1 Wood shingles or shakes are beautiful but require ongoing maintenance, can be prone to fires and don't last as long as other roofing materials. 2  Installing natural wood shingles or shakes on an average one-story, ranch-style home (1,700-2,100 square feet of gently sloping roof) costs around $6,800-$20,000 or more. Do-it-yourself materials to install an asphalt shingle roof on an average one-story ranch-style home (with a gently sloping roof of 1,700-2,100 square feet) can run $680-$3,700, depending on the quality of the materials.
Weather Directory. Sacramento's coldest month is December when the average temperature overnight is 37.7Â°F. In July, the warmest month, the average day time temperature rises to 92.4Â°F. The driest month in Sacramento is July with 0.05 inches of precipitation, and with 3.84 inches January is the wettest month.
2014 was hottest year in Sacramento's history. Sacramento plodded through its hottest year on record in 2014, with an average high temperature a full degree above the city's next-hottest year, according to a Bee analysis of records from the National Climatic Data Center. Tree stumps, boulders and rocks normally covered by Folsom Lake lay exposed by two years of drought.