Cloudy skies · Tennessee
How cloudy is Knoxville?
Knoxville right now
43°FBroken cloud
- Today44°F / 39°FClouds
- Tomorrow54°F / 39°FClouds
- Monday54°F / 36°FClear skies
Cloudy, as promised.
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In a typical year, the sky over Knoxville is mostly cloudy or overcast about 42% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 43%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 54% of the time, and September the least cloudy, at about 32%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 54% of the time. That makes it the 56th 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 19% of the time.
Knoxville is mostly cloudy about 54% of the winter, so the Smokies earn their name even when nobody lit anything.
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 | 42% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 43% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 54% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 54% |
| Least cloudy month | September, 32% |
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
- Orlando, Florida: mostly cloudy about 42% of the time
- Duluth, Minnesota: mostly cloudy about 42% of the time
- Greensboro, North Carolina: mostly cloudy about 43% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00013891. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.