Cloudy skies · Montana
How cloudy is Billings?
Billings right now
39°FBroken cloud
- Today50°F / 41°FClouds
- Tomorrow55°F / 37°FClouds
- Monday54°F / 37°FClouds
Grey. Shocking, I know.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Billings is mostly cloudy or overcast about 37% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 46%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 47% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 19%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 44% of the time. That makes it the 40th 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 13% of the time.
Billings is mostly cloudy about 37% of the time, and July clears to about 19%, so the Big Sky in Montana is actually an accurate description.
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 | 37% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 46% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 44% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 47% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 19% |
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
- Dubuque, Iowa: mostly cloudy about 37% of the time
- San Francisco, California: mostly cloudy about 37% of the time
- Asheville, North Carolina: mostly cloudy about 36% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00024033. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.