Cloudy skies · Texas
How cloudy is Houston?
Houston right now
60°FClear skies
- Today66°F / 60°FClouds
- Tomorrow70°F / 55°FRain
- Monday57°F / 53°FClouds
Beige weather for a beige day.
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In a typical year, the sky over Houston is mostly cloudy or overcast about 48% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 32%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 60% of the time, and October the least cloudy, at about 35%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 57% of the time. That makes it the 37th 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 94% of the time.
Houston is mostly cloudy about 57% of the winter, which is the one part of the year when the sky gives the air conditioning a rest.
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 | 48% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 32% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 57% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 60% |
| Least cloudy month | October, 35% |
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
- Richmond, Virginia: mostly cloudy about 48% of the time
- Des Moines, Iowa: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
- Raleigh, North Carolina: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00012960. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.