Riverdale
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Riverdale clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-13.

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	10% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 52%	74924
	Night	9% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 55%	74853
Transparency	Day	32% 4 12% 27% 20% 5%	74649
	Night	30% 4 11% 27% 22% 6%	74648
Seeing	Day	12% 8% 28% 31% 18% 4	14376
	Night	11% 9% 33% 35% 12% 1	24391

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	7% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 7% 55%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 51%	1643
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 53%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 10% 4 6% 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 46%	1634
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 4 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 50%	1749
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 5% 6% 7% 50%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 50%	1926
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 5% 48%	1980
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 42%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 2 5% 4 2 4 5% 4 8% 52%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 46%	2196
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 45%	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 5% 4 2 3 5% 5% 6% 44%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 50%	2302
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 39%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 10% 54%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 54%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 9% 60%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 3 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 48%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 58%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 2 5% 4 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 49%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 6% 6% 7% 9% 48%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 53%	2301
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 58%	2484
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 5% 57%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 4 5% 3 3 4 5% 5% 53%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 6% 59%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 1 4 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 57%	1924
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 5% 63%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 1 4 4 2 3 3 3 5% 57%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 64%	1727
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 5% 61%	1710
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 59%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 4 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 5% 6% 4 4 4 5% 5% 50%	2161
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 4 8% 6% 3 4 4 5% 7% 37%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 5% 5% 6% 56%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 56%	2379
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 59%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 2 6% 5% 2 3 3 5% 7% 49%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 3 4 5% 2 3 3 4 6% 51%	2098
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 54%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 4 5% 3 3 5% 5% 6% 53%	2033
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 4 3 2 4 4 4 5% 50%	1980
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 3 4 2 4 3 5% 8% 54%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 49%	1711
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 50%	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 3 4 5% 2 4 5% 6% 8% 45%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 51%	1593
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 7% 7% 10% 46%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 4 3 4 5% 5% 10% 56%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 2 3 4 2 5% 5% 6% 11% 56%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 64%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 3 4 2 4 5% 6% 12% 53%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 11% 60%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 6% 7% 11% 51%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 5% 3 4 5% 7% 11% 53%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 9% 56%	1600
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 6% 9% 61%	1866
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 1 3 4 1 4 3 4 5% 61%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 62%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 7% 57%	2016
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 4 66%	2160
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 62%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 3 2 1 4 3 3 6% 65%	2349
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 2 3 4 4 5% 60%	2470
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 58%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 56%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 54%	3036
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 45%	4532

