Cloudy skies · North Carolina
How cloudy is Charlotte?
Charlotte right now
50°FA few clouds
- Today50°F / 39°FClear skies
- Tomorrow55°F / 32°FClouds
- Monday54°F / 36°FClear skies
The sun's clocked off early.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Charlotte is mostly cloudy or overcast about 49% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 37%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 53% of the time, and October the least cloudy, at about 40%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 51% of the time. That makes it the 36th cloudiest sky of the 116 US cities we track.
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The forecast for the next 48 hours doesn’t have the sky mostly cloudy at any point.
Charlotte is mostly cloudy about 49% of the time and clear or nearly clear about 37%, so the sky makes up its mind about as often as the traffic does.
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 | 49% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 37% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 51% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 53% |
| Least cloudy month | October, 40% |
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
- Hartford, Connecticut: mostly cloudy about 49% of the time
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin: mostly cloudy about 49% of the time
- Albany, New York: mostly cloudy about 50% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00013881. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.