New Paltz
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the New Paltz clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-03.

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	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 38%	101348
	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	97639
Transparency	Day	43% 7% 13% 22% 13% 2	101103
	Night	44% 7% 13% 21% 13% 2	97504
Seeing	Day	20% 14% 28% 24% 11% 3	14897
	Night	20% 10% 30% 30% 9% 1	23990

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	14% 8% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 43%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 5% 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 32%	2520
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 31%	2946
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 11% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 34%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	1830
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 36%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 2 4 4 34%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	3338
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 39%	4133
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 36%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	2254
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	2326
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 3 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 32%	4156
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 8% 33%	4398
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 1 4 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 44%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 36%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 8% 9% 37%	2660
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 10% 37%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 37%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 38%	4440
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 33%	4282
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 9% 41%	3730
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 10% 43%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 43%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	2202
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 1 5% 3 5% 4 4 5% 6% 42%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 42%	1973
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 44%	1900
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 38%	1922
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 50%	1689
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 1 5% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 42%	1710
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	1587
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 32%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 7% 40%	1906
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 4 8% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 29%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 43%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 9% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 36%	4440
	21st to end	Night	23% 12% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 5% 31%	4692
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 3 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 5% 39%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	2234
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 9% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 35%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	3618
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	3498
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 2 8% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 6% 34%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	1875
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 3 5% 4 4 3 3 4 4 42%	1853
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 32%	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 34%	2495
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 7% 7% 42%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 42%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 10% 42%	1520
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 5% 3 5% 4 4 7% 11% 43%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 39%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 39%	2520
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 40%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 34%	2619
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 42%	3092
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 51%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 46%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 7% 54%	1977
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 45%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 41%	2204
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 48%	2280
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 39%	2674
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 47%	2434
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 43%	2470
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 3 6% 6% 43%	2588
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 5% 36%	3288
	21st to end	Night	23% 11% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 33%	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	38% 8% 15% 30% 8% 1	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 9% 12% 21% 8% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	55% 6% 10% 19% 8% 1	2946
February	1st to 10th	Day	50% 6% 13% 18% 12% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 11% 22% 14% 3	1839
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 12% 21% 11% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	53% 6% 11% 19% 9% 2	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 10% 15% 28% 11% 2	3338
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 7% 15% 21% 4	4133
April	1st to 10th	Day	47% 6% 11% 20% 13% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 11% 21% 15% 3	2254
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 10% 20% 15% 4	2326
May	1st to 10th	Day	51% 7% 13% 16% 12% 1	4170
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 8% 14% 19% 9% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 15% 27% 15% 1	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 16% 20% 13% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 9% 16% 23% 10% 1	2660
	21st to end	Day	41% 9% 13% 24% 12% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 13% 19% 16% 1	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 9% 17% 23% 13% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 13% 17% 15% 1	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	49% 8% 15% 19% 9% 1	4268
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 18% 28% 9%	3766
	21st to end	Day	36% 7% 14% 29% 14% 1	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	40% 7% 12% 22% 17% 1	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 11% 25% 23% 2	2202
	21st to end	Day	40% 8% 12% 21% 17% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	43% 7% 11% 22% 15% 2	1973
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 13% 25% 14% 1	1900
	21st to end	Day	48% 6% 12% 19% 13% 2	1922
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 14% 26% 17% 2	1689
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 12% 21% 16% 2	1710
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 15% 25% 9% 2	1587
December	1st to 10th	Day	52% 7% 14% 16% 10% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 17% 22% 10% 2	1906
	21st to end	Day	54% 9% 11% 19% 7%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 6% 14% 25% 11% 3	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 7% 14% 20% 10% 2	4440
	21st to end	Night	54% 6% 12% 19% 9% 1	4692
February	1st to 10th	Night	46% 6% 14% 21% 11% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 6% 12% 17% 16% 4	2236
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 11% 22% 13% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 7% 11% 19% 11% 2	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 9% 15% 24% 11% 2	3619
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 8% 15% 22% 5%	3498
April	1st to 10th	Night	48% 7% 11% 18% 13% 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 7% 10% 18% 19% 1	1875
	21st to end	Night	44% 7% 9% 20% 16% 4	1853
May	1st to 10th	Night	52% 8% 11% 18% 10% 2	2820
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 8% 14% 17% 10% 2	2496
	21st to end	Night	37% 9% 16% 24% 12% 2	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 12% 23% 16% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 10% 17% 25% 10% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	34% 10% 15% 26% 14% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	38% 9% 16% 19% 15% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 8% 15% 24% 13% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	43% 8% 13% 17% 16% 2	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 9% 15% 18% 9% 1	2609
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 15% 26% 10%	3122
	21st to end	Night	32% 7% 12% 33% 15% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 12% 25% 17% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 11% 26% 25% 1	1977
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 11% 22% 21% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	45% 6% 11% 21% 14% 2	2204
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 12% 28% 14% 1	2280
	21st to end	Night	47% 6% 11% 22% 12% 1	2674
November	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 11% 23% 19% 3	2434
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 12% 21% 15% 4	2470
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 16% 27% 10% 1	2588
December	1st to 10th	Night	47% 6% 14% 21% 11% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 8% 14% 16% 13% 2	3288
	21st to end	Night	51% 7% 14% 19% 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	26% 19% 28% 19% 9%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 22% 33% 16% 3 1	180
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 39% 16% 5% 2	249
February	1st to 10th	Day	29% 21% 35% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 22% 37% 17% 1	438
	21st to end	Day	27% 19% 34% 17% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 18% 32% 21% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 25% 31% 18% 4 1	460
	21st to end	Day	28% 18% 28% 19% 4 3	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 19% 27% 17% 6% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 24% 28% 15% 8% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	28% 15% 29% 20% 6% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	30% 16% 26% 19% 7% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 12% 35% 23% 10% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 24% 30% 13% 5%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 27% 26% 13% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 29% 28% 13% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 28% 27% 14% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 23% 35% 17% 5%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 24% 35% 18% 5%	484
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 26% 34% 16% 4	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 22% 35% 17% 7%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 25% 29% 18% 8%	479
	21st to end	Day	10% 9% 25% 31% 17% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 20% 24% 19% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 28% 21% 17% 13%	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 25% 27% 13% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 10% 20% 23% 16% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 12% 31% 26% 11% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 14% 29% 22% 10% 1	450
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 14% 25% 31% 11% 3	371
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 17% 28% 24% 6% 1	370
	21st to end	Day	19% 15% 30% 28% 6% 1	247
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 22% 34% 14% 8%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 20% 33% 17% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	21% 16% 37% 21% 4 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 14% 37% 27% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 35% 26% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 40% 26% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 37% 26% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 15% 43% 21% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	24% 14% 39% 21% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 34% 24% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 16% 36% 22% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 16% 36% 20% 6%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 15% 34% 23% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 13% 35% 25% 6%	751
	21st to end	Night	24% 14% 30% 26% 6%	713
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 14% 31% 25% 6%	563
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 35% 34% 5%	374
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 22% 42% 14% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 27% 37% 14%	380
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 24% 38% 16% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 24% 43% 16%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 18% 45% 21% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 20% 45% 18% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 20% 46% 18% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 14% 48% 20% 2	439
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 16% 41% 23% 3	745
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 17% 38% 24% 3	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 23% 36% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 22% 31% 23% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 24% 34% 16% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 24% 29% 15% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 28% 36% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 30% 27% 7%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 33% 31% 11% 1	749
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 11% 32% 26% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 34% 29% 7% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 13% 34% 23% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 11% 34% 27% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 11% 38% 23% 3	836

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