Cloudy skies · Ohio
How cloudy is Columbus?
Columbus right now
41°FBroken cloud
- Today43°F / 42°FClouds
- Tomorrow46°F / 40°FClouds
- Monday47°F / 38°FClouds
Fifty shades of gray. Boring ones.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Columbus is mostly cloudy or overcast about 54% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 32%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 71% of the time, and August the least cloudy, at about 41%. That makes it the 15th 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 about 88% of the time.
Columbus is mostly cloudy about 71% of the time in January, which is when the sky over central Ohio goes full wet cardboard.
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 | 54% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 32% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | too few readings |
| Cloudiest month | January, 71% |
| Least cloudy month | August, 41% |
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
- Lansing, Michigan: mostly cloudy about 54% of the time
- Fort Wayne, Indiana: mostly cloudy about 54% of the time
- Akron, Ohio: mostly cloudy about 55% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014821. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.