Will it snow in Sacramento?
Sacramento, California · checked 12:51 pm PDT, Mon Oct 19
This week: the National Weather Service forecast
Snow is not in the National Weather Service forecast for Sacramento for the next 7 days.
NWS forecast for central Sacramento, issued 11:31 am PDT, Mon Oct 19. It covers about 7 days and is updated several times a day.
The whole 7-day forecast
- This Afternoon: Sunny. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 69 in the afternoon. South southwest wind around 8 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind 3 to 7 mph.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. West wind around 3 mph.
- Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. North northwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
- Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. West southwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
- Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
- Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 73.
- Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 47.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 72.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 73.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
NWS forecast for Sacramento · Weather alerts in California · Winter storm outlook
How often it snows in Sacramento
Sacramento's average annual snowfall in NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals rounds to 0.0 inches (from 21 years of snowfall records in 1991–2020).
Will Sacramento have a white Christmas?
NOAA's 1991–2020 normals for Sacramento's station do not include a snow-depth figure for December 25, so this page gives no white Christmas chance.
White Christmas in Sacramento: every Christmas Day since 1991
Where these numbers come from
Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual, monthly and daily station normals) for Sacramento 5 ESE, GHCN-Daily station USW00023271, 7 km from the city centre. First and last snow dates, the share of winters with snow and the snowiest winter were counted by this site from the same station's daily snowfall for the winters 1991–92 to 2020–21, read through the Regional Climate Centers' ACIS service; a winter with more than 10 missing days between October and April is left out. Forecast: the National Weather Service API, read at most once an hour. All US government data, public domain.
This site does not issue warnings or predict snow. It repeats the official forecast and the long-run record.
NOAA's winter outlook 2026–27 for California
Questions
Will it snow in Sacramento this week?
Snow is not in the National Weather Service forecast for Sacramento for the next 7 days. The National Weather Service updates its forecast several times a day.
Will it snow in Sacramento this winter (2026–27)?
Nobody can say for a whole winter ahead. NOAA's seasonal outlook gives the chances of a colder or wetter winter than normal, not snow totals.
When does Sacramento usually get its first snow?
NOAA's records for this station do not give a first-snow date.
Will Sacramento have a white Christmas?
NOAA's 1991–2020 normals for Sacramento's station do not include a snow-depth figure for December 25, so this page gives no white Christmas chance.
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