Cloudy skies · Texas
How cloudy is Amarillo?
In a typical year, the sky over Amarillo is mostly cloudy or overcast about 23% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 70%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 28% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 17%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 26% of the time. That makes it the 3rd 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 the whole way through.
Amarillo is mostly cloudy about 23% of the time, and even its cloudiest month, February, only reaches about 28%, so the Texas Panhandle sky is basically a permanent blue.
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 | 23% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 70% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 26% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 28% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 17% |
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
- Grand Junction, Colorado: mostly cloudy about 23% of the time
- Las Vegas, Nevada: mostly cloudy about 24% of the time
- Phoenix, Arizona: mostly cloudy about 25% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00023047. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.