Lancaster
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lancaster clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-31.

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	18% 9% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 32%	74898
	Night	19% 11% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 31%	75231
Transparency	Day	51% 6% 12% 20% 10% 1	74603
	Night	55% 6% 11% 18% 9% 1	75060
Seeing	Day	25% 16% 29% 19% 8% 2	13488
	Night	26% 14% 28% 23% 8% 1	22671

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	19% 18% 6% 11% 7% 4 4 4 3 3 20%	1517
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 18% 7% 10% 7% 3 3 4 4 5% 21%	1520
	21st to end	Day	13% 15% 6% 9% 9% 4 5% 6% 6% 7% 21%	1675
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 5% 11% 8% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 21%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 5% 10% 6% 3 5% 4 6% 5% 27%	1641
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 6% 8% 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 24%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 13% 6% 9% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 29%	1797
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 12% 5% 8% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 31%	1908
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 4 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 4 35%	2344
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 11% 4 7% 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 33%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 4 5% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 36%	2134
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 31%	2262
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 5% 36%	2515
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 5% 7% 39%	2478
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 8% 37%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 6% 5% 7% 30%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 32%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 43%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 10% 38%	2744
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 39%	2506
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 41%	2248
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 40%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 7% 43%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 4 7% 47%	2112
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 34%	1818
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 10% 4 8% 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 28%	1800
	21st to end	Day	27% 10% 4 7% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 26%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 5% 7% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 32%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 5% 8% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 28%	1607
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 5% 9% 7% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 21%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 15% 6% 10% 7% 3 4 5% 4 5% 17%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 5% 8% 6% 3 4 4 5% 5% 22%	1906
	21st to end	Day	28% 17% 4 8% 6% 3 4 3 3 4 19%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 19% 7% 10% 8% 3 5% 4 3 5% 17%	2649
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 18% 6% 10% 7% 4 5% 4 4 4 19%	2660
	21st to end	Night	14% 15% 6% 9% 8% 4 5% 4 4 6% 25%	2905
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 14% 7% 11% 8% 5% 6% 5% 4 4 19%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 12% 6% 11% 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 5% 27%	2205
	21st to end	Night	16% 14% 6% 9% 7% 4 4 5% 4 4 29%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 14% 6% 7% 8% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 27%	2150
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 5% 6% 7% 3 5% 4 5% 4 32%	2050
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 4 6% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 37%	2012
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 4 7% 5% 3 4 4 5% 5% 31%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 4 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 34%	1775
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 34%	1697
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 33%	1461
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 3 8% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 40%	1415
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 7% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	1550
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 11% 29%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 8% 40%	1440
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 35%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 3 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 43%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 6% 9% 41%	1440
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 6% 7% 9% 42%	1574
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 10% 42%	1432
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 44%	1631
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 9% 42%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 47%	1847
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 4 5% 4 7% 41%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 35%	2140
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 4 7% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 5% 32%	2160
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 3 7% 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 27%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 4 6% 6% 3 4 4 5% 6% 32%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 31%	2569
	21st to end	Night	22% 12% 5% 8% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 5% 23%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 7% 10% 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 17%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 5% 8% 6% 3 5% 3 4 3 23%	3288
	21st to end	Night	32% 15% 5% 9% 5% 3 3 3 3 3 18%	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	71% 4 11% 11% 3	1518
	11th to 20th	Day	67% 4 9% 11% 8% 1	1520
	21st to end	Day	61% 6% 14% 12% 6% 1	1675
February	1st to 10th	Day	65% 6% 10% 15% 3 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 5% 12% 16% 6% 1	1650
	21st to end	Day	63% 4 11% 13% 8% 1	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	59% 4 12% 15% 8% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 5% 13% 15% 11% 2	1908
	21st to end	Day	51% 5% 8% 18% 14% 3	2344
April	1st to 10th	Day	54% 4 8% 21% 11% 2	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 4 8% 22% 15% 2	2134
	21st to end	Day	53% 5% 11% 16% 13% 4	2262
May	1st to 10th	Day	49% 5% 9% 19% 15% 2	2515
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 11% 22% 16% 2	2482
	21st to end	Day	44% 7% 13% 20% 13% 3	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	51% 6% 12% 18% 12% 1	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 12% 24% 13% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	48% 8% 13% 19% 11% 1	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 13% 28% 14% 1	2450
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 16% 28% 9%	2445
	21st to end	Day	39% 9% 18% 25% 9%	2591
August	1st to 10th	Day	42% 8% 17% 26% 8%	2492
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 18% 26% 10%	2248
