Sacramento Weather in 1878

Historical record of Sacramento, California weather for the year 1878 based on NOAA data.

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1878 Sacramento Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 12
Lowest temperature	24 °F	December 29
Highest daily low	70 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	46 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	January 15
Total annual precipitation	23.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sacramento in 1878?

The highest temperature recorded in Sacramento, California in 1878 was 101 °F which happened on August 12.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sacramento in 1878

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 12
2	99 °F	Aug 11
2	99 °F	Aug 10
2	99 °F	Jun 26
5	98 °F	Jul 27
6	97 °F	Aug 13
6	97 °F	Jul 30
8	96 °F	Aug 30
8	96 °F	Aug 9
8	96 °F	Jul 29
8	96 °F	Jul 14
8	96 °F	Jul 13
8	96 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Sacramento in 1878?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sacramento, California in 1878 was 24 °F which happened on Dec 29.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sacramento in 1878

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	24 °F	December 29
2	27 °F	December 27
2	27 °F	January 3
4	28 °F	December 28
4	28 °F	December 26
4	28 °F	December 17
4	28 °F	January 4
8	29 °F	December 18
8	29 °F	December 15
8	29 °F	January 5
8	29 °F	January 1

January 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	51	29	0.00
January 2	50	31	0.00
January 3	46	27	0.00
January 4	46	28	0.00
January 5	50	29	0.00
January 6	48	33	0.00
January 7	57	41	0.11
January 8	61	49	0.04
January 9	58	38	0.00
January 10	57	45	0.38
January 11	54	36	0.00
January 12	52	34	0.00
January 13	55	34	0.00
January 14	61	46	0.05
January 15	59	51	1.63
January 16	60	51	1.19
January 17	58	41	0.12
January 18	54	44	0.14
January 19	55	46	0.00
January 20	54	48	0.00
January 21	57	45	0.01
January 22	56	50	1.61
January 23	61	48	0.02
January 24	54	48	1.12
January 25	56	41	0.00
January 26	52	42	0.12
January 27	53	47	0.77
January 28	58	48	0.54
January 29	62	48	0.00
January 30	61	51	0.84
January 31	60	49	0.57

February 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	55	44	0.00
February 2	56	45	0.00
February 3	58	46	0.00
February 4	56	50	0.78
February 5	53	44	0.00
February 6	55	43	0.57
February 7	55	44	0.10
February 8	56	46	0.14
February 9	53	43	0.00
February 10	57	44	0.00
February 11	53	48	0.67
February 12	56	40	0.00
February 13	59	46	0.78
February 14	52	46	0.90
February 15	54	41	0.00
February 16	59	48	0.03
February 17	59	52	1.01
February 18	59	52	0.54
February 19	60	50	0.44
February 20	56	45	0.90
February 21	56	45	0.02
February 22	60	46	0.00
February 23	61	50	0.00
February 24	57	46	0.24
February 25	59	43	0.00
February 26	55	46	0.71
February 27	55	43	0.20
February 28	52	42	0.01

March 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	61	43	0.00
March 2	63	45	0.00
March 3	57	47	0.42
March 4	54	40	0.00
March 5	62	48	0.00
March 6	58	52	0.54
March 7	57	43	0.00
March 8	58	44	0.00
March 9	62	41	0.00
March 10	62	48	0.00
March 11	64	47	0.00
March 12	67	47	0.00
March 13	60	52	0.20
March 14	72	55	0.28
March 15	71	56	0.00
March 16	72	55	0.00
March 17	70	57	0.01
March 18	69	54	0.01
March 19	70	54	0.00
March 20	68	55	0.00
March 21	65	52	0.01
March 22	69	52	0.00
March 23	67	54	0.00
March 24	63	52	0.66
March 25	65	48	0.13
March 26	64	48	0.02
March 27	58	50	0.57
March 28	54	47	0.16
March 29	60	48	0.02
March 30	61	49	0.06
March 31	67	51	0.00

April 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	72	48	0.00
April 2	70	52	0.00
April 3	67	51	0.00
April 4	70	52	0.00
April 5	78	56	0.00
April 6	77	56	0.00
April 7	77	60	0.00
April 8	74	63	0.00
April 9	71	58	0.00
April 10	76	51	0.00
April 11	70	52	0.00
April 12	65	50	0.00
April 13	61	49	0.00
April 14	61	44	0.06
April 15	57	41	0.65
April 16	59	42	0.00
April 17	63	43	0.00
April 18	62	46	0.00
April 19	62	50	0.36
April 20	63	42	0.00
April 21	62	47	0.00
April 22	69	47	0.00
April 23	71	49	0.00
April 24	69	50	0.00
April 25	64	48	0.00
April 26	65	43	0.00
April 27	72	45	0.00
April 28	73	51	0.00
April 29	72	52	0.00
April 30	72	55	0.00

May 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	56	0.00
May 2	77	58	0.00
May 3	81	54	0.00
May 4	84	60	0.00
May 5	86	57	0.00
May 6	77	58	0.00
May 7	71	53	0.00
May 8	76	47	0.00
May 9	78	50	0.00
May 10	74	50	0.00
May 11	82	56	0.00
May 12	80	54	0.00
May 13	76	53	0.00
May 14	77	50	0.00
May 15	81	54	0.00
May 16	72	60	0.00
May 17	75	57	0.00
May 18	75	52	0.00
May 19	73	53	0.00
May 20	64	53	0.10
May 21	66	49	0.03
May 22	71	55	0.01
May 23	81	54	0.00
May 24	88	59	0.00
May 25	91	67	0.00
May 26	86	60	0.00
May 27	82	62	0.00
May 28	72	54	0.00
May 29	71	48	0.00
May 30	69	48	0.00
May 31	71	52	0.03

