Inks Lake State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Inks Lake State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-08-15.

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% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 49%	95396
	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	93381
Transparency	Day	33% 7% 11% 21% 20% 9%	95172
	Night	30% 6% 11% 21% 20% 12%	93211
Seeing	Day	11% 6% 21% 29% 24% 8%	14644
	Night	12% 6% 26% 38% 16% 1	24527

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	12% 10% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 6% 54%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 56%	2850
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 4 2 2 2 3 6% 48%	3341
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 3 3 2 2 3 5% 50%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 48%	1849
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 52%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 2 7% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 45%	3364
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 5% 36%	3480
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 46%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 46%	2109
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 6% 50%	2422
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	4082
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 37%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 4 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 54%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 1 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 8% 47%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 9% 51%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 58%	4120
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 12% 46%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 2 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 67%	2457
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 52%	2172
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 47%	2304
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 4 6% 5% 3 6% 6% 45%	1980
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 53%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 58%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	1868
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 61%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 52%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6% 53%	1729
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 4 5% 49%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2161
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 57%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 4 55%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 65%	4120
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 2 3 6% 45%	4340
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 51%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 51%	2218
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 1 5% 3 2 3 3 4 5% 52%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 7% 47%	3489
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	3480
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 48%	2016
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	1756
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 7% 42%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 52%	2823
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 45%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 9% 60%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 62%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 3 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 58%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 59%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 10% 64%	2850
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 11% 49%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 8% 75%	1701
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 5% 4 6% 9% 56%	1823
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 4 4 5% 4 8% 9% 53%	2051
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 4 5% 4 5% 7% 54%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 47%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 6% 4 3 3 4 6% 7% 56%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 2 2 3 5% 7% 64%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	2074
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 60%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 58%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 59%	2446
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 4 3 6% 49%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 5% 6% 54%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 49%	3036
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 1 4 2 2 4 2 3 4 55%	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	32% 4 5% 17% 25% 16%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 6% 14% 31% 15%	2850
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 6% 11% 28% 12%	3341
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 7% 14% 21% 17%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 7% 18% 19% 15%	1859
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 5% 16% 22% 17%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 7% 13% 20% 15%	3364
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 9% 8% 10% 16% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 11% 14% 22% 10%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 9% 17% 16% 15%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 8% 15% 20% 11%	2109
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 6% 21% 22% 10%	2422
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 9% 11% 15% 15% 6%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 9% 16% 24% 7%	4086
	21st to end	Day	37% 11% 14% 22% 12% 4	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 14% 27% 21% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 14% 27% 20% 7%	2470
	21st to end	Day	31% 10% 12% 23% 20% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 18% 37% 9% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 15% 37% 18% 4	4051
	21st to end	Day	27% 9% 20% 31% 12% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 17% 37% 24% 2	2443
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 9% 16% 30% 14% 4	2172
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 16% 27% 14% 4	2304
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 7% 12% 21% 18% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 12% 18% 19% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 12% 20% 22% 12%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 11% 21% 24% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 6% 16% 23% 19%	1868
	21st to end	Day	30% 3 4 17% 25% 21%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 8% 20% 22% 10%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 9% 17% 22% 16%	1729
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 5% 16% 21% 15%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 9% 18% 24% 10%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 8% 12% 24% 13%	2159
	21st to end	Day	32% 3 5% 16% 27% 16%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 4 16% 27% 18%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 5% 17% 28% 23%	4120
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 5% 12% 24% 12%	4340
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 7% 13% 21% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 7% 16% 21% 16%	2218
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 6% 14% 21% 19%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 8% 15% 23% 12%	3489
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 9% 10% 12% 15% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 10% 18% 21% 10%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 10% 18% 18% 16%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 10% 14% 18% 15%	2016
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 10% 19% 21% 10%	1756
May	1st to 10th	Night	42% 8% 9% 19% 14% 8%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 11% 24% 18% 9%	2824
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 15% 28% 10% 5%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 17% 31% 22% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 16% 30% 22% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 15% 29% 21% 5%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 23% 40% 8% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 21% 36% 18% 2	2796
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 21% 32% 10%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 18% 40% 24% 2	1691
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 10% 20% 30% 14% 4	1823
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 20% 28% 15% 4	2051
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 8% 14% 23% 19% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 9% 16% 23% 15% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	25% 7% 13% 23% 19% 13%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 14% 24% 23% 14%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 9% 14% 22% 20%	2074
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 6% 16% 23% 22%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 8% 19% 24% 14%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 9% 20% 22% 17%	2446
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 8% 15% 21% 15%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 11% 19% 22% 13%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 6% 11% 23% 18%	3037
	21st to end	Night	33% 3 4 15% 29% 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	16% 11% 37% 26% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 12% 27% 29% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 15% 38% 23% 9%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 33% 23% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 14% 35% 24% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 14% 36% 24% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 12% 37% 24% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 38% 24% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 14% 42% 22% 7%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 15% 41% 27% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 15% 38% 25% 7% 1	307
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 39% 25% 9%	602
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 36% 30% 10%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 29% 34% 13% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 27% 35% 16% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 13% 39% 30% 8%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 15% 47% 26% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 10% 36% 35% 12%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 8% 32% 37% 15%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 28% 52% 13%	668
	21st to end	Day	3 1 4 28% 47% 17%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 3 24% 53% 17%	675
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 28% 43% 19%	454
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 22% 38% 29%	423
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 3 15% 36% 34%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 24% 37% 28%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 4 27% 34% 23%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 11% 30% 42% 12%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 20% 35% 27% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 23% 23% 22% 3	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 24% 34% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 25% 31% 12% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 14% 30% 22% 10% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 32% 29% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 14% 33% 28% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 35% 24% 13% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 33% 34% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 31% 36% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 34% 32% 6%	931
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 35% 30% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 37% 30% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 46% 23% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 36% 32% 3	618
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 37% 33% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 43% 29% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 48% 29% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 45% 27% 2	563
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 45% 25% 7%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 9% 43% 30% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 35% 37% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 34% 38% 12% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 19% 48% 26% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 25% 55% 15% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 15% 50% 26% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 8% 48% 33% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 52% 35% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	2 1 7% 50% 36% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 49% 43% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 4 49% 38% 4	549
	21st to end	Night	4 2 4 41% 43% 5%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 7% 41% 39% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 1 9% 38% 39% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 10% 39% 39% 3	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 13% 50% 27% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 22% 41% 18% 2	634
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 25% 32% 19% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 22% 44% 17% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 28% 40% 15% 1	926
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 28% 32% 12% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 28% 40% 10%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 28% 36% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 30% 37% 8%	1045

Page generated at 2024-08-12 08:52:47. Version ac07

Copyright © 2024 Attilla Danko.