Cloudy skies · Louisiana
How cloudy is New Orleans?
In a typical year, the sky over New Orleans is mostly cloudy or overcast about 41% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 41%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 53% of the time, and October the least cloudy, at about 32%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 52% of the time. That makes it the 54th 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 50% of the time.
New Orleans is mostly cloudy about 52% of the winter, which is perfect parade weather, since nobody is looking up anyway.
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 | 41% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 41% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 52% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 53% |
| Least cloudy month | October, 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
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: mostly cloudy about 42% of the time
- Toledo, Ohio: mostly cloudy about 42% of the time
- Dallas, Texas: mostly cloudy about 42% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00012916. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.