Sacramento weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Sacramento, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Cloudcroft, 23 km from Sacramento; records cover 1987–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 28.5 in723 mm
- Snow a year
- 67 in170 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 20
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 7,030
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 4°−16° (heating, 99%) and 82°28° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Sacramento in January
Highs average 42°6° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2000)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 1063
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in February
Highs average 45°7° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2025)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 892
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in March
Highs average 51°10° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2026)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 831
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in April
Highs average 58°14° and lows 31°0°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1989)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 612
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 38°3°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2000)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 403
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in June
Highs average 74°24° and lows 45°7°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1998)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 168
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Sacramento in July
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 5.5 in140 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2016)
- Record low
- 37°3° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 155
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Sacramento in August
Highs average 71°22° and lows 47°9°, with 5 in127 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2023)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 183
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in September
Highs average 67°20° and lows 42°6°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2012)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 308
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 34°1°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2000)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 556
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2025)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 808
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sacramento in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 19°−7°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2007)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 1051
- Cooling degree days
- 0