	21st to end	Day	39% 8% 14% 26% 12% 1	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 14% 28% 13%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 14% 31% 13% 1	2112
	21st to end	Day	41% 8% 14% 27% 9% 1	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	49% 6% 12% 21% 11%	1818
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 6% 15% 17% 7%	1800
	21st to end	Day	60% 5% 11% 16% 7% 1	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	51% 7% 13% 21% 7% 1	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 6% 12% 15% 9% 1	1607
	21st to end	Day	65% 7% 13% 12% 4	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	72% 6% 11% 10% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	65% 7% 13% 12% 3	1906
	21st to end	Day	71% 5% 9% 12% 3	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	71% 4 10% 10% 4	2649
	11th to 20th	Night	69% 5% 10% 10% 6%	2660
	21st to end	Night	62% 5% 11% 14% 8% 1	2905
February	1st to 10th	Night	69% 5% 9% 12% 5% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	60% 4 11% 17% 7%	2207
	21st to end	Night	59% 5% 9% 16% 10% 1	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	61% 5% 9% 15% 9% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	56% 5% 10% 17% 10% 3	2051
	21st to end	Night	53% 4 7% 20% 13% 4	2012
April	1st to 10th	Night	56% 4 9% 18% 11% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 4 10% 19% 13% 1	1775
	21st to end	Night	53% 5% 8% 17% 14% 4	1697
May	1st to 10th	Night	52% 4 8% 15% 16% 4	1461
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 4 9% 19% 18% 3	1416
	21st to end	Night	41% 7% 13% 21% 15% 2	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	49% 8% 13% 18% 11% 1	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 12% 21% 16% 2	1440
	21st to end	Night	46% 7% 13% 23% 11%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	35% 8% 15% 24% 18% 1	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 7% 14% 31% 12%	1392
	21st to end	Night	36% 10% 17% 24% 13% 1	1486
August	1st to 10th	Night	35% 8% 20% 25% 11%	1422
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 15% 25% 12% 1	1631
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 16% 26% 11% 1	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	42% 6% 11% 26% 14% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 13% 33% 11% 1	1847
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 11% 26% 13% 1	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	49% 6% 11% 23% 10% 1	2140
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 7% 13% 20% 8%	2160
	21st to end	Night	59% 6% 13% 14% 7% 1	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 12% 19% 8% 1	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 6% 12% 17% 8% 2	2569
	21st to end	Night	64% 6% 12% 14% 4	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	71% 5% 9% 12% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	67% 6% 8% 14% 5%	3288
	21st to end	Night	72% 5% 9% 11% 2	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	29% 18% 31% 17% 5%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 25% 31% 9% 3 1	180
	21st to end	Day	23% 20% 36% 17% 4	202
February	1st to 10th	Day	36% 28% 29% 7%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 28% 35% 7% 1	308
	21st to end	Day	35% 21% 31% 12% 1	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 22% 28% 15% 4	420
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 23% 31% 11% 3 1	420
	21st to end	Day	34% 21% 22% 14% 8%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 18% 31% 13% 3 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 19% 24% 16% 8% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	34% 16% 29% 13% 7% 1	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 22% 28% 15% 7% 2	423
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 19% 32% 18% 10% 1	447
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 33% 22% 8% 2	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	29% 13% 29% 20% 7% 1	450
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 13% 34% 24% 8% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	25% 12% 32% 20% 8% 3	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 34% 27% 14% 3	445
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 32% 29% 11% 3	444
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 33% 29% 10% 2	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 28% 28% 15% 3	446
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 28% 31% 13% 6%	439
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 29% 22% 13% 6%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 30% 25% 12% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 25% 25% 16% 8%	450
	21st to end	Day	19% 11% 30% 23% 13% 4	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 14% 26% 16% 13% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 21% 23% 18% 7% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	36% 14% 24% 18% 7%	396
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 17% 27% 16% 9% 1	365
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 22% 25% 13% 4 1	267
	21st to end	Day	33% 19% 28% 15% 6%	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 23% 24% 18% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 26% 26% 13% 2 1	180
	21st to end	Day	38% 24% 21% 14% 3 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 18% 33% 16% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 20% 28% 17% 4 1	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 18% 31% 23% 5%	835
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 22% 31% 18% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 20% 34% 17% 3	703
	21st to end	Night	26% 19% 31% 21% 3	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	30% 18% 28% 20% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 19% 29% 19% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	29% 15% 27% 23% 6%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 16% 27% 22% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 16% 27% 21% 6%	711
	21st to end	Night	29% 14% 28% 22% 7%	617
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 9% 27% 25% 8% 1	381
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 11% 31% 27% 7%	354
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 32% 29% 11%	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 29% 33% 6% 1	360
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 29% 29% 11% 1	360
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 31% 28% 12%	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 32% 36% 13%	350
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 31% 37% 13% 1	348
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 34% 37% 9% 1	394
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 26% 36% 18% 1	358
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 22% 36% 19% 3	567
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 30% 29% 17% 1	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 25% 33% 13% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 21% 33% 17% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 26% 24% 17% 2	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 11% 28% 21% 14% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 13% 29% 22% 9%	720
	21st to end	Night	33% 15% 26% 23% 3	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	30% 17% 24% 21% 7% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 20% 26% 18% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	32% 19% 24% 19% 7%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	35% 19% 25% 18% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 18% 28% 16% 4 1	760
	21st to end	Night	37% 17% 26% 17% 3	836

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