Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-08.

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	5% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	105615
	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	102112
Transparency	Day	23% 4 8% 22% 28% 15%	105372
	Night	22% 4 8% 21% 27% 17%	101945
Seeing	Day	7% 6% 27% 33% 21% 6%	15271
	Night	6% 7% 36% 38% 12% 1	25217

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SW (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	6% 10% 4 6% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 55%	2787
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 7% 71%	2923
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 62%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 3 6% 60%	1849
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6% 64%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 7% 66%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	3311
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 53%	4053
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 67%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 61%	2251
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 65%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 63%	4084
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 59%	4082
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 54%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 64%	2578
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 59%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 52%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 59%	4223
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 57%	4418
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 9% 62%	3784
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 65%	3726
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 7% 10% 56%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 56%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 55%	2090
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 5% 68%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 76%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 5% 62%	3379
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 76%	3189
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 70%	1736
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 69%	1710
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 5% 63%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 63%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 1 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 6% 58%	2161
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 64%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 59%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 6% 64%	4076
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 63%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 60%	2218
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 61%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 2 4 6% 66%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 58%	3654
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 59%	3582
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	1877
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 5% 6% 63%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 66%	2882
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 56%	2823
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 64%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 5% 5% 10% 10% 53%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 7% 9% 63%	1593
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 59%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 8% 51%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 8% 50%	2742
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 12% 57%	3141
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 4 6% 5% 9% 12% 50%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 10% 57%	3113
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 4 3 3 5% 5% 8% 11% 51%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 8% 59%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 6% 56%	2089
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 67%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 77%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 64%	3539
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 5% 73%	4336
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 71%	2503
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 72%	2470
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 63%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 60%	3036
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	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	33% 2 5% 21% 29% 10%	2788
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 8% 29% 33% 11%	2923
	21st to end	Day	30% 3 6% 21% 32% 8%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 7% 22% 27% 16%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 3 5% 21% 27% 17%	1859
	21st to end	Day	23% 2 3 17% 34% 21%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 2 4 14% 30% 30%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 3 6% 22% 29% 10%	3311
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 6% 23% 26% 13%	4053
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 6% 16% 29% 25%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 5% 18% 26% 22%	2254
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 10% 23% 30% 14%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 7% 19% 21% 26%	4084
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 8% 20% 24% 17%	4086
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 8% 17% 22% 28%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 13% 28% 17% 11%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 8% 21% 25% 21%	2578
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 10% 26% 23% 14%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 11% 24% 23% 6%	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 11% 30% 26% 6%	4150
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 12% 29% 26% 6%	4278
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 13% 29% 22% 12%	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 10% 22% 31% 14%	3762
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 11% 29% 26% 6%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 12% 21% 23% 12%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 9% 20% 30% 9%	2090
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 6% 22% 33% 15%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 5% 13% 38% 26%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 7% 17% 28% 20%	3379
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 3 22% 37% 22%	3189
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 6% 18% 36% 20%	1736
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 5% 25% 34% 17%	1710
	21st to end	Day	26% 2 3 16% 32% 21%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 3 8% 26% 30% 11%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 3 6% 21% 28% 15%	2159
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 6% 20% 33% 15%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 6% 26% 30% 8%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 11% 21% 34% 11%	4076
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 7% 20% 31% 9%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 2 5% 18% 30% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 6% 20% 26% 19%	2218
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 4 17% 30% 25%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 4 14% 26% 32%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 7% 24% 23% 16%	3654
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 6% 25% 22% 18%	3582
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 7% 20% 26% 25%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 8% 20% 24% 21%	1877
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 10% 24% 25% 16%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 7% 19% 20% 27%	2882
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 10% 17% 21% 17%	2824
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 10% 12% 16% 34%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 17% 24% 17% 10%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 12% 20% 24% 20%	1593
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 14% 29% 20% 12%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 13% 29% 19% 3	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 12% 20% 28% 6%	2692
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 12% 30% 28% 5%	3042
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 14% 26% 19% 13%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 11% 26% 27% 9%	3143
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 15% 28% 22% 6%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 11% 20% 24% 12%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 10% 23% 24% 11%	2089
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 7% 21% 34% 16%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 6% 11% 33% 34%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 7% 16% 29% 22%	3539
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 3 18% 41% 19%	4336
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 7% 19% 34% 21%	2503
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 3 24% 37% 18%	2470
	21st to end	Night	24% 2 4 17% 33% 20%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 2 7% 23% 28% 14%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 5% 19% 33% 16%	3037
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 5% 22% 31% 15%	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	8% 9% 44% 25% 12% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 15% 39% 26% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 37% 33% 12% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 10% 40% 32% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 10% 43% 26% 8% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 14% 49% 24% 6%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 43% 34% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 35% 26% 13% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 12% 41% 26% 9% 1	433
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 12% 49% 22% 8% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 43% 28% 5% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	8% 13% 35% 32% 10% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 37% 34% 12% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 28% 32% 19% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 35% 33% 17% 1	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 23% 39% 24% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 27% 42% 20% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 19% 40% 28% 5%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 9% 35% 33% 14%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 8% 38% 38% 12%	668
	21st to end	Day	2 1 7% 32% 42% 16%	715
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 8% 38% 40% 11%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 8% 35% 33% 16%	477
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 10% 34% 35% 14%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 11% 37% 32% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 11% 43% 31% 11%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 15% 32% 32% 9%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 25% 31% 24% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 28% 36% 20% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 28% 29% 18% 6%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 33% 30% 16% 5%	291
	11th to 20th	Day	3 11% 31% 38% 11% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 13% 34% 24% 12% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 10% 39% 29% 14% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 9% 40% 34% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 13% 44% 25% 8%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 9% 40% 37% 8% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 41% 34% 10%	919
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 43% 36% 8%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 11% 45% 31% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 11% 48% 29% 4 1	744
	21st to end	Night	8% 12% 49% 28% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 10% 48% 31% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 11% 41% 33% 6%	679
	21st to end	Night	5% 14% 53% 25% 3	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 12% 52% 27% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 10% 56% 23% 2	563
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 50% 27% 5%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 46% 32% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 38% 37% 10% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 45% 34% 7%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 37% 44% 10%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 46% 40% 8% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	3 2 28% 52% 14%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 17% 50% 25% 1	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 11% 53% 30%	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 9% 52% 34% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 14% 48% 33% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 13% 55% 24% 2	564
	21st to end	Night	4 1 11% 49% 33% 1	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 11% 54% 27% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 24% 48% 17%	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 23% 45% 21% 2	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 32% 42% 14% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 37% 40% 9% 1	612
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 33% 33% 17% 1	964
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 35% 40% 13% 1	963
	11th to 20th	Night	3 9% 37% 37% 13% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 37% 35% 12% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 9% 37% 36% 9% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 43% 33% 8%	950
	21st to end	Night	9% 11% 42% 31% 7%	1045

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