Mount Airy
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Mount Airy clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-25.

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	15% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	101396
	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	98038
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 12% 22% 16% 5%	105072
	Night	38% 6% 11% 21% 18% 5%	102501
Seeing	Day	18% 11% 22% 24% 17% 7%	15336
	Night	17% 8% 22% 31% 18% 3	25419

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	19% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 2 5% 7% 50%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 1 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	2840
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 4 43%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 2 4 3 4 4 2 5% 6% 43%	1764
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 40%	1622
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 39%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 1 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 54%	3480
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 42%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	2119
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 46%	2254
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 6% 4 6% 6% 43%	2432
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 8% 8% 33%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 33%	4081
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 10% 44%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 37%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7% 10% 39%	2470
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 5% 7% 6% 5% 9% 10% 38%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 35%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 34%	4120
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 5% 7% 8% 25%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 27%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 38%	4044
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 52%	4249
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 45%	2179
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 2 6% 3 4 5% 3 5% 6% 37%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 3 6% 52%	1947
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 56%	1900
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 5% 55%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 1 5% 2 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	1827
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 51%	1746
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 5% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 7% 54%	2153
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 48%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	4120
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 42%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 45%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 44%	2299
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 42%	1832
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 36%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 55%	3480
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 47%	2059
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 47%	1875
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 47%	1762
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 40%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 38%	2812
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 8% 11% 44%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 42%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 7% 9% 44%	1710
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 42%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 9% 37%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 12% 37%	2840
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 4 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 26%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 27%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 36%	2785
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	3373
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 1 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 45%	1997
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 38%	2090
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 38%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 46%	2232
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 54%	2280
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 56%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 5% 53%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 54%	2570
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 1 4 2 3 3 4 5% 7% 50%	2529
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	3042
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 37%	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	35% 3 7% 26% 22% 7%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 7% 19% 28% 5%	2840
	21st to end	Day	46% 3 6% 21% 19% 4	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 11% 21% 19% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 8% 21% 19% 5%	1773
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 11% 15% 17% 6%	1622
March	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 7% 21% 14% 8%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 8% 26% 19% 11%	3480
	21st to end	Day	44% 4 9% 23% 17% 4	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 13% 23% 21% 7%	2119
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 11% 20% 20% 7%	2254
	21st to end	Day	41% 7% 10% 24% 14% 3	2432
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 9% 14% 18% 12% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 9% 11% 23% 9% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 18% 22% 16% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 9% 15% 24% 11% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 11% 16% 19% 14% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	37% 10% 18% 20% 14% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	38% 13% 19% 17% 8% 4	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 10% 22% 21% 6% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	53% 11% 13% 17% 6% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 10% 18% 19% 5%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 12% 21% 20% 8% 2	4083
	21st to end	Day	27% 8% 18% 34% 11% 2	4249
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 9% 13% 21% 18% 4	2179
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 11% 21% 17% 2	2090
	21st to end	Day	47% 5% 10% 19% 16% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 9% 19% 27% 10%	3233
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 3 5% 24% 28% 18%	3140
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 9% 24% 21% 15%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 3 8% 24% 24% 7%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 8% 21% 27% 7%	1827
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 8% 23% 26% 4	1746
December	1st to 10th	Day	46% 5% 7% 19% 18% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 3 9% 22% 25% 8%	2150
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 10% 22% 16% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	36% 3 11% 20% 24% 6%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 8% 16% 26% 6%	4120
	21st to end	Night	48% 3 5% 19% 20% 5%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 9% 24% 19% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 8% 19% 19% 7%	2301
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 11% 20% 17% 5%	1832
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 5% 8% 17% 17% 5%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 8% 23% 21% 14%	3480
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 9% 25% 18% 6%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 11% 20% 22% 5%	2059
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 11% 21% 21% 7%	1875
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 10% 26% 17% 3	1762
May	1st to 10th	Night	43% 7% 14% 23% 11% 1	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 8% 10% 24% 12% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	31% 9% 18% 26% 11% 4	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 15% 24% 13% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 8% 19% 23% 13% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 18% 20% 14% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	40% 13% 15% 18% 11% 2	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 11% 25% 20% 6% 2	2786
	21st to end	Night	51% 9% 16% 18% 6%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	51% 9% 18% 16% 6%	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 10% 19% 20% 9% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 14% 37% 9% 3	3373
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 8% 14% 20% 16% 6%	1997
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 6% 11% 19% 19% 1	2090
	21st to end	Night	47% 5% 10% 18% 16% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 9% 17% 24% 9%	3726
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 4 7% 24% 29% 15%	3779
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 7% 23% 25% 15%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	36% 3 8% 21% 23% 8%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 3 9% 22% 26% 9%	2570
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 8% 24% 24% 6%	2529
December	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 7% 21% 19% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 9% 19% 24% 9%	3044
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 12% 20% 18% 2	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	28% 26% 32% 10% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 22% 31% 13% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	27% 24% 35% 12% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 20% 35% 18% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 20% 31% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	29% 22% 33% 13% 2	277
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 17% 32% 20% 7%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 23% 32% 18% 5% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	25% 18% 30% 21% 5%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 19% 31% 19% 11% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 19% 25% 23% 13% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 31% 20% 13% 4	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 16% 27% 23% 12% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 24% 26% 16% 7%	487
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 19% 27% 22% 9%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 19% 33% 19% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 16% 29% 22% 15%	490
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 16% 34% 23% 10%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 12% 27% 31% 18%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 11% 28% 32% 19%	484
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 11% 27% 30% 17%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 13% 26% 24% 17%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 14% 28% 26% 19%	479
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 9% 26% 32% 20%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 12% 27% 28% 16%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 12% 27% 26% 14%	490
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 19% 26% 18% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 18% 30% 23% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 11% 21% 30% 20% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	17% 12% 22% 32% 12% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 11% 28% 26% 13% 3	495
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 20% 29% 21% 10% 1	327
	21st to end	Day	17% 18% 30% 24% 8% 2	282
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 19% 36% 14% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 19% 30% 21% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	30% 15% 28% 20% 6% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 32% 26% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 15% 33% 28% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 36% 29% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 33% 33% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 15% 35% 23% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	19% 15% 35% 29% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 13% 31% 31% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 32% 26% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 31% 31% 5%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 15% 30% 29% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 27% 29% 12% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 28% 34% 12%	622
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 26% 34% 16% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 20% 34% 20% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 11% 31% 33% 6%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 11% 37% 32% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 13% 29% 36% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 9% 34% 40% 6%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 6% 28% 45% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 5% 29% 49% 9%	552
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 7% 32% 42% 8%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 6% 30% 40% 5%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 8% 30% 37% 9%	564
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 8% 26% 44% 9%	772
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 10% 31% 36% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 12% 27% 31% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 18% 30% 23% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 20% 26% 26% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 24% 34% 18% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 18% 39% 16% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 23% 34% 15% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 26% 36% 10% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 27% 32% 11% 2	779
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 10% 29% 30% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 33% 32% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	29% 10% 24% 32% 5%	836

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