Cloudy skies · Michigan
How cloudy is Grand Rapids?
Grand Rapids right now
41°FBroken cloud
- Today43°F / 38°FClouds
- Tomorrow45°F / 37°FClouds
- Monday49°F / 33°FClouds
Cold enough to notice.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Grand Rapids is mostly cloudy or overcast about 58% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 32%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 81% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 41%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 77% of the time. That makes it the 8th 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 63% of the time.
Grand Rapids spends about 77% of its winter mostly cloudy, which makes the city’s lake-effect lid one of the most reliable things in Michigan.
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 | 58% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 32% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 77% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 81% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 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
- Rochester, New York: mostly cloudy about 59% of the time
- Portland, Oregon: mostly cloudy about 57% of the time
- Seattle, Washington: mostly cloudy about 60% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00094860. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.