The coldest temps in nearly a month are on the way for Sacramento and much of Northern California.
A strong upper atmospheric trough — an area of low pressure — has been developing over the past several days in the Gulf of Alaska. That trough is now making its push into the western United States. As it arrives, it will bring with it a strong cold front out of the northwest that will push temps well below average across much of interior California and the western U.S.
These colder temps arrive first on Friday in the form of passing clouds across Northern and Central California. There will likely even be a few remote rain showers north and east of Sacramento on Friday as front passes. High temps for Sacramento will only reach to around the mid-80s, but the drop doesn’t stop there.
To give an idea of just how cool it will get, Saturday afternoon temps will only reach into the upper 70s in Sacramento. The last time we had temps this cool was on May 29 — nearly a month ago. For this time of year, high temps this cold are about 10 to 15 degrees below average for Sacramento…