Cloudy skies · California
How cloudy is Fresno?
In a typical year, the sky over Fresno is mostly cloudy or overcast about 27% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 60%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 52% of the time, and August the least cloudy, at about 7%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 48% of the time. That makes it the 11th 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 50% of the time.
Fresno is mostly cloudy about 48% of the winter but only about 7% in August, so the valley goes from grey blanket to blue oven.
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 | 27% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 60% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 48% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 52% |
| Least cloudy month | August, 7% |
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
- Pensacola, Florida: mostly cloudy about 27% of the time
- Boise, Idaho: mostly cloudy about 27% of the time
- Cheyenne, Wyoming: mostly cloudy about 26% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00093193. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.