Tom Loffman's
Sacramento Weather
Heat Wave: July, 2006


My home weather station - HOT! Weekend of July 22,23, 2006

 RECORD EVENT REPORT  
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA
 615 AM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006
 
 
 ...HEAT WAVE CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS ACROSS THE VALLEY...
  
 ...SUMMARY OF RECORDS FOR SATURDAY JULY 22...
 
 LOW TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY BROKE OR TIED RECORDS FOR HIGHEST MINIMUM
 TEMPERATURE IN SACRAMENTO...STOCKTON...MODESTO AND REDDING.
 
 LOCATION                 SATURDAYS     PREVIOUS RECORD  
                          LOW           LOW TEMPERATURE/YEAR SET 
 
 SACRAMENTO (EXEC ARPT)   76            69 IN 1960
 SACRAMENTO (CITY)        79            71 IN 2003
 STOCKTON                 80            76 IN 1960
 MODESTO                  84            74 IN 2003
 REDDING                  78   (TIED)   78 IN 1938
 
 
 ...HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN ON SATURDAY...
 
 LOCATION                 SATURDAYS     PREVIOUS RECORD
                          HIGH          HIGH TEMPERATURE/YEAR SET
 
 SACRAMENTO (EXEC ARPT)   110           103 IN 2003
 SACRAMENTO (CITY)        109           105 IN 2003
 STOCKTON                 113           105 IN 1971
 MODESTO                  112           106 IN 1939
 REDDING                  112           111 IN 1915          
 RED BLUFF                112           111 IN 1956
REGIONAL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
 510 PM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006
 :
 :OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT 500 PM...TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION...INCHES
 .B STO 0723 P DH17/TX/TN/PP/SD
 :
 :HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FOR TODAY
 :LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FOR TODAY
 :
 : ID        STATION           ELEV   HIGH / LOW /  PCPN / SNODEP
 :
 :      ...NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA/LASSEN N.P./SISKIYOU COUNTY...
 AAT  :      ALTURAS           4400 :  100 /  59 /  0.00 /    
 BNYC1:      BURNEY            3158 :    M /  57 /     M /    
 MINC1:      MINERAL           4875 :    M /  54 /     M /    
 MNZC1:      MANZANITA LAKE    5750 :    M /  57 /     M /    
 CHEC1:      CHESTER           4525 :    M /  58 /     M /    
 QCYC1:      QUINCY            3408 :    M /  60 /     M /    
 TVL  :      TAHOE VALLEY      6314 :   87 /  59 /  0.00 /    
 BLU  :      BLUE CANYON       5280 :   88 /  76 /  0.00 /    
 MHS  :      MOUNT SHASTA      3590 :   98 /  61 /  0.00 /    
 SIY  :      MONTAGUE/SISKIYOU 2635 :  104 /  67 /  0.00 /    
 : 
 :      ...NORTHERN/CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS...
 SHDC1:      SHASTA DAM        1075 :    M /  80 /     M /    
 RDD  :      REDDING AP         502 :  114 /  79 /  0.00 /    
 RBL  :      RED BLUFF          349 :  113 /  79 /  0.00 /    
 WLSC1:      WILLOWS 6W         233 :    M /   M /     M /    
 CIC  :      CHICO              238 :  112 /  76 /  0.00 /    
 OVE  :      OROVILLE           192 :  112 /  79 /  0.00 /    
 PDEC1:      PARADISE          1750 :  107 /  84 /  0.00 /    
 MYV  :      MARYSVILLE          62 :  112 /  77 /  0.00 /    
 ECKC1:      ALDER SPRINGS     4500 :   95 /  78 /  0.00 /    
 :
        ...SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY/LAKE COUNTY...
 UPLC1:      UPPER LAKE        1335 :    M /  66 /     M /    
 DTS  :      SACRAMENTO          25 :  111 /  84 /  0.00 /    
 SAC  :      SACRAMENTO EXEC AP  21 :  111 /  78 /  0.00 /    
 SMF  :      SACRAMENTO INTL AP  25 :  111 /  77 /  0.00 /    
 VCB  :      VACAVILLE          113 :  114 /  78 /  0.00 /    
 WDLC1:      WOODLAND            69 :    M /   M /     M /    
 :
 :      ...DELTA/NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...
 SUU  :      TRAVIS AFB          40 :  113 /  77 /  0.00 /    
 SCK  :      STOCKTON AP         29 :  115 /  82 /  0.00 /    
 MOD  :      MODESTO AP          97 :  113 /  83 /  0.00 /    
 :
 :      ...MOTHERLODE...
 GRAC1:      GRASS VALLEY      2500 :    M /  71 /     M /    
 AUBC1:      AUBURN            1360 :    M /   M /     M /    
 SRLC1:      SUTTER HILL       1300 :    M /  85 /     M /    
 ADSC1:      SAN ANDREAS       1100 :    M /   M /     M /    
 SONC1:      SONORA            1750 :    M /  71 /     M /    
 GROC1:      GROVELAND         2850 :    M /  75 /     M /
 
