How much rain fell in Sacramento during atmospheric river storm? See totals — and what’s next
After roughly two weeks of heavy rainfall, the Sacramento area is looking at a wetter-than-normal water year.
As of Friday morning, Sacramento Executive Airport has received 12.12 inches of rain since Oct. 1, according to meteorologist Katrina Hand with the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office.
The normal rainfall amount for this point in the water year is 11.72 inches, she said.
The above-average rainfall totals come in the wake of atmospheric river systems that have dumped rain on Sacramento since the end of January.
Here’s how much rain has fallen throughout the Sacramento region:
How much did it rain in Sacramento?
Since the start of the storm systems at the end of January, Sacramento Executive Airport received 4.44 inches of rain, according to Hand.
Between Wednesday and Friday morning, the airport received 1.27 inches of rainfall in total, she said.
Here’s how much rain had fallen over the past two weeks across the Sacramento area as of Friday morning, according to data from the weather service:
- Downtown Sacramento: 4.87 inches of rain
- Sacramento International Airport: 4.92 inches
- Elk Grove: 4.5 inches
- Folsom: 5.6 inches
- Rocklin: 4.37 inches
- El Dorado Hills: 7.27 inches
- Cameron Park: 10.88 inches
- Auburn: 7.76 inches
- Woodland: 8.86 inches
- UC Davis: 5.81 inches
- Placerville: 9.38 inches
- Pollock Pines: 13.54 inches
What’s in the weather forecast for Sacramento?
Sacramento was expected to be mostly sunny and breezy throughout Friday, Valentine’s Day, with wind gusts reaching 20 mph, according to the weather service’s forecast for Sacramento.
Friday was forecast to have a high temperature near 58 degrees with a low temperature around 39 degrees.
Saturday is expected to remain partly sunny with some clouds rolling in overnight. The high will be around 57 and the low near 42.
Sunday has a 20% chance of showers before 10 a.m., remaining mostly cloudy overnight.
Sunday will have a high of about 57 and an overnight low around 43.
Monday, Washington’s Birthday, is forecast to be mostly sunny, with a high near 59 and a low around 40.
Is more rain on the way?
There are no more storms slated to roll through the Sacramento area in the next week, according to Hand.
She said the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center indicates below-average rainfall in the Sacramento area through the end of February, with storm tracks appearing to stay north of the capitol region.
According to the Climate Prediction Center’s precipitation outlook, California has a 40% to 60% chance of below-average rainfall through Feb. 27.
A forecast discussion for the Sacramento area published Friday said there are “light precipitation chances” for higher elevations and around the northern Sacramento Valley on Sunday into Monday.
This story was originally published February 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM.
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