Lakehurst
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lakehurst clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-28.

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	15% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 41%	78719
	Night	16% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 43%	81269
Transparency	Day	42% 5% 11% 23% 16% 3	78424
	Night	42% 5% 11% 23% 17% 3	81098
Seeing	Day	19% 11% 30% 24% 13% 4	14194
	Night	19% 8% 31% 30% 11% 1	23547

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	15% 8% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 4 5% 46%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 39%	2520
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 3 6% 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 34%	3094
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 41%	1726
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 43%	1848
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 39%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 3 4 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 45%	1897
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	2023
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 40%	2427
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 41%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 43%	2134
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 8% 39%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 35%	2324
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 38%	2441
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 40%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 38%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 9% 38%	2520
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 8% 40%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 6% 7% 8% 9% 37%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 7% 10% 40%	2520
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 34%	2744
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 37%	2304
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 4 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 8% 40%	2126
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 3 5% 6% 3 4 7% 6% 8% 39%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 43%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 8% 48%	2091
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	1871
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 6% 50%	1800
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 45%	1867
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 5% 52%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 2 4 5% 4 6% 47%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 3 4 5% 2 5% 4 4 8% 45%	1655
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 40%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 3 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 45%	1906
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 3 5% 4 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 38%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 4 3 2 4 4 4 6% 48%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 5% 44%	4440
	21st to end	Night	23% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 4 5% 36%	4560
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 3 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 41%	2451
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 5% 43%	2218
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 3 3 5% 6% 43%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 7% 46%	2270
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 3 6% 4 2 5% 3 4 6% 43%	2154
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 43%	2084
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 4 6% 3 3 3 4 5% 5% 42%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 5% 6% 3 3 4 5% 6% 43%	1775
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 7% 42%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 4 8% 35%	1634
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 8% 37%	1467
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 8% 38%	1550
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 4 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 41%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 40%	1440
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 42%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 9% 39%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 44%	1440
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 3 5% 4 3 6% 6% 8% 9% 42%	1574
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 3 4 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 41%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	1774
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 3 6% 5% 3 4 6% 5% 8% 43%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 44%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 52%	1868
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 6% 6% 43%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 43%	2087
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 5% 4 6% 50%	2160
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 4 5% 2 3 3 4 5% 46%	2488
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 52%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 3 6% 48%	2470
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 47%	2522
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 3 4 5% 2 4 3 6% 6% 41%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	3288
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 39%	4884

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	40% 3 10% 26% 17% 4	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 4 9% 24% 14% 3	2520
	21st to end	Day	54% 3 8% 22% 10% 2	3094
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 4 12% 24% 13% 2	1726
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 9% 25% 16% 3	1857
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 9% 21% 14% 5%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 12% 26% 14% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 11% 25% 15% 4	2023
	21st to end	Day	46% 4 8% 21% 17% 4	2427
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 10% 21% 16% 6%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 12% 24% 17% 3	2134
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 11% 19% 17% 4	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 10% 21% 14% 2	2324
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 5% 12% 22% 14% 1	2445
	21st to end	Day	41% 7% 15% 22% 13% 2	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 8% 13% 22% 14% 2	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 13% 24% 12% 3	2520
	21st to end	Day	38% 9% 12% 23% 16% 1	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 9% 13% 20% 15% 2	2450
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 8% 16% 25% 15% 2	2445
	21st to end	Day	40% 10% 10% 23% 14% 2	2591
August	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 15% 23% 14% 1	2290
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 9% 14% 21% 14% 2	2126
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 14% 21% 16% 3	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 14% 21% 19% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 9% 24% 24% 3	2091
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 8% 18% 21% 3	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 12% 21% 19% 2	1871
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 9% 24% 24% 2	1800
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 9% 23% 20% 2	1867
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 11% 28% 20% 3	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 9% 23% 24% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 12% 30% 13% 3	1655
December	1st to 10th	Day	44% 4 14% 23% 15% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 3 11% 27% 14% 2	1906
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 12% 25% 13% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 9% 31% 14% 4	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 3 10% 26% 14% 3	4440
	21st to end	Night	51% 3 7% 24% 14% 2	4560
February	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 14% 23% 14% 2	2451
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 9% 20% 19% 5%	2220
	21st to end	Night	43% 3 8% 23% 18% 5%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	40% 3 10% 25% 18% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 8% 22% 18% 4	2155
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 8% 19% 19% 6%	2084
April	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 10% 20% 19% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 9% 21% 20% 3	1775
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 8% 20% 20% 5%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	50% 5% 8% 20% 16% 2	1634
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 4 11% 17% 18% 3	1468
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 14% 19% 13% 2	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 10% 21% 18% 1	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 12% 24% 13% 2	1440
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 17% 24% 16% 2	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	40% 9% 15% 21% 12% 2	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 15% 27% 14% 2	1392
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 15% 27% 14% 3	1486
August	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 18% 21% 15% 1	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 15% 24% 14% 1	1774
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 14% 20% 19% 3	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	41% 6% 11% 21% 19% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 11% 22% 25% 4	1868
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 6% 24% 20% 3	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 11% 22% 17% 2	2087
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 12% 29% 18% 3	2160
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 8% 25% 20% 2	2488
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 12% 25% 20% 5%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 7% 23% 21% 5%	2470
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 12% 27% 18% 2	2522
December	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 12% 23% 14% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 12% 21% 18% 4	3288
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 12% 25% 12% 1	4884