June 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
June 1	75	49
June 2	83	53
June 3	90	56
June 4	91	58
June 5	95	67
June 6	88	65
June 7	84	56
June 8	85	56
June 9	90	60
June 10	85	62
June 11	77	56
June 12	84	54
June 13	88	58
June 14	82	56
June 15	76	54
June 16	74	54
June 17	79	52
June 18	87	57
June 19	87	59
June 20	84	57
June 21	93	59
June 22	77	60
June 23	87	55
June 24	90	60
June 25	94	63
June 26	99	66
June 27	88	63
June 28	82	60
June 29	89	67
June 30	96	60

July 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
July 1	95	62
July 2	83	59
July 3	77	52
July 4	82	59
July 5	85	56
July 6	91	61
July 7	87	59
July 8	87	55
July 9	86	57
July 10	80	54
July 11	82	55
July 12	93	57
July 13	96	67
July 14	96	66
July 15	86	58
July 16	80	55
July 17	77	60
July 18	85	54
July 19	88	56
July 20	92	58
July 21	95	65
July 22	91	60
July 23	87	58
July 24	86	57
July 25	92	54
July 26	94	57
July 27	98	64
July 28	95	63
July 29	96	61
July 30	97	66
July 31	84	58

August 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
August 1	88	55
August 2	90	57
August 3	89	58
August 4	86	56
August 5	88	56
August 6	91	60
August 7	89	58
August 8	93	58
August 9	96	61
August 10	99	65
August 11	99	64
August 12	101	67
August 13	97	70
August 14	87	68
August 15	87	65
August 16	83	57
August 17	84	56
August 18	91	56
August 19	90	58
August 20	81	57
August 21	73	55
August 22	74	53
August 23	83	54
August 24	85	55
August 25	88	58
August 26	82	55
August 27	82	54
August 28	82	56
August 29	90	56
August 30	96	64
August 31	92	65

September 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	59	0.00
September 2	83	55	0.00
September 3	88	59	0.00
September 4	90	65	0.00
September 5	91	60	0.00
September 6	89	59	0.00
September 7	89	58	0.00
September 8	87	67	0.00
September 9	92	58	0.00
September 10	92	59	0.00
September 11	90	60	0.00
September 12	92	63	0.00
September 13	80	56	0.00
September 14	78	54	0.00
September 15	76	52	0.00
September 16	69	51	0.00
September 17	69	48	0.00
September 18	72	48	0.00
September 19	74	48	0.00
September 20	82	52	0.00
September 21	85	55	0.00
September 22	84	54	0.00
September 23	88	55	0.00
September 24	80	57	0.00
September 25	84	51	0.00
September 26	81	58	0.00
September 27	77	58	0.00
September 28	72	50	0.16
September 29	64	52	0.01
September 30	67	52	0.12

October 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	49	0.00
October 2	80	51	0.00
October 3	82	49	0.00
October 4	84	52	0.00
October 5	84	52	0.00
October 6	86	52	0.00
October 7	86	55	0.00
October 8	82	52	0.00
October 9	75	52	0.00
October 10	75	49	0.00
October 11	71	50	0.00
October 12	66	51	0.00
October 13	66	46	0.00
October 14	56	51	0.55
October 15	62	41	0.00
October 16	68	44	0.00
October 17	75	46	0.00
October 18	78	47	0.00
October 19	78	51	0.00
October 20	72	48	0.00
October 21	79	51	0.00
October 22	79	51	0.00
October 23	80	51	0.00
October 24	77	52	0.00
October 25	75	51	0.00
October 26	74	44	0.00
October 27	75	44	0.00
October 28	73	43	0.00
October 29	74	46	0.00
October 30	75	46	0.00
October 31	72	40	0.00

November 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	72	41	0.00
November 2	70	42	0.00
November 3	67	44	0.00
November 4	66	49	0.03
November 5	62	47	0.00
November 6	67	41	0.00
November 7	68	45	0.00
November 8	67	45	0.00
November 9	68	43	0.00
November 10	67	41	0.00
November 11	68	43	0.00
November 12	62	52	0.16
November 13	62	42	0.00
November 14	63	48	0.32
November 15	63	49	0.00
November 16	64	43	0.00
November 17	65	43	0.00
November 18	66	43	0.00
November 19	65	43	0.00
November 20	68	46	0.00
November 21	68	45	0.00
November 22	66	48	0.00
November 23	66	44	0.00
November 24	67	48	0.00
November 25	63	40	0.00
November 26	63	38	0.00
November 27	61	36	0.00
November 28	61	36	0.00
November 29	63	36	0.00
November 30	61	34	0.00

December 1878 Sacramento Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	61	38	0.00
December 2	63	40	0.00
December 3	66	39	0.00
December 4	65	39	0.00
December 5	63	46	0.00
December 6	65	52	0.07
December 7	62	41	0.00
December 8	58	37	0.00
December 9	62	45	0.05
December 10	56	38	0.00
December 11	59	39	0.00
December 12	56	37	0.00
December 13	57	33	0.00
December 14	56	32	0.00
December 15	55	29	0.00
December 16	53	32	0.00
December 17	55	28	0.00
December 18	56	29	0.00
December 19	57	30	0.00
December 20	58	33	0.00
December 21	58	31	0.00
December 22	57	30	0.00
December 23	53	32	0.00
December 24	58	33	0.00
December 25	53	33	0.00
December 26	52	28	0.00
December 27	50	27	0.00
December 28	52	28	0.00
December 29	52	24	0.00
December 30	57	38	0.00
December 31	48	35	0.35

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Sacramento Executive Airport	location
1877–1947	Sacramento 5 ESE	location