Cloudy skies · Arizona
How cloudy is Tucson?
Tucson right now
61°FScattered clouds
- Today65°F / 57°FClouds
- Tomorrow72°F / 51°FClear skies
- Monday75°F / 52°FClear skies
The sun's clocked off early.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Tucson is mostly cloudy or overcast about 12% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 84%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 18% of the time, and June the least cloudy, at about 5%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 17% of the time. That makes it the least cloudy 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 31% of the time.
Tucson is clear or nearly clear about 84% of the time, the clearest sky of the 116 cities we track, and even in January it’s mostly cloudy only about 18%.
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 | 12% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 84% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 17% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 18% |
| Least cloudy month | June, 5% |
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
- Sacramento, California: mostly cloudy about 18% of the time
- Amarillo, Texas: mostly cloudy about 23% of the time
- Grand Junction, Colorado: mostly cloudy about 23% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00023160. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.