 RECORD EVENT REPORT...PRELIMINARY...  
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA
 720 PM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006
 
 
 ...THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS ACROSS THE VALLEY...
  
 ...TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET AT REDDING AIRPORT...RED BLUFF AIRPORT 
 DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO...SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT...STOCKTON 
 AIRPORT...AND MODESTO AIRPORT...
 
 AT REDDING AIRPORT THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY WAS 114 DEGREES
 WHICH SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD 
 RECORD WAS 109 DEGREES SET IN 2003.
 
 AT THE RED BLUFF AIRPORT THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 113 DEGREES WHICH 
 ALSO SETS A NEW RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD 
 RECORD WAS 112 DEGREES SET IN 1981. 
 
 IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO THE MORNING LOW TEMPERATURE FELL TO ONLY 84 
 DEGREES BREAKING THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR THE WARMEST MINIMUM 
 TEMPERATURE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 79 DEGREES SET ON JULY 22 2006... 
 BEFORE THAT THE RECORD WAS 78 DEGREES SET ON JUNE 23 1909. 84 
 DEGREES THIS MORNING ALSO SETS A RECORD FOR WARMEST MINIMUM 
 TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 70 DEGREES SET IN 
 1956. THE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 111 DEGREES WHICH ALSO 
 BREAKS THE RECORD FOR WARMEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE 
 OLD RECORD WAS 107 DEGREES SET IN 1942.
 
 AT THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN SACRAMENTO THE MORNING LOW WAS 78 
 DEGREES WHICH SETS THE RECORD FOR THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 
 FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 69 DEGREES SET IN 1956. THE 
 AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE...111 DEGREES...WAS ALSO RECORD 
 SETTING...BEING THE WARMEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE 
 OLD RECORD WAS 105 DEGREES SET IN 1975.
 
 AT THE STOCKTON AIRPORT THE MORNING LOW MINIMUM WAS A RECORD SETTING 
 82 DEGREES...THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD 
 RECORD WAS 72 DEGREES SET IN 1916. THE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE... 
 115 DEGREES...SETS A RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE 
 OLD RECORD WAS 107 DEGREES SET IN 1960. IT ALSO SETS THE ALL TIME 
 RECORD FOR THE WARMEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE STOCKTON AIRPORT 
 ANY MONTH. THE OLD RECORD WAS 114 DEGREES SET IN 1972.
 
 AT THE MODESTO AIRPORT THE MORNING LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 83...SETTING 
 A RECORD FOR THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE OLD 
 RECORD WAS 76 DEGREES SET IN 2003. THE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE 
 CLIMBED TO 113 DEGREES SETTING A RECORD FOR THE WARMEST MAXIMUM 
 TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 105 DEGREES SET IN 
 1960.
 
 THIS IS A PRELIMINARY REPORT...THE ABOVE TEMERATURE RECORDS WILL NOT 
 BE FINAL UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LATE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OR MIDNIGHT LOW 
 TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE SOME VALUES TO BE REVISED. A FINAL RECORD 
 REPORT WILL BE SENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER 6 AM PDT MONDAY 
 MORNING.
 
 RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME  
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA
 710 PM PDT MON JUL 24 2006
 
 ...PRELIMINARY REPORT...
 
 ...THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS ACROSS THE VALLEY...
  
 ...ALL TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD TIED AT MODESTO AIRPORT...
 
 ...DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN AT SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE 
 AIRPORT...STOCKTON AIRPORT AND AT MODESTO AIRPORT...
 
 ...DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED AT THE REDDING AIRPORT 
 AND IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO...
 
 ...DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN DOWNTOWN 
 SACRAMENTO...AT SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AND AT MODESTO 
 AIRPORT...
 
 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AT THE MODESTO AIRPORT WAS 113 DEGREES 
 WHICH NOT ONLY BREAKS THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD...106 
 DEGREES 1960...BUT ALSO TIES THE ALL TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE 
 RECORD...113 DEGREES SET YESTERDAY JULY 23 2006.
 
 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN AT SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE 
 AIRPORT...108 DEGREES...OLD RECORD 106 DEGREES IN 1975...AND AT 
 STOCKTON AIRPORT...TODAYS HIGH 113 DEGREES...OLD RECORD 107 DEGREES 
 IN 1980. 
 
 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED AT THE REDDING AIRPORT... 
 TODAYS HIGH 113 DEGREES...LAST OCCURANCE IN 1964...AND IN DOWNTOWN 
 SACRAMENTO...TODAYS HIGH 108 DEGREES...LAST OCCURANCE IN 1985.
 
 DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET IN DOWNTOWN 
 SACRAMENTO...TODAYS MINIMUM 79 DEGREES...OLD RECORD 73 DEGREES IN 
 1974...AT SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT...TODAYS MINIMUM 74 
 DEGREES...OLD RECORD 69 DEGREES IN 1988...AND AT MODESTO 
 AIRPORT...TODAYS MINIMUM 78 DEGREES...OLD RECORD 74 DEGREES IN 1931.
 
 108 DEGREES IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO TODAY TIES THE RECORD FOR THE 
 GREATEST NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES 100 DEGREES OR 
 HIGHER AT 9 DAYS...JULY 16 TO 24. THIS RECORD HAS NOW OCCURED 5 
 TIMES. THE 4 PREVIOUS OCCURANCES WERE AUGUST 8 TO 16 1996...JULY 10 
 TO 18 1984...JUNE 19 TO 27 1981 AND AUGUST 1 TO 9 1966.
 
 THE FORECAST FOR SACRAMENTO FOR TUESDAY IS AGAIN OVER 100 DEGREES SO 
 IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE RECORD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 
 CONSECUTIVE DAYS 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER COULD BE BROKEN TOMORROW.
 
 HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE PRELIMINARY 
 AND WILL BE FINAL AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS HIGH TEMPERATURES CAN OCCUR 
 AFTER 5 PM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES CAN OCCUR AT MIDNIGHT. AN UPDATE 
 WITH FINAL VALUES WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER 630 AM. 
 
RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECT TIME 
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA
 110 PM PDT TUE JUL 25 2006
 
 ...RECORD SETTING HEAT WAVE FOR SACRAMENTO...
 
 BY 12:52 PDT THE TEMPERATURE IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO HAD REACHED 100 
 DEGREES. THIS MAKES THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF TEMPERATURES OF 100 
 DEGREES OR HIGHER IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO...A NEW RECORD.
 
 THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 9 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHICH HAD BEEN 
 REACHED 4 TIMES PREVIOUSLY...IN 1966...1981...1984..AND 1996.
 
 ANOTHER HOT DAY IS FORECAST TOMORROW...SO THE RECORD OF 10 DAYS MAY 
 NOT LAST LONG! TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DROP TO MORE 
 NORMAL LEVELS BY THE WEEKEND.
 
