Cloudy skies · Washington
How cloudy is Yakima?
Yakima right now
40°FBroken cloud
- Today49°F / 42°FClouds
- Tomorrow48°F / 40°FClouds
- Monday50°F / 33°FClouds
Cloudy, as promised.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
In a typical year, the sky over Yakima is mostly cloudy or overcast about 28% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 64%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 54% of the time, and August the least cloudy, at about 8%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 49% of the time. That makes it the 14th 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 50% of the time.
Yakima is mostly cloudy about 49% of the winter but only about 8% in August, so the orchards get a summer sky with almost nothing in it.
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 | 28% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 64% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 49% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 54% |
| Least cloudy month | August, 8% |
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
- Rapid City, South Dakota: mostly cloudy about 28% of the time
- Boise, Idaho: mostly cloudy about 27% of the time
- Lincoln, Nebraska: mostly cloudy about 29% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00024243. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.