Cloudy skies · Wisconsin
How cloudy is Milwaukee?
Milwaukee right now
39°FA few clouds
- Today43°F / 36°FClouds
- Tomorrow47°F / 33°FClear skies
- Monday48°F / 30°FClear skies
Grey. Shocking, I know.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Milwaukee is mostly cloudy or overcast about 49% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 37%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 60% of the time, and August the least cloudy, at about 38%. That makes it the 34th cloudiest 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.
Milwaukee is mostly cloudy about 60% of the time in January, so the lakefront is a lot of grey water under a lot of grey sky.
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 | 49% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 37% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | too few readings |
| Cloudiest month | January, 60% |
| Least cloudy month | August, 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
- Hartford, Connecticut: mostly cloudy about 49% of the time
- Albany, New York: mostly cloudy about 50% of the time
- Providence, Rhode Island: mostly cloudy about 50% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014839. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.