Cloudy skies · Ohio
How cloudy is Cleveland?
Cleveland right now
41°FOvercast skies
- Today42°F / 42°FRain
- Tomorrow43°F / 40°FRain
- Monday48°F / 41°FClouds
The sky's forgotten its color.
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In a typical year, the sky over Cleveland is mostly cloudy or overcast about 61% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 26%.
December is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 82% of the time, and August the least cloudy, at about 43%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 79% of the time. That makes it the 4th cloudiest 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.
Cleveland’s December sky is mostly cloudy or overcast about 82% of the time, so the lake has more of a say in the forecast than the sun 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 | 61% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 26% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 79% |
| Cloudiest month | December, 82% |
| Least cloudy month | August, 43% |
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
- Buffalo, New York: mostly cloudy about 60% of the time
- Detroit, Michigan: mostly cloudy about 61% of the time
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: mostly cloudy about 61% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014820. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.