Keene
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Keene clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-08-30.

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	13% 11% 4 10% 7% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 28%	95768
	Night	12% 11% 4 11% 7% 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 28%	93297
Transparency	Day	52% 6% 11% 19% 10% 1	95487
	Night	52% 6% 12% 19% 10% 1	93132
Seeing	Day	23% 23% 30% 16% 6% 2	14434
	Night	21% 22% 29% 20% 8% 1	23408

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	8% 13% 8% 13% 8% 7% 7% 5% 4 6% 21%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 7% 19% 13% 7% 4 3 4 5% 17%	2520
	21st to end	Day	10% 14% 6% 16% 7% 7% 6% 6% 5% 6% 18%	2776
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 13% 6% 13% 10% 6% 7% 5% 6% 5% 20%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 6% 14% 10% 8% 6% 5% 5% 6% 23%	1785
	21st to end	Day	9% 15% 5% 11% 8% 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 24%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 16% 5% 12% 7% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 22%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 17% 7% 13% 9% 7% 6% 3 4 5% 22%	3286
	21st to end	Day	11% 11% 5% 10% 7% 6% 5% 3 4 5% 33%	4160
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 16% 4 8% 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 28%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 4 9% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 32%	2254
	21st to end	Day	19% 15% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 28%	2402
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 4 10% 6% 5% 4 3 4 6% 26%	4291
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 4 9% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 26%	4398
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 9% 34%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	21% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 26%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 7% 31%	2660
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 9% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 6% 26%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 32%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 3 8% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 32%	4440
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 33%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 9% 7% 7% 6% 5% 7% 8% 29%	2646
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 3 9% 7% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 31%	2333
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 9% 33%	2486
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 39%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 42%	2084
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 36%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 12% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 3 6% 6% 29%	1866
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 30%	1782
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 6% 11% 6% 4 4 3 4 6% 25%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 12% 4 11% 6% 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 29%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 6% 11% 8% 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 27%	1684
	21st to end	Day	11% 14% 4 12% 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 23%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 19% 8% 15% 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 4 16%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 15% 5% 13% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 22%	1906
	21st to end	Day	16% 16% 7% 11% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 21%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 15% 7% 15% 8% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 20%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 13% 7% 19% 13% 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 13%	4440
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 6% 17% 8% 7% 7% 4 5% 5% 18%	4879
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 13% 5% 13% 11% 8% 7% 5% 7% 6% 19%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 10% 6% 13% 10% 8% 7% 5% 7% 6% 22%	2280
	21st to end	Night	8% 11% 5% 13% 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 26%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 4 10% 8% 7% 6% 4 5% 5% 24%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 14% 6% 14% 8% 6% 4 3 5% 6% 26%	3671
	21st to end	Night	11% 12% 6% 12% 6% 5% 4 3 4 4 32%	3471
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 4 11% 7% 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 28%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 12% 4 9% 6% 6% 5% 3 6% 7% 27%	1875
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 5% 8% 7% 4 4 3 4 5% 32%	1777
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 4 9% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 23%	2679
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 32%	2495
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 2 8% 5% 4 5% 3 8% 8% 36%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 32%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 7% 38%	1520
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 34%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 37%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	2520
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 41%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 42%	1512
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 40%	1764
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	2080
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 42%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	1876
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 3 6% 8% 29%	2092
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 3 8% 5% 6% 4 4 5% 6% 31%	2176
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 5% 10% 6% 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 23%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 14% 5% 10% 7% 6% 5% 3 6% 5% 27%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 12% 5% 12% 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 27%	2493
	21st to end	Night	11% 14% 5% 12% 7% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 23%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 7% 16% 8% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 15%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 14% 5% 14% 8% 6% 6% 4 6% 4 20%	3288
	21st to end	Night	15% 15% 5% 16% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 18%	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	57% 5% 11% 20% 6% 2	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	68% 4 10% 10% 7% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	63% 4 11% 13% 6% 1	2776
February	1st to 10th	Day	61% 5% 9% 16% 7% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 6% 10% 16% 11% 2	1794
	21st to end	Day	56% 4 11% 14% 12% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	63% 7% 8% 10% 9% 2	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 5% 11% 13% 9% 3	3286
	21st to end	Day	50% 6% 7% 15% 20% 3	4160
April	1st to 10th	Day	54% 4 10% 17% 12% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 6% 8% 19% 14% 1	2254
	21st to end	Day	57% 5% 8% 15% 12% 3	2402
May	1st to 10th	Day	57% 5% 9% 20% 9% 1	4305
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 7% 15% 17% 8% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 13% 25% 11% 1	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	55% 6% 12% 16% 10% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 6% 11% 22% 11% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	55% 6% 10% 19% 9% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	44% 7% 14% 25% 10%	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 15% 30% 7%	4365
