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Sutter Creek, California Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Sutter Hill Cdf, 1.8 km from Sutter Creek

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 93°F; the coldest is December, with an average low of 39°F. A normal year brings 32.0 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Jackson (JAQ), since 1943. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sutter Creek through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
84°F
Normal low
58°F
Record high
94°Fin 2002
Record low
49°Fin 2017
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January55°F39°F76°F (2014)23°F (2007)6.06 in4.75580
February58°F42°F75°F (2025)24°F (2023)5.66 in3.04270
March62°F42°F87°F (2026)24°F (2023)4.90 in1.14020
April67°F45°F92°F (2004)25°F (2023)2.78 in0.728612
May75°F51°F100°F (2008)31°F (1999)1.69 in0.013370
June86°F57°F107°F (2014)41°F (1999)0.38 in0.027221
July93°F63°F110°F (2006)42°F (1999)0.02 in0.02404
August92°F62°F108°F (2017)47°F (2010)0.04 in0.01370
September87°F60°F107°F (2017)43°F (2019)0.26 in0.016259
October77°F53°F99°F (2001)27°F (2008)1.71 in0.19990
November63°F44°F89°F (2010)28°F (2010)3.12 in0.63456
December55°F39°F70°F (2000)20°F (1998)5.40 in4.65610
Year72°F50°F32.02 in152,8571,431

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

32.0 in in a normal year, most in January.

Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Sutter Hill Cdf. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around March 4 and the first fall freeze around December 11, a growing season of about 285 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 10, first November 25
Median at 32°F
last March 4, first December 11
Median at 28°F
last January 10, first December 27

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Sutter Creek.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January39°F74%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February42°F76%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March45°F76%99%1%0%0%0%0%
April46°F71%96%3%0%0%0%0%
May49°F62%91%9%1%0%0%0%
June48°F50%89%10%1%0%0%0%
July47°F41%96%4%0%0%0%0%
August46°F41%98%2%0%0%0%0%
September44°F42%97%3%0%0%0%0%
October40°F47%98%2%0%0%0%0%
November38°F60%99%1%0%0%0%0%
December37°F70%99%1%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 15 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 60 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is July, averaging 7.6 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 14 h 51 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 9 h 29 min.

Hours of daylight at Sutter Creek through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Amador County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Amador County: 79.1°F (+4.8 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Amador County: 0.07 in (+0.01 in against 1991-2020), the 37th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Amador County: 63.5°F (+4.4 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Amador County: 19.83 in (-4.40 in against 1991-2020), the 58th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
79.1°F in 2026
Coolest August
67.1°F in 1976
Wettest August
0.48 in in 1965
Driest August
0.00 in in 1903

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Amador County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

California climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Sutter Creek in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1943. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00048713 (Sutter Hill Cdf), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00048713, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.