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    How cloudy is Boise?

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    43°FClear skies

    • Today53°F / 43°FClouds
    • Tomorrow62°F / 43°FClouds
    • Monday47°F / 41°FRain
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    Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.

    In a typical year, the sky over Boise is mostly cloudy or overcast about 27% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 69%.

    January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 52% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 6%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 48% of the time. That makes it the 13th 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 63% of the time.

    Boise is mostly cloudy only about 6% of the time in July, so summer here is one long uninterrupted blue sky.

    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 year27%
    Clear or nearly clear, all year69%
    Mostly cloudy, December to February48%
    Cloudiest monthJanuary, 52%
    Least cloudy monthJuly, 6%

    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.

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    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00024131. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.