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Old 11-03-2019, 09:01 PM
 
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Sacramento: October 1 - 31, 2019

High Temps:
How many Days of:


100's - Zero Days
90's - Zero Days
80's - 14 Days
70's - 15 Days
60's - 2 Days

Low Temps:
How many Days of:


50's - 8 Days
45-49F - 10 Days
40-44F - 9 Days
35-39F - 4 Days
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Old 11-05-2019, 09:44 PM
 
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How many poor air quality days does Sacramento average lately?
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Old 11-05-2019, 11:37 PM
 
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I've been meaning to research this throughly so you really can see by "how many days" per year one city compares with another city using the same standards and the same terminology.

It's difficult to compare cities with other cities across the nation because different cities use different standards, and it depends on the source. California and the Sacramento Air Quality Management District have THE STRONGEST standards in the World; whereas, Phoenix, for example, may use different standards that are less stringent.

Last time I tried to do this type of research I found they don't tell you how many days a certain city had in the "unhealthy range" and if that city's measurement of "unhealthy" is the same as a different city. For example, LA may determine that 100-150 is "unhealthy for sensitive groups", but Phoenix does not call it "unhealthy for sensitive groups" unless the measurement is 125-150.

It's easy to find rankings saying, X city has the worst air quality in the nation, Y city has the next worst air quality in the nation, and so on, but they don't tell you that X city's air quality could be 20 times worst than Y city.

It's easy to find the top 10 worst in the nation lists, but again, they don't tell you that the 1st worst city could be 50 times worst with 20 times the amount days in the "unhealthy" range than the 12th city on the list.

They don't put it in terms of X city had xx days in the moderately good range, xx days in the unhealthy for sensitive groups range, xx days in the "unhealthy for everyone" range, etc. and then compare one city with the next in those terms using the same standards of measurement.

They don't usually report the actual days that are "unhealthy" because it is surprisingly low, or it appears low. For example, I would guess Sacramento averages 3-5 days a year in the "unhealthy for sensitive groups" range.
Whereas; The worst parts of Southern Cal average 30 days a year in the "unhealthy for sensitive groups" range.
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Old 11-06-2019, 12:59 AM
 
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Hmm that’s interesting, I use this site and it seems to have standard measures for pm2.5 and ozone regardless of the city.

https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi#mod
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Old 11-10-2019, 04:46 PM
 
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Weather has been amazing this weekend! Went for nice long walk to Capitol Park and was delightful. I love the weather in fall here in Sacramento compared to most places in the country.
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Old 12-05-2019, 02:33 AM
 
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Glad you've been enjoying the Fall, Mixalot

Sacramento: November 1 - 30, 2019

High Temps:
How many Days of:


80's - 2 Days
70's - 15 Days
60's - 8 Days
50's - 4 Days
40's - 1 Day

Low Temps:
How many Days of:


50's - 3 Days
45-49F - 3 Days
40-44F - 14 Days
35-39F - 10 Days
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Old 12-05-2019, 09:03 AM
 
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Thanks Chimerique.

Now we have a real winter starting so fun. At least we won't have drought hopefully. Been biking to work in the rain lots of fun fun fun! Anyways I have rain gear so no biggie. We also should get even more this weekend with the upcoming atmospheric river storm coming. Will be a good weekend to lock myself away in the guitar woodshed with lots of hot tea and espresso.
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Old 12-05-2019, 11:45 AM
 
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Most important with the rain storms is it cleans out the air. Those what, high pressure systems, where the air is all hazing and stagnant were unbearable in late OCT/early NOV. I would look out my office window, and just see a layer of haze over the BIG VALLEY.

Now the air is clean, crisp, and the bump funk has been washed into the gutters. Hurrah for winter!!
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Old 12-07-2019, 07:02 PM
 
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Agree with you WoR, the cleaner air will make life more pleasant. We had a short break today and yesterday and then after coming out of the movie theaters, it was pouring. No worries had my lunch and cruised back. We should be on track for a normal non drought winter at least here.
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Old 12-07-2019, 10:50 PM
 
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Most important with the rain storms is it cleans out the air. Those what, high pressure systems, where the air is all hazing and stagnant were unbearable in late OCT/early NOV. I would look out my office window, and just see a layer of haze over the BIG VALLEY.

Now the air is clean, crisp, and the bump funk has been washed into the gutters. Hurrah for winter!!
I love California's rainy season even when I lived LA.

A clear difference between LA and Sacrmento is the winter, on average, Sac/NorCal is twice as cloudy and receives twice the amount of rainstorms. On average, the rainstorms also last last longer in NorCal and deliver more rain per storm, and are 5-15 degrees colder than the rainstorms in LA.

LA almost always has a clear sunny and warm New Years Day, like clockwork. It's not uncommon for Pasadena and the Rose Bowl to be sunny and 90F!!! Never happens in NorCal. I've always loved and hated that about LA. Sometimes it is just nice to have warmth and sun even the winter, but at the same time; too much of fair and sunny is boring, monotonous, and annoying.
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