Do we underestimate and downplay how Great Sacramento weather really is? (San Diego: monument, hurricane)

[Chimérique]

I don't think I ever posted the LOW Temps for June, here ya go:

June 2023 - Sacramento

Low Temps:
How Many Days of:

50's = 27 days, mostly in the low to mid 50's

60's = 2 days

70's = 1 day

[Chimérique]

July 2023 - Sacramento

Low Temps:
How Many Days of:

50's = 14 days

60-62 = 6 days

63-65 = 5 days

67-69 = 2 days

70-72 = 4 days

[mixxalot]

Was blazing this weekend and unfortunately had to add tons of chemicals to pool to balance it so no swim. My luck figures today is cooler oh well nice time to walk outside and use home gym.

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by Chimérique

July 2023 - Sacramento

High Temps:
How Many Days of:

70's = 1 day
80's = 5 days

Low 90's = 13 days

High 90's = 3 days

100's = 9 days, only 6 if you factor in heat index

Wow, that's still 25 days above 90f, more than I expected this year being cooler

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by tstieber

Wow, that's still 25 days above 90f, more than I expected this year being cooler

Low 90's in Sacramento is a piece of cake.

Low 90's in Sacramento feels like upper 70's, low 80's back East and in the midwest. And feels like mid 70's in the South.

Also, those 90's are accompanied by upper 50's, low 60's in the morning and night, something you don't get in southern states at all, or many places in the east and midwest.

Sacramento is cooler in the morning than just about every place else in the USA (90% of places).

[Chimérique]

Difference between the Inner Southwest and Sacramento:

July
High temps for the day:

116F to 120F :

Phoenix = 11 days
Sacramento = Zero days

100F to 115F:

Phoenix = 20 days
Sacramento = 9 days (only 6 if you factor in heat index)

[Chimérique]

Difference between the Inner Southwest and Sacramento in LOW temps:

July
Low temps for the day:

50F to 59F:

Sacramento = 14 days
Phoenix = Zero days

60F to 69F:

Sacramento = 13 days
Phoenix = Zero days, all days hotter, no cool days

70F to 79F: This is at night and in the morning

Sacramento = 4 days, no days hotter than 72F
Phoenix = Zero days, all days hotter, no cool days

80F to 89F: This is at night and in the morning

Sacramento = Zero days, all days cooler
Phoenix = 17 days, no cool days

90F to 99F: This is at night and in the morning

Sacramento = Zero days, all days cooler
Phoenix = 14 days, no cool days

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by Chimérique

I don't think I ever posted the LOW Temps for June, here ya go:

June 2023 - Sacramento

Low Temps:
How Many Days of:

50's = 27 days, mostly in the low to mid 50's

60's = 2 days

70's = 1 day

From what I recall, June was pretty perfect in sacramento, wasn't it? Down here, we never even saw the sun. We had 85% overcast, making us the cloudiest city in the entire country. I hate even thinking back on it! Haha

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by tstieber

From what I recall, June was pretty perfect in sacramento, wasn't it? Down here, we never even saw the sun. We had 85% overcast, making us the cloudiest city in the entire country. I hate even thinking back on it! Haha

Interesting, those are the kind of situations no one ever talks about. Which leads me to why the Cali coast and Sacramento are different. Granted, we are all in one state and our climate similarities far outweigh our differences, but the subtle differences that coastal folks overemphasize plays out in our weather/climate. Again our climates are far more similar than not in comparison to the rest of the country but again why does Sacramento seem so different than the coast:

I'll use Texas and Florida as examples:

You can drive literally hundreds of miles within both states and have basically the same weather going from one metro to the other.

In Texas, for example, you can drive from San Antonia to Dallas or Austin to Houston and the overall feel, climate and weather are the same.

In Florida, you can drive from Tampa (west coast/gulf) to Orlando(middle-inland) to the East Coast-Daytona Beach and the overall feel , climate and weather are the same. Similarly, if you drove hundreds of miles from Miami all the way up to Central Florida or the Panhandle, all the same, certainly not like California differences.

The similar if not identical climates of the different metros within Texas bind, unite the metros within their state instead of separating the metros. Same applies with Florida metros, there is a unification of the metros instead of a separation.

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by Chimérique

Difference between the Inner Southwest and Sacramento:

July
High temps for the day:

116F to 120F :

Phoenix = 11 days
Sacramento = Zero days

100F to 115F:

Phoenix = 20 days
Sacramento = 9 days (only 6 if you factor in heat index)

Of the 9 days in Sacramento 3 days had a heat index of under 100F, none were over 103F (heat index).
No days were above 110F, and none of the days were near 115F

In the meantime, not a single 100F degree day to date in August, and most of the highs temps are in the 80's.