Gardner
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Gardner clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-02-25.

This page is a summary of past forecasts. Even though it's based only on forecasts, some people use these pages as clue to a site's climate. But climate data based on actual observation should be preferred (if you can find it!).

Cloud, Transparency and Seeing forecasts are summarized individually. But because good observing conditions require a combination of minimum cloud cover, transparency and seeing, the individual forecast summaries can be difficult to interpret. The observing conditions section counts the combinations of conditions needed for common types of astronomical observation.

Observing Conditions

The following tables count the occurrence of the combinations of forecast and darkness conditions needed for different observations. Conditions are rated by by what percentage of the hours the observation would likely be attempted are usable.

Observation Type	Minimum conditions for hour to be usable				Out of hours
	Clear of Clouds	Transparency	Seeing	Sky Brightness
Planetary:	50%	(no limit)	Average	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours
Deep Sky:	70%	Average	(no limit)	5.9	Nighttime Hours
CCD Imaging:	70%	Below Average	Poor	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours

Percentages are of nighttime hours per month, or per year, when a particular observing conditions was met. Deep Sky percentages never exceed 50% because the moon is up half the time. Deep sky percentages are much lower for charts at high latitudes because of fewer dark hours in the summer.

Overall

By Month

Individual Forecasts

The length of each colored bar in the "occurrence of each Forecast" column is proportional to the number of times the chart forecast that color. The percentages are of the total number of hours per month, or per year, with a particular forecast. The colors as the same as those used in clear sky charts.

Note: Transparency probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 30% or less cloud cover. Seeing probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 80% or less cloud cover. If that's too tricky, try Observing Conditions instead.

Overall

		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
Cloud Cover	Day	12% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	78533
	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 48%	80801
Transparency	Day	40% 5% 12% 25% 15% 2	78256
	Night	37% 5% 11% 26% 18% 3	80598
Seeing	Day	14% 8% 28% 28% 17% 4	14617
	Night	14% 8% 33% 33% 12% 1	24682

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (2006-)
Color Meanings: Overcast 90% covered 80% covered 70% covered 60% covered 50% covered 40% covered 30% covered 20% covered 10% covered Clear
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	13% 11% 3 8% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 37%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 4 8% 7% 5% 7% 3 3 4 39%	2850
	21st to end	Day	13% 15% 6% 7% 4 2 4 3 3 5% 36%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 5% 6% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 4 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 42%	1664
	21st to end	Day	11% 10% 2 6% 6% 2 4 5% 5% 7% 42%	1576
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 9% 4 7% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 41%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 4 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 37%	1980
	21st to end	Day	18% 12% 4 8% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 32%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 6% 2 4 3 5% 6% 45%	2065
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 40%	2134
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 4 7% 5% 3 5% 4 4 5% 37%	2299
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 36%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	2302
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 6% 5% 6% 8% 35%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 49%	2515
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 4 6% 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 48%	2520
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 4 6% 10% 52%	2449
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 45%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 2 4 4 2 5% 5% 7% 9% 55%	2340
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 44%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 3 6% 6% 8% 9% 46%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	2301
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 53%	2440
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 8% 51%	2156
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 49%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 4 6% 6% 55%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 51%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 6% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 4 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 48%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 3 4 2 4 4 4 7% 56%	1849
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 7% 52%	1676
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 4 5% 4 3 3 3 3 6% 49%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 9% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 7% 47%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 4 7% 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 42%	1918
	21st to end	Day	14% 15% 8% 11% 6% 2 4 4 4 5% 26%	2984
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 3 12% 7% 3 4 3 3 4 41%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 4 7% 7% 5% 8% 5% 4 4 38%	4120
	21st to end	Night	16% 12% 5% 9% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 36%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 4 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 40%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 4 6% 4 3 4 4 4 7% 43%	2403
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 47%	1787
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 49%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 4 6% 6% 3 4 3 4 6% 34%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 50%	1894
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	1775
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 6% 2 3 4 4 6% 45%	1656
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 4 5% 4 3 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 50%	1593
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 10% 45%	1741
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 3 4 3 5% 6% 5% 10% 56%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 3 5% 3 4 6% 7% 10% 52%	1440
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 6% 9% 62%	1503
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 2 4 3 4 6% 8% 9% 52%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 4 2 3 5% 6% 10% 60%	1620
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 8% 9% 50%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 5% 3 5% 6% 8% 11% 53%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 8% 57%	1600
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 4 5% 2 3 4 4 7% 61%	1916
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 59%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 5% 57%	2142
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 6% 57%	2160
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 52%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 1 4 4 2 3 2 4 5% 61%	2227
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 54%	2500
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 5% 53%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 47%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 7% 45%	3279
	21st to end	Night	17% 16% 6% 9% 5% 3 3 3 3 4 30%	4678