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	19% 21% 37% 17% 4 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 28% 29% 14% 3	180
	21st to end	Day	23% 23% 30% 19% 5% 1	290
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 20% 40% 12% 5%	286
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 18% 40% 15% 2	456
	21st to end	Day	27% 18% 32% 19% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 20% 34% 20% 4 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 22% 37% 17% 5% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	25% 17% 32% 20% 6% 1	490
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 18% 38% 15% 7% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 34% 21% 8% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	26% 15% 35% 16% 6% 1	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 14% 32% 17% 8% 2	423
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 36% 23% 7% 3	447
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 21% 28% 19% 5%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 29% 26% 17% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 31% 28% 14% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 25% 36% 18% 4	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 22% 30% 24% 9%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 20% 34% 28% 7%	444
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 25% 32% 21% 6%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 24% 33% 22% 7%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 21% 30% 26% 8%	439
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 21% 32% 21% 11%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 27% 21% 19% 12%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 23% 32% 18% 11%	450
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 26% 26% 14% 5%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 23% 24% 16% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 28% 26% 15% 3	450
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 35% 22% 11% 2	438
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 34% 24% 13% 3	365
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 32% 24% 10%	370
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 35% 25% 10% 1	315
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 19% 38% 11% 7% 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 16% 34% 17% 5% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	24% 15% 32% 22% 6% 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 13% 40% 22% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 35% 24% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 42% 24% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 39% 25% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 17% 41% 18% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 37% 21% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 13% 39% 23% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 39% 22% 5% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 40% 23% 6%	821
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 13% 38% 22% 6%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 35% 29% 6%	711
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 35% 30% 6% 1	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 32% 27% 9% 1	554
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 35% 30% 6%	406
	21st to end	Night	19% 2 19% 40% 19% 1	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 24% 38% 16% 1	360
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 22% 41% 19%	360
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 23% 49% 16% 1	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 16% 47% 19% 2	350
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 16% 44% 25% 2	348
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 19% 48% 21% 1	394
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 14% 49% 22% 3	537
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 17% 39% 27% 3	710
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 14% 41% 25% 4	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 19% 37% 22% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 16% 36% 24% 6%	720
	21st to end	Night	23% 2 21% 33% 20% 1	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 25% 27% 18% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 24% 37% 13% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 36% 26% 9% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 34% 32% 12% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 33% 28% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 38% 29% 8% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 12% 34% 21% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 39% 26% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 38% 29% 3	836

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