Rainfall totals Sacramento, CA
Through Oct 7, 2026, Sacramento has received 9.58 inches of rain for the year, according to the official daily climate report. The normal year-to-date total is 12.30 inches. The normal figure is what the city would typically have seen by this point in the calendar. This reading comes from the station gauge at SACRAMENTO/EXECUTIV in the National Weather Service's daily climate report.
as of
Data from Sacramento Executive Airport, with records back to 1941. Across the record from 1941, 96 percent of days have a reading, with 100 percent in 2025.
Most recent rainfall
0.01 inches of rain fell on Sep 27, 2026, the latest measurable rainfall this year.
SACRAMENTO/EXECUTIV saw no measurable rain on Oct 7, 2026, according to the National Weather Service daily climate report.
Official rainfall report for Oct 7, 2026
| Measured | Normal | vs normal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on Oct 7, 2026 | 0.00 inches | 0.02 inches | -0.02 inches |
| Last 48 hours | 0.00 inches | ||
| Last 72 hours | 0.00 inches | ||
| Last 7 days | 0.00 inches | ||
| Month to date | 0.00 inches | 0.10 inches | -0.10 inches |
| Year to date | 9.58 inches | 12.30 inches | -2.72 inches (-22%) |
| Record for Oct 7 | 0.60 inches | 1889 |
Source: National Weather Service daily climate report for SACRAMENTO/EXECUTIV, issued the morning after Oct 7, 2026. The local National Weather Service office issues the daily climate report for the airport station the next morning, and that report is the official figure.
How much rain did Sacramento get?
Days with measurable rain, 2026
| Date | Rainfall |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 0.01 inches |
| May 29, 2026 | 0.12 inches |
| May 28, 2026 | 0.02 inches |
| May 5, 2026 | 0.01 inches |
| May 4, 2026 | 0.54 inches |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 0.03 inches |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 0.15 inches |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 1.24 inches |
| Apr 20, 2026 | 0.66 inches |
| Apr 12, 2026 | 0.27 inches |
| Apr 11, 2026 | 0.79 inches |
| Apr 10, 2026 | 0.21 inches |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 0.02 inches |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 0.09 inches |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.14 inches |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 0.13 inches |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 0.01 inches |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 0.80 inches |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 1.27 inches |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 0.45 inches |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 0.15 inches |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 0.07 inches |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 0.10 inches |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 0.24 inches |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 1.34 inches |
| Jan 3, 2026 | 0.06 inches |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 0.05 inches |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 0.61 inches |
With 1.34 inches on Jan 4, 2026, this is the 118th wettest of the 4,743 measurable rain days in the Sacramento Executive Airport record, which begins in 1941.
Through Oct 3, 2026, the GHCN-Daily station record shows 9.58 inches of measurable rain so far this year, falling over a 28-day span. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
Sacramento rainfall by month, 2026
| Month | Rainfall | Normal | vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.40 inches | 3.66 inches | -1.26 inches (-34%) |
| February | 2.88 inches | 3.49 inches | -0.61 inches (-17%) |
| March | 0.14 inches | 2.68 inches | -2.54 inches (-95%) |
| April | 3.46 inches | 1.26 inches | +2.20 inches (+175%) |
| May | 0.69 inches | 0.75 inches | -0.06 inches (-8%) |
| June | 0.00 inches | 0.23 inches | -0.23 inches |
| July | 0.00 inches | 0.00 inches | |
| August | 0.00 inches | 0.04 inches | -0.04 inches |
| September | 0.01 inches | 0.09 inches | -0.08 inches |
| October | 0.00 inches | 0.85 inches |
October is still in progress; figures run through Oct 3, 2026. Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Rainfall days at each threshold in Sacramento
| Year | 0.5+ in. | 1+ in. | 2+ in. | 3+ in. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Average | 11.8 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
A day counts when its rainfall total meets or passes the column amount, from Sacramento Executive Airport records in GHCN-Daily. Every complete year starting with 1941 counts toward the average, 78 years in total.
Past rainfall years in Sacramento
All-time rainfall records
| Wettest day | 5.41 inches | Oct 24, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Wettest year | 33.44 inches | 1983 |
| Driest year | 5.81 inches | 2013 |
| Average year | 17.55 inches | 78 complete years on record |
| Rain days a year | 57 | average, 0.01 inch or more |
| Record begins | 1941 | 29,819 daily readings |
Monthly rainfall normals
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inches | 3.66 | 3.49 | 2.68 | 1.26 | 0.75 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.85 | 1.66 | 3.43 | 18.14 |
Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
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