Cloudy skies · New Jersey
How cloudy is Newark?
Newark right now
43°FBroken cloud
- Today45°F / 42°FClouds
- Tomorrow50°F / 40°FClouds
- Monday49°F / 37°FClear skies
Oi, clouds. On your way.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Newark is mostly cloudy or overcast about 53% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 31%.
April is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 58% of the time, and September the least cloudy, at about 47%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 56% of the time. That makes it the 20th 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 31% of the time.
Newark is mostly cloudy about 53% of the time, just like its neighbour across the river, so at least nobody can claim the better 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 | 53% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 31% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 56% |
| Cloudiest month | April, 58% |
| Least cloudy month | September, 47% |
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
- Louisville, Kentucky: 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 USW00014734. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.