Sacramento, CA 94280 Weather

Sacramento County1:56 PM PDT38.58°N, 121.49°W

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
64°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 64°
High 71°·Low 55°
WindSSE 3 mph
Humidity64%
Dew point52°
Pressure29.86 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover88%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise7:22 AM
Sunset6:21 PM

Observed at Sacramento Executive Airport · 16 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5pm, then a chance of rain. Cloudy. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 69 in the afternoon. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    Rain likely. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. South southeast wind 1 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Thursday

    Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 69°21%
  2. 2 PM Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 69°24%
  3. 3 PM Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 70°19%
  4. 4 PM Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 69°24%
  5. 5 PM Chance Light Rain 69°32%
  6. 6 PM Chance Light Rain 69°48%
  7. 7 PM Light Rain Likely 65°60%
  8. 8 PM Light Rain Likely 63°60%
  9. 9 PM Light Rain Likely 61°58%
  10. 10 PM Light Rain Likely 60°58%
  11. 11 PM Chance Light Rain 59°30%
  12. Thu12 AM Chance Light Rain 59°34%
  13. 1 AM Chance Light Rain 59°45%
  14. 2 AM Chance Light Rain 58°36%
  15. 3 AM Chance Light Rain 57°50%
  16. 4 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 57°22%
  17. 5 AM Chance Light Rain 57°34%
  18. 6 AM Chance Light Rain 57°41%
  19. 7 AM Chance Light Rain 55°51%
  20. 8 AM Light Rain Likely 57°63%
  21. 9 AM Light Rain Likely 58°59%
  22. 10 AM Chance Light Rain 61°40%
  23. 11 AM Chance Light Rain 63°36%
  24. 12 PM Chance Light Rain 65°37%

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms60%55°71°
  2. ThuOct 22 Light Rain Likely Light Rain Likely63%53°68°
  3. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny46°72°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny47°73°
  5. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny48°74°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny47°73°
  7. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°73°
  8. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny47°76°
  9. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy49°75°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

56
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • WedGood (37)
  • ThuGood (34)
  • FriGood (40)

Sacramento, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:22 AM
Sunset 6:21 PM
Daylight 10 h 59 min (−2 min 22 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 80% lit
Moonrise 3:58 PM Moonset 2:34 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low77° / 49°
Record high92° (1991)
Record low38° (1949)
Wettest1.94 in (1899)
Yesterday72° / 48°
Month to date0.00 in (normal 0.43 in)

Sacramento Area, records since 1877. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in STO, issued 32 min ago

Key Messages

- Scattered showers, thunderstorms, and high elevation snow showers expected through late Thursday.

- Drier weather moves in Friday and into the weekend, with breezy north to east winds Friday.

- Ridge builds in over the weekend, with slight chances for showers in Shasta county.

.DISCUSSION...

...Today through Thursday...

Current radar has a swath of rain and isolated thunderstorms through the Coastal Range down toward the Sierra Foothills. The track is to the north-northwest. We have seen a few lightning strikes over the past couple of hours, but they remain few and far between storms. There are gaps of coverage in the rain as it moves through the area, but HIRES guidance continues to show the swath of rain filling in completely over the next several hours and begin to push toward the north and east as the main upper level system off the coast moves onshore. Instability has been lacking in the latest observations, with only up to 250 J/kg across the Valley, foothills, and mountains. This will likely continue for the rest of the afternoon. Cloud coverage is the key into keeping the instability lower than expected. None the less, moisture content is high and lift is present to development thunderstorms and at least maintain them through this evening. The question remains on if these storms will be able to sustain hail shafts long enough to produce nickel or even quarter size hail. As of right now, we are leaning toward small hail as a possibility and brief gusty winds in the strongest of storms. Brief heavy rain and frequent lightning will also be a hazard to watch out for.

Aviation

Showers and isolated thunderstorms will be possible through the afternoon and into the evening hours, with lowered ceilings. Ceilings should remain VFR, but chances are there for MVFR for all sites post 00z. Best timeframe for thunderstorms will be 2000z through 0400z for all sites. Winds will remain light throughout the day. Areas in and around thunderstorms may see erratic winds, brief moderate rain reducing visibilities and IFR ceilings. Otherwise, we are looking at a lull in activity later tonight around 09-10z through the mid morning hours. During this lull isolated to scattered showers at times for the sites. Near the end of the TAF period thunderstorm chances start to increase once again.

Sto Watches

None.

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