Pace/Milton
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Pace/Milton clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-04-10.

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% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 41%	83672
	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 46%	85128
Transparency	Day	38% 8% 12% 18% 17% 7%	83407
	Night	36% 7% 12% 17% 19% 8%	84912
Seeing	Day	11% 7% 20% 25% 22% 13%	13738
	Night	12% 6% 20% 30% 25% 7%	23795

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	15% 4 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 45%	2941
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 6% 8% 53%	3160
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 6% 37%	3476
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	1848
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 40%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 35%	3120
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 42%	3310
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 44%	4055
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 45%	2269
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 6% 4 5% 7% 46%	2134
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 55%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 54%	2163
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 7% 7% 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 44%	2301
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 11% 44%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 4 7% 7% 5% 7% 6% 8% 12% 30%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 6% 5% 8% 8% 11% 13% 34%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 9% 5% 7% 8% 9% 13% 30%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 9% 5% 9% 8% 9% 11% 25%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 3 8% 9% 5% 9% 8% 10% 12% 22%	2260
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 3 7% 8% 6% 8% 9% 9% 11% 27%	2350
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 7% 5% 8% 9% 11% 13% 28%	2148
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 8% 4 9% 9% 8% 12% 26%	2125
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 7% 5% 6% 7% 8% 10% 30%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 6% 8% 4 7% 7% 8% 11% 34%	2116
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 6% 4 7% 5% 6% 8% 36%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 48%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 5% 3 3 5% 5% 9% 53%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 9% 55%	1980
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 5% 55%	2000
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 3 2 4 4 5% 5% 59%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 4 4 2 4 3 6% 9% 53%	1710
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 48%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 46%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	2153
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 40%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 4 5% 45%	4000
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 50%	3800
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 4 5% 40%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 3 6% 4 2 4 3 5% 6% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 5% 46%	2218
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 5% 40%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 4 7% 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 33%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 43%	3647
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 46%	3604
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 6% 7% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 1 4 5% 2 4 5% 5% 7% 47%	1775
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 3 5% 2 4 4 4 7% 62%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 8% 56%	1796
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 6% 10% 48%	1592
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 11% 49%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 3 6% 8% 12% 41%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 4 4 3 6% 7% 9% 12% 47%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 3 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 7% 14% 39%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 8% 13% 38%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 12% 15% 37%	1695
	21st to end	Night	3 2 2 4 4 4 8% 8% 10% 14% 42%	1968
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 5% 4 3 5% 6% 10% 15% 44%	1790
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 6% 6% 5% 8% 8% 8% 13% 36%	1776
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 6% 4 7% 7% 8% 10% 36%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 8% 8% 13% 39%	1826
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 43%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 5% 6% 3 5% 4 6% 9% 50%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 9% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 5% 6% 63%	1980
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 3 5% 6% 55%	2350
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 59%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 54%	2470
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	3042
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 6% 3 4 3 4 5% 42%	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	38% 4 6% 17% 22% 12%	2942
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 7% 17% 30% 12%	3160
	21st to end	Day	49% 4 4 13% 20% 10%	3476
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 7% 15% 19% 10%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 7% 17% 19% 12%	1858
	21st to end	Day	42% 8% 9% 14% 16% 10%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 5% 9% 17% 13% 6%	3120
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 11% 20% 19% 7%	3310
	21st to end	Day	40% 5% 11% 17% 17% 10%	4055
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 12% 17% 20% 10%	2269
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 9% 18% 20% 10%	2134
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 11% 24% 23% 10%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 12% 25% 22% 8%	2163
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 9% 17% 20% 17% 3	2305
	21st to end	Day	31% 10% 15% 24% 18% 3	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 10% 17% 23% 8% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 13% 20% 23% 10% 2	2340
	21st to end	Day	39% 14% 21% 16% 9% 2	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	46% 14% 22% 14% 4	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 16% 21% 13% 3 1	2191
	21st to end	Day	41% 15% 21% 18% 4	2219
August	1st to 10th	Day	37% 17% 25% 16% 5%	2136
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 16% 24% 12% 6%	2125
	21st to end	Day	44% 12% 18% 15% 8% 2	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 14% 19% 14% 11% 5%	2116
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 10% 14% 15% 12% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Day	34% 7% 11% 18% 21% 9%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 13% 19% 20% 14%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 10% 19% 26% 14%	1980
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 6% 12% 27% 19%	2000
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 9% 20% 23% 17%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 8% 17% 28% 14%	1710
