Green Mountain Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Green Mountain Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-09-14.

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% 11% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 29%	100926
	Night	19% 14% 4 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 27%	96992
Transparency	Day	53% 7% 13% 19% 8% 1	100684
	Night	58% 6% 11% 16% 8% 1	96854
Seeing	Day	26% 18% 30% 18% 7% 2	14533
	Night	25% 15% 27% 23% 8% 1	23459

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% 17% 6% 14% 8% 6% 4 3 5% 4 18%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 16% 6% 17% 9% 5% 4 3 3 4 19%	2520
	21st to end	Day	16% 19% 8% 12% 5% 7% 5% 3 4 5% 16%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 15% 6% 13% 8% 5% 4 4 6% 5% 21%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 17% 6% 15% 8% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 22%	1819
	21st to end	Day	14% 16% 5% 12% 7% 6% 4 2 4 4 25%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 18% 5% 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 19%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 22% 6% 11% 6% 5% 4 3 3 4 22%	3265
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 5% 11% 5% 3 4 3 3 4 31%	4166
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 15% 3 8% 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 29%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 3 7% 4 4 4 2 5% 6% 33%	2254
	21st to end	Day	24% 12% 3 7% 4 3 4 2 4 6% 30%	2437
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 12% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 27%	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 5% 8% 29%	4398
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 36%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 27%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 34%	2660
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 4 7% 7% 28%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 9% 35%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 34%	4440
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 36%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 32%	4423
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 8% 33%	3897
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 41%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 1 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 2 5% 7% 47%	2094
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 7% 39%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 30%	1908
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 13% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 31%	1751
	21st to end	Day	27% 14% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 24%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 14% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 31%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 15% 5% 10% 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 25%	1710
	21st to end	Day	19% 15% 6% 10% 5% 4 4 4 6% 5% 23%	1534
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 20% 6% 13% 5% 5% 3 2 4 4 17%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 17% 5% 11% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 21%	1906
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 6% 12% 7% 6% 4 2 4 4 15%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 17% 8% 16% 7% 5% 4 2 3 4 18%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 18% 6% 21% 9% 6% 4 3 3 3 14%	4440
	21st to end	Night	19% 19% 6% 14% 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 17%	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 16% 6% 15% 8% 5% 4 3 4 5% 19%	2504
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 17% 7% 14% 9% 5% 4 3 4 4 21%	2246
	21st to end	Night	14% 17% 6% 11% 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 26%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 4 8% 6% 4 3 2 4 4 25%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 22% 5% 9% 5% 4 3 2 4 4 27%	3690
	21st to end	Night	18% 18% 4 11% 4 3 3 2 3 3 31%	3466
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 16% 3 8% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 27%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 13% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 30%	1875
	21st to end	Night	23% 12% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 4 32%	1742
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 12% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 25%	2748
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 3 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 31%	2495
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 37%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 3 4 6% 31%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 2 7% 6% 3 4 4 6% 8% 36%	1520
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 7% 6% 31%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 7% 5% 5% 8% 34%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 3 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 36%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 35%	2506
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 36%	2896
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 42%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 48%	1943
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 5% 3 3 5% 6% 42%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 5% 32%	2050
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 5% 30%	2209
	21st to end	Night	28% 15% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 24%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 14% 3 8% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 30%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 15% 5% 10% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 27%	2470
	21st to end	Night	19% 18% 6% 11% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 21%	2645
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 24% 7% 12% 6% 5% 4 2 3 4 14%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 17% 5% 11% 6% 5% 4 3 4 4 18%	3288
	21st to end	Night	23% 18% 7% 14% 6% 4 3 3 3 4 15%	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	66% 6% 14% 12% 2	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	68% 6% 12% 10% 4 1	2520
	21st to end	Day	67% 7% 14% 8% 4 1	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	62% 8% 9% 15% 5% 2	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	64% 4 11% 15% 6%	1828
	21st to end	Day	62% 5% 10% 12% 9% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	66% 6% 10% 11% 5% 1	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	63% 7% 10% 11% 8% 1	3265
	21st to end	Day	55% 5% 8% 16% 15% 2	4166
April	1st to 10th	Day	57% 4 9% 19% 9% 2	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 5% 9% 18% 15% 1	2254
	21st to end	Day	56% 5% 10% 17% 10% 2	2437
May	1st to 10th	Day	57% 7% 10% 18% 7% 1	4235
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 9% 14% 17% 9% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	40% 10% 14% 25% 10% 1	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	52% 8% 13% 17% 10%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 8% 11% 21% 12% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	53% 8% 12% 18% 9% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 7% 15% 25% 10%	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 9% 15% 29% 6%	4365
	21st to end	Day	44% 8% 12% 28% 7%	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 15% 21% 8%	4409
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 6% 17% 24% 5%	3936
