Cloudy skies · Virginia
How cloudy is Norfolk?
In a typical year, the sky over Norfolk is mostly cloudy or overcast about 34% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 57%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 38% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 27%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 37% of the time. That makes it the 28th 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 19% of the time.
Norfolk is mostly cloudy about 34% of the time, so the ships in the harbour mostly sail under a decent 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 | 34% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 57% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 37% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 38% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 27% |
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
- Charleston, South Carolina: mostly cloudy about 34% of the time
- Helena, Montana: mostly cloudy about 34% of the time
- Tallahassee, Florida: mostly cloudy about 33% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00013737. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.