Lincoln
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lincoln 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	14% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	95528
	Night	15% 10% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 33%	93187
Transparency	Day	48% 7% 14% 20% 10% 1	95257
	Night	50% 8% 13% 19% 10% 1	93011
Seeing	Day	18% 11% 26% 25% 14% 5%	14167
	Night	20% 10% 28% 28% 13% 2	23596

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% 5% 12% 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 23%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 19% 7% 15% 8% 6% 5% 3 5% 6% 15%	2812
	21st to end	Day	21% 18% 6% 13% 7% 6% 4 3 3 4 13%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 17% 4 12% 7% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 18%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 16% 6% 13% 7% 6% 4 4 5% 6% 21%	1663
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 4 11% 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 22%	1484
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 11% 5% 9% 6% 4 4 4 5% 5% 28%	3432
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 16% 5% 9% 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 30%	3480
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 3 9% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 35%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 31%	2237
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 35%	2313
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 5% 34%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 8% 35%	4108
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 31%	4324
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 46%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 40%	2660
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 8% 9% 42%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 44%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 6% 4 8% 10% 43%	4414
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 43%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 41%	2457
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 39%	2357
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 45%	2471
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 8% 48%	2048
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	1945
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 34%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 30%	1800
	21st to end	Day	24% 12% 3 9% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 24%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 3 9% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 35%	1646
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 12% 4 8% 7% 6% 5% 3 5% 7% 30%	1520
	21st to end	Day	19% 14% 3 8% 6% 4 4 4 6% 6% 25%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 5% 11% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 20%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 15% 6% 10% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 5% 20%	1906
	21st to end	Day	26% 18% 7% 12% 6% 4 4 3 4 4 11%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 16% 5% 11% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 23%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 15% 6% 13% 9% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 20%	4145
	21st to end	Night	23% 17% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 17%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 16% 4 12% 6% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 23%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 14% 5% 11% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 26%	2403
	21st to end	Night	16% 13% 5% 10% 7% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 24%	1964
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 3 8% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 32%	3408
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 4 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 35%	3479
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 32%	1942
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 37%	1833
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 4 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 36%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 4 8% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 35%	2833
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 3 9% 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 31%	2566
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 48%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 9% 37%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 6% 6% 4 4 6% 8% 43%	1520
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 3 5% 4 4 6% 9% 43%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 7% 9% 47%	2542
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 49%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 46%	1701
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 9% 48%	1643
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 9% 48%	1867
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 44%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 8% 52%	1908
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	2014
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 32%	2160
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 27%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 39%	2428
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 4 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 31%	2660
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 4 7% 6% 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 28%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 5% 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 21%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 17% 6% 10% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 23%	3288
	21st to end	Night	28% 16% 5% 11% 6% 4 4 4 5% 5% 12%	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	60% 11% 12% 10% 6%	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	71% 8% 11% 7% 2	2812
	21st to end	Day	74% 9% 9% 6% 2	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	68% 7% 9% 12% 4 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	63% 7% 11% 15% 5%	1672
	21st to end	Day	61% 8% 12% 13% 6% 1	1484
March	1st to 10th	Day	55% 7% 14% 19% 5% 1	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 8% 16% 16% 7% 1	3480
	21st to end	Day	47% 7% 12% 23% 10% 1	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	54% 5% 12% 17% 11% 1	2237
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 6% 11% 19% 14% 2	2313
	21st to end	Day	50% 6% 12% 17% 12% 2	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 6% 13% 19% 12% 3	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 10% 15% 18% 8% 1	4328
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 14% 25% 18% 3	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 8% 12% 23% 15% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 15% 24% 14% 1	2660
	21st to end	Day	36% 8% 15% 25% 15% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	33% 6% 15% 28% 17% 2	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 15% 31% 13%	4339
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 16% 22% 18% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	35% 8% 18% 25% 13% 2	2444
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 10% 19% 25% 11% 1	2357
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 15% 29% 14% 1	2471
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 16% 23% 12% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 15% 29% 15%	2048
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 16% 24% 9% 1	1945
