Cloudy skies · New York
How cloudy is Rochester?
In a typical year, the sky over Rochester is mostly cloudy or overcast about 59% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 27%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 81% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 46%. That makes it the 7th 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 94% of the time.
Rochester’s January sky is mostly cloudy about 81% of the time, so a winter sunrise here is an event people text each other about.
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 | 59% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 27% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | too few readings |
| Cloudiest month | January, 81% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 46% |
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
- Seattle, Washington: mostly cloudy about 60% of the time
- Grand Rapids, Michigan: mostly cloudy about 58% of the time
- Buffalo, New York: mostly cloudy about 60% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014768. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.