<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California</a></p>

<p>It has high winter temperatures and high summer temperatures too.</p>

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2014-06-26T22:22:04.287Z
Redding, CA (at the north end of the Sacramento valley) is even warmer in the summer.  Low elevation, foehn winds, no continental polar air mass intrusions, placement of the Pacific semi-permanent high pressure, and high pressure retrograding from the Great Basin are the key factors.  Temperatures in Sacramento vary greatly depending on the direction of the winds. Onshore flow can drop temperatures by 20+ degrees (the "delta breeze").  Offshore flow in the summer is often triple digits.
DrewP84
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2014-06-26T22:30:31.573Z
Redding is even warmer than Sacramento because the city experiences increased warming from foehn winds (simply called "the north wind" locally) and has less interaction with the cooler marine airmass since there are no breaks in the Coastal range that far north.
DrewP84
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2014-06-27T01:08:57.767Z
[This image shows air masses in the USA.  Continental Polar is the coolest and impacts most locations in the USA at this latitude.  Maritime Tropical(year round) and occasionally Continental Tropical(summer)/Maritime Polar(winter) impact Sacramento but never Continental Polar.](http://www.earthonlinemedia.com/images/atmosphere/weather/NA_air_masses.jpg)
DrewP84
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2014-06-28T14:43:20.970Z
@DrewP84 why not adding that as an answer?
plannapus
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2014-07-02T16:28:01.903Z
Don't forget the urban heat island effect too!
f.thorpe
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2014-10-18T14:52:53.960Z
I agree with plannapus. Please write anwsers as anwsers.
mace
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Why is Sacramento so warm for its latitude?
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# Why is Sacramento so warm for its latitude?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-26)

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California>

It has high winter temperatures and high summer temperatures too.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Redding, CA (at the north end of the Sacramento valley) is even warmer in the summer.  Low elevation, foehn winds, no continental polar air mass intrusions, placement of the Pacific semi-permanent high pressure, and high pressure retrograding from the Great Basin are the key factors.  Temperatures in Sacramento vary greatly depending on the direction of the winds. Onshore flow can drop temperatures by 20+ degrees (the "delta breeze").  Offshore flow in the summer is often triple digits.  
> **username_1**: Redding is even warmer than Sacramento because the city experiences increased warming from foehn winds (simply called "the north wind" locally) and has less interaction with the cooler marine airmass since there are no breaks in the Coastal range that far north.  
> **username_1**: [This image shows air masses in the USA.  Continental Polar is the coolest and impacts most locations in the USA at this latitude.  Maritime Tropical(year round) and occasionally Continental Tropical(summer)/Maritime Polar(winter) impact Sacramento but never Continental Polar.](http://www.earthonlinemedia.com/images/atmosphere/weather/NA_air_masses.jpg)  
> **username_2**: @username_1 why not adding that as an answer?  
> **username_3**: Don't forget the urban heat island effect too!  
> **username_4**: I agree with username_2. Please write anwsers as anwsers.  

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