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	30% 2 12% 30% 24% 2	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 2 12% 29% 19% 3	1643
	21st to end	Day	33% 2 13% 31% 18% 3	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 12% 26% 14% 4	1634
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 13% 27% 17% 5%	1759
	21st to end	Day	33% 4 8% 26% 22% 6%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 3 11% 22% 21% 8%	1926
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 3 9% 22% 21% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 10% 25% 12% 4	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 12% 26% 20% 6%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 10% 27% 16% 4	2196
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 12% 29% 15% 2	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 11% 21% 19% 3	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 15% 28% 17% 1	2306
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 15% 25% 10% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 18% 32% 16% 3	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 14% 26% 21% 5%	2340
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 14% 29% 25% 6%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	30% 5% 14% 28% 18% 4	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 15% 30% 24% 5%	2271
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 16% 30% 18% 2	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 16% 28% 17% 3	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 14% 30% 19% 4	2301
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 14% 27% 20% 9%	2484
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 10% 25% 21% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 9% 26% 23% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	28% 3 8% 26% 26% 8%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	29% 3 10% 25% 28% 4	1924
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 6% 27% 31% 9%	1800
	21st to end	Day	32% 3 9% 27% 22% 8%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	23% 3 9% 28% 28% 8%	1727
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 3 9% 28% 28% 6%	1710
	21st to end	Day	29% 2 9% 28% 26% 5%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 12% 33% 19% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 7% 28% 21% 4	2159
	21st to end	Day	46% 4 8% 27% 14% 2	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 9% 32% 22% 4	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 8% 30% 24% 4	2379
	21st to end	Night	29% 2 10% 33% 22% 4	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 12% 25% 18% 5%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 11% 27% 19% 5%	2098
	21st to end	Night	33% 3 9% 23% 21% 11%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 7% 24% 24% 10%	2033
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 3 10% 23% 21% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 11% 26% 15% 3	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 3 11% 24% 24% 8%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 12% 26% 19% 5%	1711
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 12% 24% 21% 4	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 14% 22% 18% 3	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 16% 29% 17% 2	1594
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 21% 27% 12% 2	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 22% 29% 16% 3	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 17% 30% 21% 4	1620
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 13% 32% 24% 8%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 16% 27% 23% 4	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 13% 32% 26% 6%	1566
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 13% 31% 22% 2	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 15% 32% 18% 5%	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 5% 12% 31% 24% 3	1600
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 13% 27% 26% 8%	1866
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 9% 26% 24% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 10% 24% 26% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 9% 25% 31% 8%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	29% 3 11% 21% 27% 9%	2016
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 6% 26% 32% 10%	2160
	21st to end	Night	27% 3 7% 24% 28% 10%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	23% 3 10% 27% 29% 9%	2349
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 7% 28% 29% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Night	30% 2 7% 26% 26% 8%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 3 13% 30% 22% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 3 7% 30% 22% 5%	3037
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 9% 28% 14% 4	4532

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	16% 11% 34% 28% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 15% 37% 25% 3	248
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 50% 26% 3	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 17% 40% 23% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 14% 46% 19% 6%	240
	21st to end	Day	14% 19% 44% 18% 4 1	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 15% 41% 23% 5% 1	240
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 13% 37% 23% 5%	240
	21st to end	Day	19% 17% 41% 20% 3	264
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 18% 38% 23% 7%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 40% 24% 4	474
	21st to end	Day	22% 13% 38% 17% 10% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 38% 25% 9% 1	603
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 29% 27% 14% 3	625
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 29% 27% 17% 4	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 19% 37% 27% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 29% 39% 20% 3	630
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 25% 43% 20% 4	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 10% 35% 33% 12%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 12% 39% 38% 6%	618
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 11% 40% 33% 10%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 13% 40% 29% 6%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 15% 36% 33% 6%	615
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 12% 36% 36% 9%	603
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 12% 36% 34% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 19% 39% 29% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 25% 34% 20% 6%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 29% 26% 21% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 43% 29% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 14% 31% 24% 9% 4	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 36% 31% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 40% 21% 12% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 32% 29% 8%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 11% 39% 28% 9% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 34% 29% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 20% 36% 24% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 12% 37% 35% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 12% 37% 31% 8%	915
	21st to end	Night	11% 10% 39% 34% 5%	990
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 40% 28% 4	900
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 39% 29% 4	704
	21st to end	Night	13% 16% 37% 30% 4	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 13% 39% 33% 3	593
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 37% 28% 5%	540
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 39% 25% 5%	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 12% 44% 21% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 40% 23% 6%	533
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 38% 25% 6% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 39% 31% 7% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 31% 34% 14% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 33% 35% 14% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 26% 40% 23% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 35% 42% 14%	540
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 31% 45% 15% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 15% 48% 27% 2	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 15% 52% 26% 3	522
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 12% 48% 31% 3	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 16% 52% 25% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 12% 53% 27% 1	534
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 14% 42% 36% 2	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 24% 40% 22% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 24% 39% 22% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 28% 39% 19% 1	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 28% 34% 19% 2	576
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 39% 33% 8%	720
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 33% 31% 11%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 39% 32% 12% 1	869
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 11% 39% 32% 8%	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 31% 35% 7%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 35% 34% 8% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 37% 33% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 35% 33% 5%	1045

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