Cloudy skies · Virginia
How cloudy is Richmond?
Richmond right now
48°FBroken cloud
- Today50°F / 43°FClouds
- Tomorrow52°F / 38°FClouds
- Monday51°F / 38°FClear skies
Nature called in sick.
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In a typical year, the sky over Richmond is mostly cloudy or overcast about 48% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 38%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 51% of the time, and October the least cloudy, at about 41%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 50% of the time. That makes it the 38th 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 38% of the time.
Richmond is mostly cloudy about 48% of the time, so the sky splits the difference about as neatly as anywhere on the East Coast.
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 | 48% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 38% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 50% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 51% |
| Least cloudy month | October, 41% |
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
- Houston, Texas: mostly cloudy about 48% of the time
- Des Moines, Iowa: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
- Raleigh, North Carolina: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00013740. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.