Cloudy skies · Pennsylvania
How cloudy is Erie?
In a typical year, the sky over Erie is mostly cloudy or overcast about 46% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 49%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 76% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 27%. That makes it the 44th 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.
Erie’s January sky is mostly cloudy about 76% of the time, then clears to about 27% in July, so the lake is either sulking or sparkling.
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 | 46% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 49% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | too few readings |
| Cloudiest month | January, 76% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 27% |
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
- Binghamton, New York: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
- Salt Lake City, Utah: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
- San Antonio, Texas: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014860. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.