Floyd Bennett Field
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Floyd Bennett Field clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	101263
	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	97752
Transparency	Day	22% 48% 7% 13% 9% 1	104808
	Night	23% 47% 6% 13% 9% 1	102296
Seeing	Day	17% 5% 23% 32% 18% 4	15036
	Night	19% 7% 29% 29% 14% 2	24163

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% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 49%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 39%	2520
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 4 7% 4 3 4 3 4 4 33%	3005
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 39%	1736
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 2 4 5% 45%	1848
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 38%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 37%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 45%	3315
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	4153
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 39%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 42%	2254
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	2305
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 9% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 31%	4106
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 31%	4327
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 9% 44%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 9% 38%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 1 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 39%	2660
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 43%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 37%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 4 8% 10% 38%	4440
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 33%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 34%	4134
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	3730
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 50%	2190
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 41%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 42%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 48%	1900
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 45%	1933
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 3 3 2 2 5% 6% 51%	1698
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 48%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 46%	1657
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 1 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 8% 39%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 6% 45%	1906
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 33%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 43%	4440
	21st to end	Night	24% 10% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 34%	4648
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 2 4 6% 42%	2442
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 42%	2218
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 42%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 4 6% 3 3 2 3 4 5% 36%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 45%	3641
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 4 41%	3478
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 38%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 39%	1875
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 3 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	1872
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 12% 4 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 29%	2834
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 33%	2594
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 40%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 40%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 7% 9% 40%	1520
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 1 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 40%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 4 9% 6% 6% 5% 5% 7% 8% 34%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 10% 36%	2520
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 2 7% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 31%	2747
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 39%	3097
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 52%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	1990
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 42%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 3 3 5% 6% 42%	2176
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 50%	2280
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	2664
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 51%	2453
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	2470
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 47%	2521
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 40%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 42%	3288
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 37%	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	24% 37% 5% 20% 10% 3	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 38% 8% 15% 9% 1	2520
	21st to end	Day	37% 42% 5% 11% 4 1	3005
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 66% 6% 7% 3 1	1736
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 63% 3 8% 8% 1	1857
	21st to end	Day	16% 66% 5% 8% 4 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	33% 41% 6% 14% 5% 2	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 42% 9% 23% 9% 1	3315
	21st to end	Day	26% 41% 6% 9% 15% 3	4153
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 65% 4 7% 6% 1	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 67% 4 9% 7%	2254
	21st to end	Day	15% 66% 4 8% 6% 1	2305
May	1st to 10th	Day	37% 43% 9% 6% 5% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 41% 11% 11% 3	4331
	21st to end	Day	21% 42% 8% 16% 13% 1	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 66% 4 8% 7%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 66% 4 10% 7%	2660
	21st to end	Day	12% 65% 6% 9% 8%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 41% 6% 9% 12%	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 41% 12% 12% 8%	4365
	21st to end	Day	31% 39% 8% 11% 10% 1	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	31% 40% 10% 14% 4	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 40% 9% 23% 5%	3766
	21st to end	Day	15% 39% 9% 23% 13% 1	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 61% 7% 10% 7%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 60% 5% 9% 11%	2190
	21st to end	Day	21% 61% 4 7% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 38% 9% 13% 16% 5%	3325
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 37% 8% 15% 26% 4	3140
	21st to end	Day	13% 37% 11% 19% 18% 2	3158
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 58% 6% 10% 8% 1	1698
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 60% 3 10% 12% 1	1710
	21st to end	Day	13% 60% 6% 14% 6% 1	1657
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 60% 6% 6% 7%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 47% 6% 14% 10% 2	1906
	21st to end	Day	32% 40% 6% 16% 5%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 37% 6% 22% 6% 3	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 37% 7% 17% 10% 2	4440
	21st to end	Night	38% 40% 4 12% 6% 1	4648
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 65% 5% 10% 3 1	2442
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 63% 2 7% 9% 2	2220
	21st to end	Night	16% 65% 4 6% 6% 2	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 41% 4 12% 5% 1	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 41% 9% 18% 11% 1	3642
	21st to end	Night	30% 40% 4 8% 15% 4	3478
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 65% 3 7% 6% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 66% 5% 8% 8% 1	1875
	21st to end	Night	16% 65% 3 9% 6% 1	1872
May	1st to 10th	Night	35% 43% 8% 10% 3	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 42% 9% 10% 2	2595
	21st to end	Night	26% 41% 8% 13% 10% 2	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 66% 3 8% 9%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 66% 5% 11% 6%	1520
	21st to end	Night	13% 65% 4 10% 8% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	32% 39% 8% 11% 9%	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 39% 11% 16% 6%	2472
	21st to end	Night	34% 37% 8% 9% 10% 1	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	37% 40% 10% 8% 4 1	2737
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 40% 8% 19% 6%	3127
	21st to end	Night	15% 38% 7% 25% 15% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 62% 6% 11% 6% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 60% 5% 9% 10% 2	1990
	21st to end	Night	22% 60% 4 8% 6% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 39% 8% 15% 15% 2	3631
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 37% 6% 18% 26% 4	3779
	21st to end	Night	13% 37% 8% 22% 17% 2	4389
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 58% 5% 11% 8% 2	2453
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 60% 4 9% 10% 3	2470
	21st to end	Night	13% 60% 6% 13% 7% 1	2521
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 60% 5% 9% 5%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 50% 6% 9% 12% 3	3288
	21st to end	Night	31% 40% 8% 14% 8%	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	15% 12% 41% 22% 9% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 15% 48% 18% 4 1	180
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 37% 25% 9% 2	265
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 33% 30% 5%	296
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 39% 28% 3	456
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 34% 27% 4 1	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 36% 30% 8%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 43% 28% 7% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 34% 28% 8% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 32% 30% 9%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 23% 35% 12% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 28% 33% 10% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 24% 32% 10% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 2 21% 39% 15% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 14% 31% 29% 6%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 2 17% 37% 23% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 19% 38% 23% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 15% 40% 28% 3	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 9% 36% 32% 8%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 9% 35% 36% 9%	484
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 11% 39% 31% 4	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 1 8% 42% 31% 7%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 9% 33% 36% 7%	479
	21st to end	Day	12% 1 13% 36% 29% 10%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 14% 32% 25% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 12% 33% 29% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 2 18% 33% 18% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 3 16% 29% 22% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 26% 29% 20% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 29% 26% 16% 3	456
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 26% 32% 17% 3	374
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 36% 26% 9%	370
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 32% 29% 11% 1	317
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 41% 22% 11%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 17% 29% 26% 5% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 32% 21% 11% 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 15% 42% 21% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 13% 35% 24% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 42% 22% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 13% 38% 26% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 42% 21% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	22% 12% 37% 24% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 40% 24% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 38% 26% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 36% 29% 7% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 37% 29% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 29% 36% 10%	751
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 30% 35% 10% 1	732
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 25% 32% 13% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 26% 36% 13% 1	434
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 13% 34% 26% 6%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 15% 36% 23% 3	380
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 1 13% 43% 26% 2	380
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 16% 46% 26% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 12% 37% 32% 4	370
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 11% 37% 34% 6%	368
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 15% 39% 30% 3	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 10% 41% 32% 3	515
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 12% 33% 34% 5%	750
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 12% 34% 32% 6%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 18% 32% 25% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 14% 34% 26% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 1 20% 33% 20% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 23% 25% 19% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 26% 34% 14% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 31% 27% 11% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 33% 29% 13% 2	755
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 32% 24% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 13% 37% 25% 9% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 13% 33% 22% 6% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 38% 25% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 40% 24% 4	836

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