Foxboro Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

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

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	6% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 60%	105248
	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 54%	103005
Transparency	Day	24% 5% 8% 18% 24% 21%	105007
	Night	28% 6% 11% 17% 20% 18%	102836
Seeing	Day	9% 10% 28% 34% 16% 3	15449
	Night	10% 5% 19% 37% 25% 4	24765

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	14% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 36%	2681
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 11% 5% 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 33%	2860
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 30%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 3 4 7% 8% 41%	1736
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 48%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 9% 4 11% 7% 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 31%	3384
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 1 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 55%	3490
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 38%	3876
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 8% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	2249
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 10% 60%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 5% 74%	3955
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 7% 74%	4180
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 75%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 63%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 8% 74%	2660
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 75%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 84%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 75%	4153
	21st to end	Day	1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	4455
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 66%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 80%	3851
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 7% 74%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 7% 76%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 65%	2280
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 75%	2010
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 4 2 2 3 2 5% 7% 71%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	3161
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 58%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 4 6% 7% 57%	1916
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 3 8% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 46%	1800
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 51%	1591
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 44%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 13% 4 9% 5% 3 3 3 5% 5% 31%	1928
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 32%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 42%	4252
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 4 10% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 32%	4110
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 3 9% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 32%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 46%	2329
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 4 4 3 5% 2 5% 6% 51%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 3 10% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 38%	3475
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 56%	3490
	21st to end	Night	10% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 42%	3776
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 8% 50%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 59%	1879
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 3 4 2 4 3 6% 8% 62%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 73%	3002
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 66%	2716
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 6% 74%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 7% 11% 57%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 3 2 3 2 3 5% 9% 69%	1520
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 5% 9% 68%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 5% 78%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 4 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 64%	2812
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 12% 53%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 11% 52%	2848
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 4 3 3 3 2 5% 8% 69%	2993
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 65%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 70%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 5% 5% 3 3 3 5% 8% 59%	1900
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 7% 69%	2165
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 70%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 7% 61%	3777
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 59%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 9% 55%	2380
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 51%	2600
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	2738
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 30%	3276
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 33%	4862

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	46% 7% 12% 25% 8% 2	2681
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 6% 10% 13% 11% 6%	2860
	21st to end	Day	53% 8% 9% 15% 12% 4	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 8% 20% 20% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 8% 18% 22% 6%	1745
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 9% 23% 20% 7%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	51% 9% 10% 15% 13% 2	3384
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 11% 29% 13% 11%	3490
	21st to end	Day	40% 11% 14% 21% 11% 2	3876
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 13% 20% 19% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 14% 24% 21% 6%	2252
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 13% 30% 26% 4	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 11% 30% 24% 16%	3955
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 8% 25% 39% 13%	4183
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 10% 32% 33% 4	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 11% 27% 26% 8%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 9% 22% 37% 17%	2660
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 7% 13% 32% 33%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 4 6% 13% 68%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 5% 6% 15% 61%	4082
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 4 6% 27% 54%	4315
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 4 9% 25% 46%	4076
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 4 9% 41% 37%	3890
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 5% 13% 35% 35%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 4 9% 31% 43%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 6% 21% 32% 16%	2280
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 5% 21% 34% 25%	2010
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 4 11% 28% 40%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 6% 25% 29% 19%	3161
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 6% 25% 30% 14%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 10% 27% 21% 12%	1916
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 9% 22% 21% 6%	1800
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 11% 19% 24% 10%	1591
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 11% 19% 18% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 4 10% 12% 15% 4	1928
	21st to end	Day	48% 8% 12% 18% 11% 3	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 20% 22% 9% 3	4252
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 8% 12% 12% 9% 7%	4110
	21st to end	Night	54% 7% 10% 13% 11% 6%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 9% 20% 20% 10%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 6% 11% 18% 20% 9%	2331
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 11% 27% 19% 5%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	45% 12% 12% 14% 14% 3	3475
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 10% 22% 18% 11%	3490
	21st to end	Night	42% 10% 14% 20% 11% 3	3776
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 14% 21% 20% 5%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 13% 26% 18% 9%	1879
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 14% 30% 24% 6%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 12% 26% 28% 14%	3002
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 23% 15% 26% 14%	2717
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 19% 29% 28% 3	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 13% 22% 25% 9%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 9% 20% 34% 18%	1520
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 12% 14% 27% 29%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 6% 5% 12% 66%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 8% 7% 10% 57%	2760
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 8% 7% 23% 46%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 7% 8% 22% 40%	2839
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 8% 6% 36% 35%	3020
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 8% 11% 32% 32%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 9% 9% 25% 42%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 11% 19% 26% 16%	1900
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 8% 19% 29% 27%	2165
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 6% 10% 18% 48%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 7% 26% 21% 22%	3777
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 6% 23% 25% 20%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 11% 25% 17% 14%	2380
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 12% 24% 20% 8%	2600
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 11% 19% 23% 12%	2738
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 9% 17% 17% 11%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 6% 11% 13% 15% 4	3276
	21st to end	Night	47% 11% 13% 15% 11% 4	4862

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	26% 9% 31% 19% 14% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 11% 22% 34% 13% 2	370
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 27% 31% 16% 2	407
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 19% 30% 18% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 26% 24% 13% 2	398
	21st to end	Day	12% 15% 26% 29% 15% 2	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 17% 30% 20% 10% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 17% 27% 21% 15% 4	460
	21st to end	Day	13% 19% 32% 26% 9% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 32% 24% 10% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 17% 31% 24% 9% 5%	452
	21st to end	Day	7% 20% 30% 28% 11% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 16% 31% 32% 11% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 14% 32% 32% 13% 1	488
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 32% 35% 13% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 34% 33% 12% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 12% 37% 36% 10% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 36% 43% 14% 1	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 31% 49% 13% 1	486
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 25% 54% 17% 2	484
	21st to end	Day	1 2 31% 48% 16% 2	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 30% 47% 13% 2	487
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 30% 44% 15% 4	477
	21st to end	Day	2 3 24% 47% 20% 4	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 23% 44% 20% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 27% 37% 16% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 26% 33% 26% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 27% 32% 22% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 22% 29% 27% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 24% 29% 25% 6%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 9% 20% 24% 31% 6%	452
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 18% 34% 23% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 26% 32% 17% 2	201
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 22% 27% 16% 5%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 13% 26% 29% 14% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 30% 28% 12% 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 16% 31% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 16% 36% 23% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 13% 36% 23% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 15% 37% 22% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 19% 33% 22% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 20% 33% 21% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 22% 29% 19% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 20% 31% 22% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 27% 32% 16% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 26% 35% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 13% 25% 30% 19% 3	751
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 29% 32% 20% 3	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 27% 39% 20% 2	660
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 24% 41% 24% 3	496
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 29% 38% 18% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 31% 44% 17% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 25% 53% 15% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	3 2 23% 45% 25% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 18% 52% 26% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 14% 51% 26% 5%	519
	21st to end	Night	3 2 17% 44% 31% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 19% 43% 26% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 21% 45% 27% 4	667
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 14% 47% 29% 4	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 14% 41% 34% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 18% 42% 29% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	4 3 15% 37% 34% 6%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 16% 36% 32% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 14% 32% 34% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 12% 33% 33% 10%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 15% 31% 34% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 15% 36% 28% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 14% 38% 26% 5%	788
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 16% 34% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 16% 32% 20% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 22% 30% 19% 1	836

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