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 8% 19% 22% 12%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 11% 17% 20% 9%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 6% 17% 19% 11%	2150
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 6% 18% 22% 5%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 6% 10% 25% 14%	4000
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 5% 15% 30% 10%	3800
	21st to end	Night	48% 3 5% 14% 22% 8%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 6% 17% 21% 11%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 7% 13% 20% 14%	2219
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 9% 16% 14% 13%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 5% 8% 14% 13% 6%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 7% 11% 17% 19% 9%	3647
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 11% 19% 17% 10%	3604
April	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 11% 13% 19% 12%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 10% 20% 22% 9%	1775
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 11% 28% 26% 8%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 13% 21% 26% 8%	1796
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 19% 20% 19% 3	1593
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 16% 24% 19% 4	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	32% 10% 22% 24% 11% 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 15% 22% 25% 11% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	32% 14% 26% 18% 9% 1	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	34% 15% 26% 19% 5%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 18% 33% 16% 4	1641
	21st to end	Night	27% 15% 33% 21% 4	1858
August	1st to 10th	Night	25% 17% 32% 22% 3	1778
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 17% 28% 15% 5%	1776
	21st to end	Night	40% 12% 20% 18% 6% 3	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	33% 12% 23% 15% 13% 4	1826
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 10% 16% 18% 13% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	29% 9% 13% 21% 20% 8%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 11% 19% 22% 14%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 9% 21% 28% 14%	1980
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 5% 14% 27% 17%	2350
November	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 9% 18% 25% 18%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 5% 18% 28% 14%	2470
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 9% 18% 21% 13%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 10% 20% 21% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 8% 12% 24% 12%	3044
	21st to end	Night	46% 5% 6% 18% 21% 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% 17% 39% 19% 8% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 17% 31% 27% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 40% 13% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 19% 34% 20% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 16% 39% 19% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 25% 45% 15% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 20% 37% 25% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 34% 24% 9% 1	355
	21st to end	Day	17% 13% 33% 25% 12% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 14% 33% 23% 11% 3	457
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 12% 30% 25% 16% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	8% 9% 27% 32% 18% 5%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 23% 31% 21% 7%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 21% 35% 20% 16%	447
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 12% 32% 28% 17%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 12% 32% 27% 17%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 10% 29% 28% 23%	450
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 9% 23% 31% 28%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 5% 17% 35% 33%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 6% 14% 37% 36%	444
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 6% 21% 40% 27%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 17% 35% 38%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 4 16% 34% 35%	439
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 7% 21% 34% 25%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 8% 22% 37% 24%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 7% 30% 33% 14%	450
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 11% 30% 35% 14%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 20% 38% 24% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 18% 31% 30% 10%	450
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 22% 34% 18% 5%	357
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 21% 40% 18% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 10% 31% 31% 13% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 13% 31% 28% 14% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 14% 31% 26% 11% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 15% 31% 24% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 10% 31% 21% 12% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 32% 30% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 14% 28% 33% 11%	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 11% 33% 28% 5%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 33% 32% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 32% 27% 9%	743
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 33% 32% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 32% 33% 10%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 31% 34% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 29% 35% 14% 1	713
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 26% 36% 14% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 26% 31% 22% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 21% 38% 27% 2	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 17% 39% 26% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 14% 41% 33% 5%	531
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 9% 28% 47% 9%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 7% 28% 44% 10%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 5% 25% 49% 15%	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 5% 20% 48% 19%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 2 17% 50% 23%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 2 13% 46% 34%	522
	21st to end	Night	3 3 17% 53% 23%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 12% 49% 31%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 12% 52% 27%	534
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 7% 19% 42% 21%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 5% 22% 46% 19%	566
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 11% 26% 40% 10%	720
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 11% 33% 38% 9%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 20% 38% 28% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 17% 34% 31% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 20% 35% 25% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 22% 41% 20% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 26% 37% 16% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 29% 36% 14% 2	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 29% 32% 14% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 28% 31% 14% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 28% 30% 9%	836

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