One site that has averages for rainfall is www.worldclimate.com . They don't have any specific data for the number of cloudy days but I imagine that you might be able to use the number of cooling degrees as a really rough guide. Unfortunately, the noaa site that has the best history that I can find in our area only has it for Albany (http://www.erh.noaa.gov/). It sure does feel wetter the past couple of years though.

thanks for the link makalu!

that's a great site now I just need to find out the total rainfalls for my area on a yearly basis...

Oh I was checking out the weather channel's web site at weather.com and when you put in your zip code they have a nice feature to check the avg temperatures and rainfall for the current month and last month when you click the orange 'Monthly' button on the top right.

Using that I found last month's average rainfall is 3.72 inches while we got 7.04 inches! August's average is 4 inches but I think we already surpassed that after the tsunami of rain today!

The sun was shining when I left to go to Rhinebeck but the skies were darkening when I got there. When I came out of the market, the first rain was coming down and thunder was rolling. Drove home in a downpour and half an hour after I got home the sun was shining again. My creek is flooded - can't remember that ever happening in August before. It usually dries up this time of year.
Normal rainfal around here is under 40" a year but we must be getting pretty close to that already. Reservoirs are overflowing as if it was spring run-off.