 RECORD EVENT REPORT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA
 800 AM PDT WED JUL 26 2006
 
 ...RECORD SETTING HEAT WAVE CONTINUES...
 
 ...NEW RECORD FOR GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES 100 
 DEGREES OR HIGHER IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO...
 
 ...RECORD TIED FOR GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES 100 
 DEGREES OR HIGHER AT MODESTO AIRPORT...
 
 ...NEW DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SET AT STOCKTON AIRPORT AND AT 
 MODESTO AIRPORT...
 
 ...DAILY WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED AT THE MODESTO AIRPORT...
 
 THE HEAT WAVE OF 2006 CONTINUES. DAILY REECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE 
 RECORDS WERE RECORDED AT STOCKTON AND MODESTO AIPORTS. ALSO...WITH A 
 HIGH OF 107...DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO RECORDED THE TENTH STRAIGHT DAY 
 WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES OR MORE...BREAKING THE OLD 
 RECORD OF 9 DAYS WHICH HAD BEEN SET 4 TIMES PREVIOUSLY. THE RECORD 
 HIGH IN MODESTO ALSO TIED THEIR RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HIGHS 
 OF 100 OR MORE...LAST SET IN 1960.
 
 THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 113 DEGREES WAS SET AT STOCKTON 
 AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 111 SET IN 1980. 
 THIS WAS THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES AT 
 STOCKTON AS WELL...BUT THE RECORD THERE IS 14 DAYS.
 
 THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 111 DEGREES WAS SET AT MODESTO AIRPORT 
 YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 108 SET IN 1931.
 
 HOT DAYS IN THE NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN AND SACRAMENTO VALLEYS ARE 
 FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...SO RECORDS FOR GREATEST NUMBER 
 OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER COULD BE BROKEN AGAIN THIS 
 WEEK IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO AND BROKEN AT THE MODESTO AIRPORT. 
 
 
RECORD EVENT REPORT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA
 315 PM PDT WED JUL 26 2006
 
 ...RECORD STRING OF 100 DEGREE DAYS CONTINUES IN SACRAMENTO...
 
 THE SACRAMENTO CITY TEMPERATURE HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES 
 TODAY WITH THE STRING OF DAYS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 100 OR 
 HIGHER NOW AT 11 IN A ROW.
 
 YESTERDAY SAW THE PREVIOUS ALL TIME RECORD OF 9 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 
 A 100 OR HIGHER BROKEN HERE IN SACRAMENTO WHEN THE MERCURY CLIMBED 
 TO 107 DEGREES. 
 
 LOOKING AHEAD...SOME MINOR COOLING IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE 
 DELTA OVERNIGHT AS BREEZES DEVELOP IN THE VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES 
 ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 
 ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AREA. 
RECORD EVENT REPORT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA
 545 AM PDT THU JUL 27 2006
 
 ...RECORD STRING OF 100 DEGREE DAYS CONTINUES IN SACRAMENTO...
 
 ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR WEDNESDAY AT SACRAMENTO AND
    MODESTO...
 
 THE SACRAMENTO CITY TEMPERATURE REACHED 102 DEGREES WEDNESDAY... 
 BRINGING THE STRING OF DAYS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 100 OR 
 HIGHER TO 11 IN A ROW.
 
 ALTHOUGH AN ONSHORE FLOW HAS BEGUN TO COOL THE REGION...TODAYS HIGH 
 AT THE CITY LOCATION WILL AGAIN APPROACH THE 100 DEGREE MARK...SO 
 THIS RECORD MAY STILL BE EXTENDED.
 
 THE FINAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON WEDNESDAY FELL TO 74 DEGREES AT 
 BOTH THE SACRAMENTO CITY LOCATION AND AT MODESTO AIRPORT. IN BOTH 
 INSTANCES...THIS WAS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE READING EVER 
 RECORDED AT THOSE LOCATIONS FOR THAT DATE. THE OLD RECORD FOR 
 SACRAMENTO WAS 73...SET IN 1974. THE OLD RECORD FOR MODESTO WAS 
 72...SET IN 1973.