Heat — Central Sacramento Valley, California

2023-07-21 to 2023-07-22 · Central Sacramento Valley, California

Event narrative

Daytime highs reached the 100 to 105 degree range across this zone, with overnight lows in the 70s.

Wider weather episode

Hot temperatures brought widespread Moderate HeatRisk and Areas of Major HeatRisk over a late July weekend. Sacramento set a new daily high of 108 degrees for July 21st. Redding Municipal Airport and Red Bluff Airport tied the previous record daily high of 112 degrees for July 21st. Redding then set a new daily record high temperature of 113 degrees on July 22nd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1132280. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.