Transparency (when cloud cover <= 30%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Poor Below Average Average Above average Transparent
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	47% 4 11% 24% 12% 1	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 3 13% 21% 12% 1	2850
	21st to end	Day	53% 3 10% 18% 15% 1	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 4 12% 23% 10% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 13% 23% 14% 2	1673
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 12% 24% 15% 4	1576
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 12% 22% 15% 4	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 4 10% 22% 12% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	54% 5% 13% 19% 8% 1	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 12% 23% 18% 2	2065
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 13% 23% 16% 1	2134
	21st to end	Day	49% 5% 11% 23% 11% 1	2299
May	1st to 10th	Day	50% 6% 11% 20% 13% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 14% 24% 13%	2306
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 14% 21% 9% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 9% 18% 30% 15% 2	2515
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 14% 28% 18% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 16% 31% 17% 3	2449
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 9% 15% 25% 16% 3	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 17% 30% 18% 4	2271
	21st to end	Day	31% 9% 14% 31% 15% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	31% 9% 17% 28% 13% 1	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 11% 32% 17% 2	2301
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 12% 26% 20% 7%	2440
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 13% 27% 18% 6%	2156
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 11% 26% 22% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	29% 5% 10% 29% 24% 3	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 11% 29% 20% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 3 7% 27% 25% 5%	1800
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 10% 22% 19% 5%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 13% 29% 18% 5%	1849
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 10% 28% 21% 4	1676
	21st to end	Day	40% 2 9% 27% 21% 1	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 13% 31% 13% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 12% 26% 12% 2	1915
	21st to end	Day	60% 5% 9% 17% 7% 2	2984
January	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 14% 21% 12% 1	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 4 12% 21% 13% 1	4120
	21st to end	Night	52% 4 13% 19% 11% 2	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 11% 21% 15% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 12% 24% 17% 3	2404
	21st to end	Night	40% 3 9% 23% 19% 6%	1787
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 10% 25% 20% 5%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 11% 22% 16% 4	1980
	21st to end	Night	52% 5% 11% 20% 11% 2	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 11% 25% 21% 4	1894
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 9% 28% 18% 3	1775
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 12% 26% 15% 1	1656
May	1st to 10th	Night	43% 6% 12% 22% 15% 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 6% 14% 26% 17% 1	1594
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 18% 28% 11% 2	1742
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 17% 33% 16% 3	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 8% 13% 32% 19% 2	1440
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 13% 36% 22% 4	1503
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 17% 32% 16% 4	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 15% 34% 22% 5%	1566
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 12% 32% 20% 2	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 17% 34% 14% 3	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 12% 32% 23% 2	1600
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 10% 29% 24% 7%	1916
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 10% 29% 19% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 11% 25% 26% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 8% 27% 29% 5%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	30% 5% 9% 26% 26% 6%	2142
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 7% 28% 23% 8%	2160
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 8% 23% 24% 4	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 12% 28% 24% 6%	2227
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 10% 27% 25% 4	2500
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 9% 30% 20% 3	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 12% 27% 17% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 10% 28% 16% 2	3281
	21st to end	Night	59% 5% 7% 19% 9% 2	4678

Seeing (when cloud cover <= 80%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Bad 1/5 Poor 2/5 Average 3/5 Good 4/5 Excellent 5/5
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	20% 14% 35% 24% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 16% 36% 21% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 46% 26% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 14% 39% 19% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 41% 19% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 21% 43% 17% 4	210
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 15% 48% 18% 4	240
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 14% 30% 23% 5% 1	240
	21st to end	Day	29% 20% 34% 15% 1 1	264
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 39% 20% 7% 1	325
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 38% 23% 7%	412
	21st to end	Day	21% 15% 33% 20% 10% 1	559
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 36% 21% 11% 1	603
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 29% 26% 13% 3	625
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 29% 24% 17% 5%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 19% 34% 28% 9%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 25% 38% 21% 6%	630
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 30% 38% 19% 2	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 13% 29% 32% 14%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 16% 39% 30% 9%	618
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 13% 36% 32% 8%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 13% 39% 32% 6%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 14% 37% 30% 7%	615
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 13% 29% 34% 12%	559
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 2 13% 34% 28% 8%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 19% 36% 30% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 22% 37% 19% 4	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 27% 26% 18% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 43% 21% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 36% 20% 7% 1	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 34% 31% 7% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 13% 34% 27% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 38% 21% 9%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 14% 39% 30% 5% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 11% 37% 23% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 22% 40% 19% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 39% 29% 6%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 41% 27% 4 1	950
	21st to end	Night	14% 12% 42% 28% 4	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 43% 25% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 13% 39% 28% 3	929
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 44% 21% 5%	567
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 14% 45% 23% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 35% 28% 6%	540
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 39% 23% 4	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 12% 41% 29% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 34% 30% 6%	533
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 40% 27% 6% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 35% 31% 9% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 32% 34% 13%	531
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 31% 34% 17% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 21% 45% 24% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 25% 46% 20% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 28% 48% 15% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 11% 43% 33% 3	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 14% 47% 31% 3	522
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 12% 46% 32% 1	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 13% 49% 30% 2	537
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 11% 46% 31% 3	534
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 14% 40% 35% 3	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 18% 43% 22% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 18% 39% 25% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 23% 44% 18% 2	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 27% 34% 19% 2	702
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 40% 30% 7% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 35% 27% 9%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 36% 33% 11% 1	747
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 39% 28% 8%	950
	21st to end	Night	18% 11% 35% 31% 5%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 38% 28% 6% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 41% 27% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	18% 15% 39% 25% 4	1045

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