thank goodness. Low this morning was 66F, 10 degrees cooler than previous 24hrs. SAC had 109, SMF had 108.
7/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M mercury reached 100F yesterday making it 10 days so far with temps 100 or above this year already. Normal is 13 such days for the whole summer.
7/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M warm night with a low of 66F. Monsoonal moisture starting to rear its ugly head...no precip thou. We actually get precip here about 1 out of every 3 July's, though usually very little if it occurs.
7/23/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M A trace of rain just a little before midnight (just enough to wet the ground) with distant thunder heard as well around that time (some lightning flashes to E and SE 11pm hour as well).
7/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The heat is on....yesterday it was 99F, never cooled down much last night...low was 67F.
7/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M July ended up being a close to normal month with a "trace" of rain...normal is .01". Temperature-wise it was like a degree above normal in both max and min temperatures. Hottest day was 110F on July 4th hottest day in 7 years.
8/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low broken to overcast, 57.3F at 7am.
8/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M some semi-threatening clouds almost convective like in nature out there currently (in the mid levels), but no precip thus far. Lends me to believe thunder is a good possibility in the near future! 98F in the shade yesterday (97F officially here)...Still no 100's so far this month,(that's unusual) that may change soon tho.
8/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M scat-pc mid level clouds produced virga all day yesterday but no sprinkles fell at station. Low was 64F this am for the 3rd morning in a row, yesterday shade temp was 97F.
8/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 3rd warmest night of the year last night, with low of 71F this am and plenty of clouds.
8/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2013 9:15 AM T M M M M Late report this morning...indicated we had sprinkles this morning (presumably around 9am), nothing inside rain gauge itself, so our first T of rain in August and a T last month, Trace season total so far (since July 1st)
8/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M a few sprinkles yesterday morning around 9ish as indicated by yesterday's report, otherwise no precip since yesterdays 9:15am observation.
8/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this morning was 60F reached at 6:45am (2 degrees lower than previous 24hrs) yesterdays high was 93F in the shade.
8/31/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M smokey yesterday from Sierra fires. Rainfall this month of August totaled "T" compared to a normal August total of .05". Trace of rain so far this rain season (since July 1st). Normal to date would be .06"
9/1/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M evidence of a few sprinkles early this morning (nothing in rain gauge)
9/2/2013 6:00 AM T M M M M .004" (trace) fell early this morning....update: a gully washer came through this morning dropping .12" as of 9:34am...lightly raining at this moment.
9/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.29 M M M M Oddball weather yesterday bringing showers some heavy at times. Thunder (distant) early on and again in the evening (originating in yolo county and points NNE in the evening). A few degrees warmer in midtown (little or no rain there) yesterday afternoon than here with lack of evaporative cooling there.
9/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M evidence of sprinkles earlier this AM. at 7am its mostly cloudy and 64 degrees.
9/22/2013 7:30 AM 0.45 M M M M rain heavy at times, distant thunder. Today its sunny, low this AM was 51F burrrr!
9/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low this morning was 52F (minimum reached at 7:06AM) 1 degree warmer than 24 hrs ago, clear skies.
9/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this morning was 60F, 8 degrees warmer than previous 24hrs. Unofficial high here yesterday in the shade was 83F
9/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M a few sprinkles before bedtime last night.
9/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M low temperature this morning was 48F which is the coldest since April 19th. Yesterday was 79F in the shade.
9/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low this morning was 57F (9 degrees warmer than 24hrs ago), 84 yesterday in the shade.
9/30/2013 7:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M there may have been a couple sprinkles early this morning but not sure so it will go down as "zero" in the total column. Low temp was 61F reached at 2:37am this morning before the clouds rolled in.



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