BuckSnort Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the BuckSnort Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-14.

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	11% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 52%	74901
	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 57%	74882
Transparency	Day	32% 5% 10% 21% 22% 10%	74626
	Night	28% 5% 10% 21% 22% 13%	74677
Seeing	Day	12% 7% 21% 29% 24% 8%	13837
	Night	12% 7% 27% 37% 16% 1	23880

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	12% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 57%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 53%	1647
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 5% 57%	1867
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 6% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 4 3 2 4 3 4 6% 49%	1749
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 5% 53%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 44%	1939
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 48%	1980
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 47%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 47%	1990
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 52%	2322
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 46%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 42%	2302
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 38%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 8% 55%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 5% 2 5% 5% 6% 10% 54%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 2 4 6% 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 49%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 5% 6% 5% 7% 6% 7% 9% 44%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 1 3 3 2 5% 4 6% 9% 62%	2340
	21st to end	Day	4 2 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 11% 54%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 3 2 4 5% 5% 8% 67%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	2169
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 4 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 51%	2300
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 51%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 49%	1980
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 56%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 3 4 2 4 5% 5% 6% 60%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 4 3 2 2 4 4 6% 60%	1847
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 5% 62%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 55%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 7% 58%	1725
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 5% 52%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 5% 53%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 48%	2161
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 57%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 5% 59%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 4 4 2 2 2 3 6% 57%	2386
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 4 3 2 3 4 5% 4 55%	2505
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 3 5% 4 2 3 2 3 5% 54%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 53%	2098
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 53%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 7% 48%	2020
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 49%	1980
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 56%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 3 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 53%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 4 5% 51%	1914
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 7% 55%	1638
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 9% 53%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 50%	1593
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 1 4 4 2 5% 4 7% 10% 49%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 4 2 4 4 6% 10% 62%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 6% 10% 63%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 8% 8% 58%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 4 4 2 4 5% 6% 11% 54%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 6% 9% 68%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 5% 12% 64%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 9% 76%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 9% 56%	1727
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 1 3 5% 2 3 4 7% 10% 58%	2054
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 9% 50%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 60%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 66%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 3 3 2 4 4 4 5% 61%	2092
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 62%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 60%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 5% 60%	2451
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 53%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 5% 7% 55%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 5% 51%	3036
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 57%	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% 4 6% 18% 29% 13%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 6% 17% 26% 13%	1647
	21st to end	Day	30% 4 7% 16% 27% 17%	1867
February	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 6% 14% 22% 17%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 6% 19% 20% 14%	1759
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 5% 16% 23% 18%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 7% 13% 22% 11%	1939
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 8% 13% 21% 14%	1980
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 9% 19% 21% 12%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 7% 19% 18% 13%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 7% 17% 21% 12%	1990
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 7% 19% 25% 9%	2322
May	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 10% 20% 20% 8%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 11% 20% 18% 5%	2306
	21st to end	Day	42% 7% 13% 21% 15% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 13% 28% 21% 5%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 14% 30% 18% 7%	2340
	21st to end	Day	30% 8% 13% 22% 22% 5%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	34% 8% 18% 27% 12% 2	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 17% 29% 25% 4	2271
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 20% 35% 17% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 16% 36% 25% 2	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 13% 29% 15% 4	2169
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 14% 28% 18% 4	2300
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 6% 11% 20% 20% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 12% 21% 21% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 9% 21% 23% 13%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 6% 11% 22% 23% 15%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 7% 17% 25% 20%	1847
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 4 17% 26% 21%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 8% 19% 25% 11%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 4 9% 18% 24% 16%	1725
	21st to end	Day	37% 3 5% 18% 22% 15%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 8% 22% 23% 11%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 8% 12% 24% 13%	2159
	21st to end	Day	32% 3 5% 16% 28% 16%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 3 5% 18% 26% 18%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 2 6% 18% 25% 16%	2386
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 5% 15% 24% 20%	2505
February	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 7% 13% 23% 19%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 6% 17% 23% 16%	2098
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 6% 15% 20% 21%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 9% 14% 26% 11%	2020
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 8% 15% 21% 14%	1980
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 10% 19% 23% 12%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 9% 20% 19% 15%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 10% 15% 20% 15%	1914
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 10% 21% 24% 9%	1638
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 11% 22% 22% 9%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 16% 25% 18% 4	1594
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 16% 30% 15% 2	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 17% 32% 22% 4	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 16% 32% 21% 7%	1620
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 12% 28% 23% 5%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 19% 33% 15% 2	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 19% 33% 25% 4	1566
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 23% 37% 18% 1	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 18% 40% 26% 4	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 7% 16% 31% 18% 4	1727
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 19% 30% 18% 5%	2054
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 13% 23% 19% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 13% 23% 19% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 11% 25% 21% 15%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 11% 28% 20% 18%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 8% 16% 22% 23%	2092
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 5% 16% 24% 23%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 7% 21% 26% 14%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 8% 20% 24% 17%	2451
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 7% 16% 23% 15%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 10% 20% 24% 12%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 5% 12% 25% 17%	3037
	21st to end	Night	33% 3 4 15% 27% 18%	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	17% 14% 36% 28% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 11% 32% 23% 9% 3	249
	21st to end	Day	17% 11% 40% 23% 8%	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 15% 38% 20% 5%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 16% 40% 17% 4	240
	21st to end	Day	22% 21% 34% 21% 2	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 18% 33% 25% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 18% 34% 23% 6%	240
	21st to end	Day	14% 13% 42% 24% 6%	264
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 44% 18% 6%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 44% 21% 7% 1	268
	21st to end	Day	15% 16% 40% 21% 8% 1	582
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 9% 38% 31% 10%	603
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 28% 32% 13% 4	625
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 23% 35% 16% 5%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 15% 43% 30% 7%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 14% 50% 24% 5%	630
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 11% 36% 35% 11%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 7% 32% 38% 14%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 33% 48% 13%	618
	21st to end	Day	3 1 2 31% 47% 16%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 30% 46% 16%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 3 32% 41% 15%	483
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 5% 25% 39% 26%	419
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 13% 46% 27%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 6% 19% 43% 27%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 4 26% 38% 17%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 12% 34% 39% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 27% 31% 23% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 24% 22% 21% 3	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 27% 31% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 22% 33% 16% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 13% 31% 21% 11% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 33% 27% 13% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 13% 39% 21% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 35% 25% 9% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 37% 31% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 30% 34% 7% 1	918
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 36% 30% 7%	921
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 34% 30% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 39% 26% 4	704
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 43% 21% 3	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 13% 37% 30% 3	580
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 37% 30% 6%	540
	21st to end	Night	10% 11% 47% 29% 3	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 49% 28% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 10% 44% 28% 5%	533
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 46% 25% 8%	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 44% 30% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 35% 36% 13%	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 32% 38% 15%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 20% 50% 23% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 24% 53% 17%	540
	21st to end	Night	3 3 15% 48% 28% 2	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 9% 50% 30% 4	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 7% 53% 34% 2	522
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 51% 38% 4	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 4 52% 39% 4	537
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 4 44% 39% 4	534
	21st to end	Night	4 1 3 43% 42% 7%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 8% 39% 37% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 5% 38% 40% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 10% 40% 36% 3	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 14% 49% 27% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 25% 40% 18% 2	652
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 28% 33% 16% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 23% 44% 16% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 29% 38% 15% 1	931
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 31% 31% 11% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 9% 29% 39% 10% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 31% 34% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 33% 34% 7%	1045

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