	21st to end	Day	44% 8% 12% 28% 9%	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 8% 14% 21% 10%	2632
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 9% 15% 24% 8%	2333
	21st to end	Day	43% 8% 12% 25% 11% 1	2486
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 11% 29% 13% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 6% 9% 28% 17% 1	2084
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 14% 23% 11% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	53% 7% 9% 18% 13%	1866
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 6% 13% 21% 8% 1	1782
	21st to end	Day	58% 4 10% 18% 7% 2	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	52% 6% 13% 17% 11% 1	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 10% 14% 13% 3	1684
	21st to end	Day	55% 5% 13% 18% 8% 1	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	68% 5% 10% 12% 5%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 6% 11% 15% 8% 1	1906
	21st to end	Day	63% 4 10% 12% 11%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	61% 4 10% 16% 8%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	64% 8% 9% 11% 6% 1	4440
	21st to end	Night	63% 5% 9% 13% 9% 2	4879
February	1st to 10th	Night	58% 7% 10% 13% 10% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 7% 10% 17% 12% 1	2282
	21st to end	Night	53% 7% 10% 17% 10% 2	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	57% 6% 9% 14% 12% 2	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 4 12% 16% 10% 2	3672
	21st to end	Night	50% 7% 5% 18% 16% 4	3471
April	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 9% 17% 14% 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 5% 12% 19% 12% 1	1875
	21st to end	Night	51% 6% 10% 18% 12% 3	1777
May	1st to 10th	Night	58% 5% 10% 17% 9% 1	2685
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 5% 13% 21% 9% 1	2496
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 16% 21% 15% 1	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 7% 14% 21% 11% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 16% 23% 13% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 16% 24% 9%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	43% 6% 14% 24% 12% 1	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 6% 17% 31% 10%	2472
	21st to end	Night	39% 8% 15% 27% 10% 1	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 20% 28% 10%	1502
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 15% 28% 11%	1764
	21st to end	Night	36% 6% 17% 28% 11% 1	2080
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 8% 15% 28% 12% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 13% 30% 15% 1	1876
	21st to end	Night	40% 7% 12% 27% 12% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	51% 7% 10% 18% 13% 1	2092
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 7% 13% 22% 9%	2176
	21st to end	Night	56% 7% 11% 14% 9% 2	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	51% 9% 11% 16% 11% 2	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 8% 10% 17% 10% 3	2493
	21st to end	Night	54% 7% 14% 17% 8% 1	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	64% 6% 11% 13% 5%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	58% 6% 10% 14% 11% 1	3288
	21st to end	Night	65% 4 9% 13% 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	16% 30% 31% 17% 6%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 31% 36% 7% 2 1	180
	21st to end	Day	21% 29% 37% 11% 3 1	200
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 42% 22% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 31% 31% 7% 1	393
	21st to end	Day	32% 25% 30% 11% 2	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 28% 30% 12% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 30% 28% 10% 3 1	460
	21st to end	Day	33% 28% 22% 11% 5% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 23% 28% 12% 3 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 26% 22% 12% 3 3	452
	21st to end	Day	33% 26% 25% 10% 5% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	30% 27% 26% 10% 5% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 23% 32% 19% 3 1	487
	21st to end	Day	22% 22% 31% 19% 4 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 19% 32% 15% 5% 1	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 20% 34% 19% 7% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 23% 29% 17% 6% 1	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	17% 13% 36% 23% 9% 2	485
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 16% 41% 23% 7% 1	484
	21st to end	Day	15% 14% 40% 23% 6% 2	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 16% 33% 24% 10% 3	486
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 15% 34% 22% 11% 4	479
	21st to end	Day	13% 17% 33% 22% 10% 5%	532
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 32% 19% 11% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 18% 26% 19% 13% 9%	450
	21st to end	Day	14% 20% 33% 18% 10% 5%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 21% 24% 16% 11% 2	450
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 27% 25% 18% 6% 1	441
	21st to end	Day	30% 20% 31% 16% 2	396
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 21% 28% 17% 7%	365
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 31% 22% 13% 4 1	344
	21st to end	Day	28% 33% 25% 12% 2	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 33% 26% 13% 4	180
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 36% 26% 9%	180
	21st to end	Day	29% 31% 30% 7% 2 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 28% 34% 15% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 24% 35% 13% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 31% 35% 18% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 31% 34% 14% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 30% 32% 15% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	21% 30% 29% 17% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 23% 31% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 29% 28% 13% 5% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 26% 28% 17% 4 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	25% 24% 30% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 26% 25% 18% 6% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	26% 22% 27% 20% 5%	637
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 18% 28% 21% 6%	480
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 20% 29% 24% 6% 1	374
	21st to end	Night	15% 17% 35% 21% 11%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 13% 32% 23% 11%	380
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 12% 26% 32% 11% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 29% 30% 9% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 30% 32% 15% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 30% 33% 16% 2	368
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 30% 37% 12% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 27% 35% 16% 1	378
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 28% 33% 16% 3	640
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 28% 29% 19% 1	832
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 25% 31% 15% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 14% 23% 24% 19% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	18% 15% 26% 22% 17% 2	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 17% 25% 21% 13% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 20% 24% 23% 9% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	28% 23% 25% 18% 5%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	23% 23% 29% 18% 7% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 27% 26% 14% 7% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 28% 26% 16% 5% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 31% 28% 15% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 25% 29% 17% 4 1	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 29% 31% 13% 2	836

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