October	1st to 10th	Day	49% 6% 14% 18% 12% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 13% 19% 8% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	61% 7% 12% 14% 5% 1	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 14% 21% 8% 1	1646
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 8% 16% 15% 10%	1520
	21st to end	Day	57% 8% 16% 15% 4	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	63% 8% 15% 12% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	63% 10% 14% 10% 4	1906
	21st to end	Day	75% 8% 9% 6% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	60% 10% 14% 12% 3	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	63% 11% 12% 11% 3	4145
	21st to end	Night	69% 9% 9% 10% 3	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	62% 7% 11% 15% 5% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 7% 13% 16% 6%	2405
	21st to end	Night	59% 8% 12% 14% 7%	1964
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 12% 21% 6% 1	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 7% 17% 17% 10% 2	3480
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 12% 24% 17% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	52% 5% 10% 20% 11% 1	1942
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 6% 10% 19% 15% 2	1833
	21st to end	Night	47% 7% 11% 18% 15% 2	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	49% 7% 10% 18% 14% 3	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 12% 15% 19% 8% 2	2567
	21st to end	Night	32% 8% 13% 24% 22% 2	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 10% 11% 21% 17% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 12% 24% 18% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 14% 25% 16% 2	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 13% 23% 22% 3	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 14% 32% 15% 1	2494
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 18% 23% 19% 2	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	32% 9% 15% 28% 14% 1	1690
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 8% 17% 30% 13% 1	1643
	21st to end	Night	32% 7% 14% 29% 15% 2	1867
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 15% 24% 14% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 12% 32% 18% 1	1908
	21st to end	Night	43% 8% 12% 23% 13% 1	2014
October	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 11% 22% 14% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 7% 13% 19% 9% 1	2160
	21st to end	Night	56% 6% 12% 16% 9% 1	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	44% 7% 12% 23% 12% 1	2428
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 8% 14% 18% 9% 1	2660
	21st to end	Night	55% 9% 15% 16% 4	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	61% 10% 13% 12% 3	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	61% 8% 13% 13% 4	3288
	21st to end	Night	73% 8% 11% 6% 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	19% 21% 36% 16% 8% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 19% 37% 14% 5% 2	263
	21st to end	Day	21% 20% 33% 21% 5% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 19% 41% 15% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 21% 37% 16% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	27% 23% 32% 16% 2	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 14% 33% 23% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 16% 34% 23% 6% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	26% 14% 28% 23% 8% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 15% 31% 25% 8% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 17% 24% 22% 10% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 31% 24% 10% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 27% 28% 13% 4	463
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 19% 28% 21% 6%	487
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 22% 30% 21% 8%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 25% 35% 15% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 24% 30% 21% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 24% 31% 19% 5%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 15% 31% 29% 11%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 19% 29% 23% 9%	484
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 22% 35% 22% 9%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 17% 32% 23% 13%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 19% 28% 25% 13%	456
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 19% 29% 21% 12%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 20% 27% 22% 11%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 18% 23% 27% 16%	450
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 25% 24% 15% 10%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 10% 24% 20% 17% 8%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 16% 30% 22% 9% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	33% 14% 24% 20% 9%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 21% 31% 20% 9% 3	290
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 23% 28% 19% 7% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	27% 15% 37% 17% 4	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 19% 38% 12% 5% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 27% 33% 13% 3	180
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 39% 18% 3	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 17% 33% 17% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 17% 32% 19% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 14% 37% 24% 6%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 18% 34% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 16% 34% 26% 3	743
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 36% 23% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 13% 33% 26% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 14% 31% 23% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 31% 29% 10% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 30% 30% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 31% 26% 10% 2	709
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 30% 33% 12%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 22% 32% 19% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 24% 39% 17% 1	419
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 21% 33% 24% 3	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 31% 34% 18% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 24% 38% 22%	380
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 20% 46% 17% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 17% 47% 24% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 21% 41% 21% 3	377
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 15% 44% 25% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 14% 39% 32% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 16% 31% 37% 4	549
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 18% 35% 29% 4	679
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 16% 35% 24% 6%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 17% 30% 29% 6%	720
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 21% 29% 22% 6%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 24% 28% 19% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 11% 29% 26% 9% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	30% 11% 27% 26% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 28% 28% 11% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 15% 33% 21% 9% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 13% 35% 21% 7% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 18% 32% 17% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 18% 34% 19% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	28% 15% 33% 21% 3	836

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