Cloudy skies · New Mexico
How cloudy is Albuquerque?
Albuquerque right now
49°FOvercast skies
- Today51°F / 36°FRain
- Tomorrow58°F / 34°FClouds
- Monday56°F / 37°FClouds
The sky's forgotten its color.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Albuquerque is mostly cloudy or overcast about 31% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 47%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 39% of the time, and June the least cloudy, at about 23%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 36% of the time. That makes it the 20th least cloudy sky of the 116 US cities we track.
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The forecast for the next 48 hours has the sky mostly cloudy about 19% of the time.
Albuquerque is mostly cloudy about 31% of the time, so the balloon pilots get a clear sky most mornings, which is the whole point.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The sky at a glance
| Mostly cloudy or overcast, all year | 31% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 47% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 36% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 39% |
| Least cloudy month | June, 23% |
Shares of hours across a typical year. Mostly cloudy means at least five eighths of the sky covered; clear or nearly clear means two eighths or less.
Cities with about the same sky
- Springfield, Missouri: mostly cloudy about 31% of the time
- Reno, Nevada: mostly cloudy about 31% of the time
- Mobile, Alabama: mostly cloudy about 32% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00023050. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.