Cloudy skies · Pennsylvania
How cloudy is Scranton?
Scranton right now
38°FOvercast skies
- Today39°F / 38°FRain
- Tomorrow42°F / 37°FRain
- Monday44°F / 35°FClouds
The sky is buffering.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Scranton is mostly cloudy or overcast about 45% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 50%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 59% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 29%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 57% of the time. That makes it the 48th 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 88% of the time.
Scranton’s January sky is mostly cloudy or overcast about 59% of the time, so even the sky here looks like it’s waiting for a meeting to end.
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 | 45% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 50% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 57% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 59% |
| Least cloudy month | July, 29% |
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
- Kansas City, Missouri: mostly cloudy about 44% of the time
- Atlanta, Georgia: mostly cloudy about 45% of the time
- Missoula, Montana: mostly cloudy about 45% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014777. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.