Cloudy skies · Nebraska
How cloudy is Lincoln?
In a typical year, the sky over Lincoln is mostly cloudy or overcast about 29% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 67%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 37% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 17%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 35% of the time. That makes it the 16th 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 19% of the time.
Lincoln is clear or nearly clear about 67% of the time, which is a lot of sunny sky for one capital to look after.
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 | 29% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 67% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 35% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 37% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 17% |
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
- Lubbock, Texas: mostly cloudy about 29% of the time
- Rapid City, South Dakota: mostly cloudy about 28% of the time
- Yakima, Washington: mostly cloudy about 28% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014939. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.