Sacramento 5ESE Weather Records (USP00CA0001)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Sacramento 5ESE (USP00CA0001), California, United States, with 37 years of record.

Key Facts for Sacramento 5ESE

Sacramento 5ESE (USP00CA0001) is a weather station in California, United States at 38.56 latitude and -121.42 longitude, 12 m (38 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1856 to 1892, 37 years of record.
1,464 records set at Sacramento 5ESE still stand.
Records are tracked for no element yet: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.

About the Station

Location: California, United States, 38.56 latitude, -121.42 longitude.
Elevation: 12 m (38 ft).
Period of record: 1856 to 1892, 37 years.
Eligible elements: none yet.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Sacramento 5ESE. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Sacramento 5ESE, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	18.9 C (66.0 F)	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	24.4 C (75.9 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	26.7 C (80.1 F)	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	n/a	n/a
May	36.7 C (98.1 F)	3.9 C (39.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	41.1 C (106.0 F)	6.7 C (44.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	41.1 C (106.0 F)	7.2 C (45.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	41.9 C (107.4 F)	8.9 C (48.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	41.1 C (106.0 F)	6.9 C (44.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.2 C (36.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	25.6 C (78.1 F)	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	20.0 C (68.0 F)	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Sacramento 5ESE still stand. 1887 holds the most, with 138.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Apr: 105.4 mm (4.1 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sacramento 5ESE. The most was 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 20 April 1880.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Sacramento 5ESE
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 January 1862
Feb	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21 February 1867
Mar	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	9 March 1884
Apr	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	20 April 1880
May	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 May 1889
Jun	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 June 1884
Jul	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 July 1860
Aug	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	24 August 1864
Sep	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 September 1890
Oct	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	3 October 1882
Nov	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	6 November 1859
Dec	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	13 December 1864

Period of Record Coverage

1877 to 1892

16 years of record at Sacramento 5ESE, 1877 to 1892. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1877.

Days with data per year at Sacramento 5ESE
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1877	184	50%	No
1878	365	100%	Yes
1879	365	100%	Yes
1880	366	100%	Yes
1881	365	100%	Yes
1882	365	100%	Yes
1883	364	100%	Yes
1884	366	100%	Yes
1885	365	100%	Yes
1886	365	100%	Yes
1887	365	100%	Yes
1888	366	100%	Yes
1889	365	100%	Yes
1890	365	100%	Yes
1891	365	100%	Yes
1892	366	100%	Yes

Latest Records

No records were set at this station in the latest data.

Climate Trend

15 complete years, 1878 to 1892

One stripe for each of 15 complete years at Sacramento 5ESE, 1878 to 1892. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 15.7 C (60.3 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1880, at 14.5 C (58.1 F), and the warmest was 1885, at 16.9 C (62.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.2 C (2.2 F).

Annual mean temperature at Sacramento 5ESE as warming stripes, 1878 to 1892
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1878	16.1 C	+0.36 C
1879	15.8 C	+0.10 C
1880	14.5 C	-1.19 C
1881	15.6 C	-0.06 C
1882	15.2 C	-0.50 C
1883	15.5 C	-0.22 C
1884	15.4 C	-0.27 C
1885	16.9 C	+1.20 C
1886	15.7 C	-0.02 C
1887	15.7 C	-0.01 C
1888	16.3 C	+0.63 C
1889	16.1 C	+0.35 C
1890	15.2 C	-0.46 C
1891	15.9 C	+0.21 C
1892	15.6 C	-0.06 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1856 to 1892

Yearly extremes at Sacramento 5ESE: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	41.9 C (107.4 F)	1888	39.4 C (102.9 F)	16
Coldest night (TNn)	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1888	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16
Wettest day (Rx1day)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	1880	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	1885	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28
Longest dry spell (CDD)	177 days	1878	80 days	28

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Sacramento 5ESE, 1856 to 1892. The record is 41.9 C (107.4 F) in 1888, marked on the chart; the median year is 39.4 C (102.9 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Sacramento 5ESE by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1856	n/a
1857	n/a
1858	n/a
1859	n/a
1860	n/a
1861	n/a
1862	n/a
1863	n/a
1864	n/a
1865	n/a
1866	n/a
1867	n/a
1877	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1878	38.1 C (100.6 F)
1879	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1880	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1881	37.0 C (98.6 F)
1882	37.7 C (99.9 F)
1883	39.7 C (103.5 F)
1884	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1885	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1886	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1887	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1888	41.9 C (107.4 F)
1889	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1890	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1891	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1892	41.1 C (106.0 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Sacramento 5ESE, 1856 to 1892. The record is -7.2 C (19.0 F) in 1888, marked on the chart; the median year is -3.3 C (26.1 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Sacramento 5ESE by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1856	n/a
1857	n/a
1858	n/a
1859	n/a
1860	n/a
1861	n/a
1862	n/a
1863	n/a
1864	n/a
1865	n/a
1866	n/a
1867	n/a
1877	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1878	-4.7 C (23.5 F)
1879	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1880	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1881	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1882	-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1883	-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1884	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1885	1.2 C (34.2 F)
1886	-2.5 C (27.5 F)
1887	-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1888	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1889	-0.6 C (30.9 F)
1890	-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1891	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1892	-3.3 C (26.1 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Sacramento 5ESE, 1856 to 1892. The record is 105.4 mm (4.1 in) in 1880, marked on the chart; the median year is 53.4 mm (2.1 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sacramento 5ESE by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1856	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1857	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1858	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1859	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1860	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1861	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
1862	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1863	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1864	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1865	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1866	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1867	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1877	4.6 mm (0.18 in)
1878	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1879	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1880	105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1881	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1882	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1883	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1884	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1885	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1886	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1887	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1888	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1889	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1890	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1891	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1892	82.8 mm (3.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Sacramento 5ESE, 1856 to 1892. The record is 162.6 mm (6.4 in) in 1885, marked on the chart; the median year is 94.0 mm (3.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sacramento 5ESE by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1856	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1857	69.7 mm (2.7 in)
1858	76.4 mm (3.0 in)
1859	99.8 mm (3.9 in)
1860	102.4 mm (4.0 in)
1861	107.1 mm (4.2 in)
1862	153.7 mm (6.1 in)
1863	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
1864	143.0 mm (5.6 in)
1865	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1866	144.8 mm (5.7 in)
1867	125.8 mm (5.0 in)
1877	4.6 mm (0.18 in)
1878	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
1879	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1880	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1881	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1882	63.7 mm (2.5 in)
1883	66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1884	149.7 mm (5.9 in)
1885	162.6 mm (6.4 in)
1886	152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1887	100.5 mm (4.0 in)
1888	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1889	92.5 mm (3.6 in)
1890	98.1 mm (3.9 in)
1891	74.1 mm (2.9 in)
1892	158.6 mm (6.2 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Sacramento 5ESE, 1856 to 1892. The record is 177 days in 1878, marked on the chart; the median year is 80 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sacramento 5ESE by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1856	39 days
1857	62 days
1858	50 days
1859	30 days
1860	45 days
1861	41 days
1862	50 days
1863	17 days
1864	60 days
1865	40 days
1866	63 days
1867	18 days
1877	113 days
1878	177 days
1879	16 days
1880	122 days
1881	157 days
1882	97 days
1883	135 days
1884	75 days
1885	105 days
1886	160 days
1887	138 days
1888	102 days
1889	101 days
1890	140 days
1891	85 days
1892	136 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Download the Data

Data for Sacramento 5ESE standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).