Cloudy skies · Wisconsin
How cloudy is Madison?
In a typical year, the sky over Madison is mostly cloudy or overcast about 42% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 51%.
December is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 55% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 28%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 52% of the time. That makes it the 57th least cloudy sky of the 116 US cities we track.
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The forecast for the next 48 hours doesn’t have the sky mostly cloudy at any point.
Madison is mostly cloudy about 55% of the time in December but only about 28% in July, so the lakes look like a different city each season.
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 | 51% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 52% |
| Cloudiest month | December, 55% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 28% |
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
- Dallas, Texas: mostly cloudy about 42% of the time
- Toledo, Ohio: mostly cloudy about 42% of the time
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: mostly cloudy about 42% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014837. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.