Cloudy skies · New York
How cloudy is Syracuse?
In a typical year, the sky over Syracuse is mostly cloudy or overcast about 65% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 20%.
December is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 83% of the time, and September the least cloudy, at about 51%. That makes it the 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.
Syracuse’s sky is mostly cloudy or overcast about 65% of the time, the cloudiest of the 116 cities we track, and in December that climbs to about 83%.
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 | 65% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 20% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | too few readings |
| Cloudiest month | December, 83% |
| Least cloudy month | September, 51% |
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
- Detroit, Michigan: mostly cloudy about 61% of the time
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: mostly cloudy about 61% of the time
- Cleveland, Ohio: mostly cloudy about 61% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014771. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.