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Excessive Heat — Southern Sacramento Valley, California
September 4, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
The Southern Sacramento Valley region saw all-time, monthly and daily record highs set, reaching up to 116 degrees during the event. On the 6th Downtown Sacramento recorded a high temperature of 116, which broke the all-time record high of 114 degrees set on July 17, 1925. This also broke the September record of 113 which was set the day before on the 5th. The previous monthly record of 109 was set on September 1, 1950, and tied on September 2, 1955 and September 6, 2020. The record of consecutive days over 110 was tied at 2. Daily highs were also set with 113 on the 5th and 8th and 109 on the 7th. The low of 80 on the 7th was the warmest on record in September and in all months was surpassed only on July 23, 2006, which had a low of 84. Sacramento International Airport set an all-time dai
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.