Sacramento International Airport

KSMF · California, United States

Climate Sacramento International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sacramento International Airport (KSMF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.3 63 81 73 66 64
February 90.0 87 84 96 90 95
March 91.5 93 82 94 97 95
April 96.1 97 96 100 95
May 97.4 92 100 99 99
June 99.3 100 97 100 100
July 99.6 100 100 98 100
August 94.6 99 100 86 80
September 95.0 95 98 100 74
October 95.7 94 100 92 86
November 82.3 97 92 61 92
December 72.7 75 65 48 79
Average 89.8 80.8 91.6 93.7 87.5 88.7

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.2 78 89 78 74 71
February 95.3 93 96 97 94 96
March 96.3 99 92 97 99 99
April 98.4 100 100 100 98
May 99.1 97 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 99 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 96.4 100 100 90 87
September 96.8 99 100 100 79
October 97.1 98 100 95 89
November 86.4 98 99 69 95
December 78.9 85 72 56 81
Average 93.5 90.1 96.3 96.1 90.5 91.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.1 15 15 15 15 14
February 16.4 17 15 18 18 19
March 18.5 19 16 22 19 18
April 23.5 24 24 26 24
May 27.8 26 29 30 29
June 32.8 30 34 34 33
July 35.6 37 36 36 35
August 35.0 36 37 35 36
September 32.1 30 35 33 33
October 26.9 28 29 24 30
November 18.7 21 18 18 19
December 13.8 16 12 11 15
Average 23.7 16.8 24.4 26.2 24.8 25.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.5 8 7 3 5 6
February 5.1 8 4 3 5 5
March 7.0 9 7 7 6 7
April 9.4 10 9 9 10
May 11.9 12 11 13 13
June 15.0 14 16 15 15
July 16.3 17 17 16 15
August 16.7 18 18 16 18
September 15.0 16 18 14 16
October 10.4 12 12 11 11
November 6.3 7 4 8 5
December 4.5 6 4 5 3
Average 10.0 8.2 10.8 10.3 10.2 10.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.0 10 17 0 5 3
February 7.1 10 11 0 2 0
March 8.9 7 21 1 3 9
April 3.1 0 3 0 5
May 2.4 4 1 0 3
June 0.5 1 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.6 1 2 0 0
October 1.1 2 0 6 0
November 4.0 3 3 3 3
December 8.3 6 17 12 4
Average 4.1 9.0 5.2 1.7 2.3 2.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.8 7 10 5 7 6
February 7.7 8 8 6 7 7
March 7.8 8 10 7 7 8
April 7.1 7 8 6 6
May 7.6 7 9 8 7
June 7.1 7 8 7 7
July 6.1 6 7 6 6
August 5.5 6 5 5 5
September 5.8 6 6 6 5
October 6.1 6 4 7 5
November 5.3 6 6 4 6
December 5.7 5 7 6 6
Average 6.7 7.5 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 170° 194° 336° 156° 177°
February 185° 214° 332° 327° 333°
March 191° 197° 262° 303° 198°
April 239° 237° 191° 204°
May 177° 307° 276° 220°
June 181° 201° 176° 209°
July 184° 181° 178° 180°
August 205° 186° 181° 186°
September 183° 204° 208° 298°
October 327° 312° 210° 330°
November 329° 271° 328° 306°
December 201° 194° 179° 337°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.