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 18% 23% 13% 1	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 13% 29% 12% 1	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 12% 30% 15% 1	2094
	21st to end	Day	42% 8% 17% 21% 10% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	55% 6% 10% 19% 9% 1	1908
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 8% 16% 19% 6%	1751
	21st to end	Day	64% 6% 9% 13% 7% 1	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	54% 7% 13% 17% 8%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	60% 6% 13% 12% 8% 2	1710
	21st to end	Day	61% 7% 16% 14% 3	1534
December	1st to 10th	Day	70% 7% 10% 10% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	65% 5% 12% 13% 5%	1906
	21st to end	Day	69% 9% 12% 7% 3	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	69% 7% 14% 8% 2	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	72% 6% 11% 7% 3	4440
	21st to end	Night	71% 5% 10% 9% 4 1	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	66% 6% 10% 10% 6% 1	2504
	11th to 20th	Night	65% 4 9% 14% 7%	2248
	21st to end	Night	60% 5% 11% 16% 7% 1	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	63% 4 10% 15% 7% 1	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	60% 7% 9% 15% 8% 1	3691
	21st to end	Night	57% 4 7% 15% 15% 2	3466
April	1st to 10th	Night	59% 5% 8% 16% 10% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 6% 8% 17% 12%	1875
	21st to end	Night	54% 5% 11% 15% 12% 3	1742
May	1st to 10th	Night	57% 8% 9% 16% 9% 1	2754
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 7% 12% 18% 9% 1	2496
	21st to end	Night	42% 9% 13% 20% 15% 2	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	53% 8% 11% 18% 9% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 7% 15% 21% 10% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	49% 9% 12% 20% 9% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	45% 8% 15% 19% 12% 1	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 8% 14% 25% 9%	2472
	21st to end	Night	45% 8% 12% 25% 10%	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 7% 13% 22% 8%	2496
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 6% 15% 21% 9% 1	2923
	21st to end	Night	38% 7% 16% 25% 12% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 15% 27% 11% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 15% 30% 12%	1943
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 13% 24% 12% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	53% 6% 11% 19% 10% 1	2050
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 7% 12% 20% 6%	2209
	21st to end	Night	63% 6% 10% 13% 7% 1	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	56% 6% 12% 17% 8% 1	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	59% 6% 11% 15% 7% 2	2470
	21st to end	Night	64% 7% 12% 13% 3	2645
December	1st to 10th	Night	75% 5% 9% 9% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	68% 6% 10% 11% 5%	3288
	21st to end	Night	72% 7% 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	27% 26% 27% 16% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 24% 28% 13% 1 1	180
	21st to end	Day	23% 29% 34% 9% 5%	198
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 36% 25% 6% 2	252
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 27% 31% 8% 2	427
	21st to end	Day	31% 22% 35% 10% 2	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 20% 27% 16% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 24% 26% 15% 3	460
	21st to end	Day	35% 22% 26% 12% 5% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 19% 25% 14% 5% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 22% 22% 13% 5% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	33% 21% 27% 12% 5% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 17% 27% 15% 6% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 16% 34% 21% 6% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 34% 21% 6% 1	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 15% 31% 18% 6% 1	490
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 14% 35% 20% 7% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	25% 17% 33% 18% 7% 1	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 35% 26% 10% 2	485
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 36% 26% 11% 1	484
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 37% 29% 7% 1	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 12% 30% 27% 14% 2	486
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 31% 25% 14% 4	479
	21st to end	Day	15% 14% 29% 25% 12% 4	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 14% 30% 20% 12% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 23% 21% 17% 8%	463
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 31% 20% 12% 5%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 15% 26% 15% 13% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 19% 27% 20% 7% 1	426
	21st to end	Day	38% 17% 25% 18% 3	396
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 18% 27% 19% 5% 1	365
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 25% 24% 14% 4 1	370
	21st to end	Day	34% 18% 32% 15% 1	194
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 22% 31% 13% 4	180
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 28% 29% 10% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	33% 25% 29% 10% 3	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 23% 33% 16% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 23% 30% 16% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 20% 34% 21% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 18% 36% 19% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 22% 35% 17% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	28% 20% 30% 19% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	28% 17% 29% 24% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 22% 25% 21% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	31% 17% 26% 19% 6% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 16% 28% 22% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 19% 23% 18% 7% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	30% 15% 27% 22% 6%	602
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 13% 24% 25% 8%	523
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 10% 35% 26% 8% 1	374
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 30% 31% 9% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 28% 28% 8% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 26% 35% 11%	380
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 24% 36% 9% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 26% 41% 13% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 25% 39% 17% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 22% 46% 12%	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 18% 41% 18% 1	378
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 23% 35% 19% 2	623
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 24% 32% 20% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 24% 32% 15% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 21% 30% 20% 3	736
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 27% 25% 16% 2	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	29% 10% 23% 22% 15% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 13% 24% 25% 9% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	35% 13% 28% 20% 4	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 17% 29% 17% 8% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 20% 28% 17% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	29% 21% 28% 16% 5% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 24% 26% 16% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 22% 28% 19% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	32% 21% 30% 14% 3	836

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