Ice dam risk in Sacramento, CA
Will your roof get ice dams in Sacramento, CA?
0.0 dam days a winter
Almost never. An ordinary house in Sacramento sees 0.0 days a winter when an ice dam can form, because snow rarely stays on a roof long enough below freezing.
Sacramento averages 0 inches of snow a year and about 0 days with snow on the ground. Too little lies on the roof for long. The conditions that make a dam need all three at once: snow, cold at the eave and heat above it.
Do you need to do anything in Sacramento?
- Nothing for ice dams. If you are buying here and an inspector mentions water at the eaves, ask what they saw: it is far more likely a gutter, flashing or drip-edge problem than ice.
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Sacramento next to nearby towns
Sacramento ranks 11 of 376 California cities here for ice-dam days, behind Truckee at 36.3 days.
- West Sacramento, CA 4 mi, 0.0 days
- Elk Grove, CA 11 mi, 0.0 days
- Rancho Cordova, CA 13 mi, 0.0 days
- Citrus Heights, CA 13 mi, 0.0 days
- Davis, CA 15 mi, 0.0 days
Where these numbers come from
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from Sacramento 5 ESE, 2.8 miles from Sacramento. A dam day is a day with snow on the roof and freezing at the eave while heat or sun melts the snow above it. This describes a normal winter, not this one.
- Snow-on-the-ground counts come from a second, nearby station, because the closest one does not record them.