What is the difference between partly sunny and partly cloudy?

Answer 1

partly sunny refers that the sky will be sunny in some parts so means there will be sunshine....partly cloudy refers there will be more clouds in the sky than sunshine so not much sun to see.

Answer 2

Sunny/Clear: No sky cover
Mostly Sunny: 1/8 - 2/8 sky cover
Partly Cloudy/Partly Sunny: 3/8 - 4/8 sky cover
Mostly Cloudy: 5/8-7/8 sky cover
Cloudy: 8/8 sky cover
**For opaque cloud sky cover**

However, it depends on the meteorologist whether Partly Sunny means "cloudy with some peaks of sun" or is the same thing as Partly Cloudy, "sunny with some fair weather clouds". When I make on air graphics, I tend to differentiate between the two and mention that in my forecast.
The NWS glossary lists them as the same thing, however.

Answer 3

Partly Sunny is more sun than "mostly cloudy" but less then "partly cloudy".

Or there is no difference and it's just the way Meteorologist can sound vague enough to be accurate in weather predictions.

Answer 4

different degrees of cloudiness. It goes like this: Sunny, Partly Sunny, Partly Cloudy, Cloudy

Answer 5

Partly Sunny= little more sun then cloud
Partly Cloudy=little more cloud then sun

Answer 6

Partly sunny shows that it is more cloudy
Partly cloudy shows that it is sunny with comparitively less clouds

Answer 7

Partly sunny = less than half sunny
Partly cloudy = less than half cloudy

Answer 8

You just answered your own question!
partly sunny is full sun half of the time,
partly cloudy is half clouds/half sun.

Or if you mean the old cliche' it means being optimistic.

Answer 9

Depends on the opinion of the forecaster or meteorologist. Some like to sound more optimistic in their forecasts than others so they'd use partly sunny instead.

Answer 10

partly sunny means it'll be more sunny than cloudy. partly cloudy means there will be more clouds than sunlight.