When will rain return to Sacramento? How much could fall? Here’s the latest forecast
Break out the umbrellas, Sacramento. The capital city could see some rain this week, according to the National Weather Service.
“We are expecting cool temperatures as well as some gusty winds,” said Katrina Hand, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office.
“It’s uncommon to see at this point in the summertime,” Hand said.
“Isolated to scattered thunderstorms” are expected in parts of Northern California, the weather service said, as well as a little snow.
Here’s what is in store for the capital region as the weather undergoes an unseasonable “pattern shift.”
What’s in the latest weather forecast for Sacramento?
The Sacramento area is in for some “temperature whiplash” over the next few days, the National Weather Service wrote Wednesday in an X post.
“Temperatures fall to well below normal moving toward the weekend,” the agency wrote on X. “A rapid return to above-normal temperatures arrives by early next week.”
Thursday will be sunny in Sacramento, with a high temperature near 82 degrees and winds gusting as high as 22 mph, the weather service said in its seven-day forecast.
The low temperature will be around around 57 degrees, the weather service said.
Wind gusts of 20 to 30 mph are expected across the Valley, the weather service said Wednesday on X, while gusts could reach 40 to 45 mph across the Sierra Nevada.
The “strongest winds” could hit Thursday afternoon and evening, the weather service said.
When will the rain get here?
In Sacramento, Friday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 75 and winds around 9 mph, the weather service said in its forecast.
On Friday night, there’s a 30% chance of showers after 11 p.m., as well as light winds and a low of around 60.
More rain is possible during the day Saturday, when there’s a 30% chance of showers before 11 a.m.
Saturday will have a high near 81 and an overnight low around 59, the weather service said.
The Sacramento area will see less than a 10th of an inch of precipitation, according to the agency.
The sunshine returns to the Sacramento area in full force on Sunday, which will see a high near 91 and a low around 62.
Monday will be sunny and hot, the weather service said, with a high near 97 and a low around 65.
The temperature will shoot into the triple digits on Tuesday, when Sacramento will see a high near 101 and a low of around 65.
Will cool temperatures and rain stick around?
After a dip in temperatures over the weekend, the Sacramento area will “ramp back up to hotter and drier conditions pretty quickly,” Hand said.
According to Hand, it’s too early to tell what’s in store for the fall, weatherwise.
“It’s hard to say at this point what we’ll see over the coming months,” she said.
