Cloudy skies · Kentucky
How cloudy is Louisville?
Louisville right now
44°FClear skies
- Today46°F / 39°FClouds
- Tomorrow49°F / 32°FClear skies
- Monday50°F / 34°FClear skies
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In a typical year, the sky over Louisville is mostly cloudy or overcast about 53% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 34%.
December is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 69% of the time, and September the least cloudy, at about 38%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 67% of the time. That makes it the 19th 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 25% of the time.
Louisville spends about 67% of its winter mostly cloudy, which is a lot of grey for a city whose biggest day of the year is all about bright hats.
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 | 53% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 34% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 67% |
| Cloudiest month | December, 69% |
| Least cloudy month | September, 38% |
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
- Chicago, Illinois: mostly cloudy about 53% of the time
- Newark, New Jersey: mostly cloudy about 53% of the time
- New York, New York: mostly cloudy about 53% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00093821. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.