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    How cloudy is Rockford?

    Rockford right now

    38°FClear skies

    • Today42°F / 34°FClear skies
    • Tomorrow47°F / 30°FClear skies
    • Monday48°F / 29°FClear skies
    Today's forecast: sigh.

    Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.

    In a typical year, the sky over Rockford is mostly cloudy or overcast about 50% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 38%.

    January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 60% of the time, and August the least cloudy, at about 38%. That makes it the 30th cloudiest sky of the 116 US cities we track.

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    The forecast for the next 48 hours doesn’t have the sky mostly cloudy at any point.

    Rockford’s January sky is mostly cloudy about 60% of the time, and it doesn’t really let up until August, when it finally drops to about 38%.

    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 year50%
    Clear or nearly clear, all year38%
    Mostly cloudy, December to Februarytoo few readings
    Cloudiest monthJanuary, 60%
    Least cloudy monthAugust, 38%

    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.

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    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00094822. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.