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    How cloudy is Sioux City?

    Sioux City right now

    36°FClear skies

    • Today42°F / 30°FClear skies
    • Tomorrow51°F / 27°FClear skies
    • Monday54°F / 32°FClear skies
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    Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.

    In a typical year, the sky over Sioux City is mostly cloudy or overcast about 33% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 63%.

    January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 42% of the time, and July the least cloudy, at about 19%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 41% of the time. That makes it the 25th least cloudy 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.

    Sioux City is clear or nearly clear about 63% of the time, so the sky over the three-state corner is mostly wide open.

    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 year33%
    Clear or nearly clear, all year63%
    Mostly cloudy, December to February41%
    Cloudiest monthJanuary, 42%
    Least cloudy monthJuly, 19%

    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 USW00014943. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.