ActonStarParty
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the ActonStarParty clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-10-04.

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	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	126177
	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	123194
Transparency	Day	44% 5% 11% 22% 15% 3	129697
	Night	44% 5% 12% 21% 16% 3	127761
Seeing	Day	23% 16% 32% 19% 8% 2	16207
	Night	22% 13% 33% 25% 7% 1	25054

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	12% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 41%	3597
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 47%	3570
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 5% 44%	3960
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 36%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 6% 4 5% 6% 39%	1948
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 35%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 39%	4750
	21st to end	Day	25% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 31%	5786
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 37%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 39%	2384
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 37%	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	30% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 24%	5886
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 31%	5993
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 36%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 7% 36%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 38%	2800
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 36%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 33%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 38%	6360
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 44%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 3 7% 9% 34%	4304
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	4112
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	2200
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 2 5% 7% 43%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 41%	2123
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 47%	1852
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 41%	1881
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 50%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 4 5% 48%	1800
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 5% 42%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 48%	2633
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 47%	2986
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 38%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 3 9% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 40%	6315
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 38%	6996
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 40%	2338
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 40%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 38%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	5195
	21st to end	Night	25% 10% 3 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 5% 33%	5130
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 36%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 39%	1965
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 40%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	32% 10% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 26%	4054
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 29%	3942
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 3 8% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 33%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 2 7% 4 5% 3 3 6% 7% 37%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 37%	1600
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 7% 9% 39%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 37%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	3600
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 47%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	2812
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 8% 37%	2932
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 56%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 49%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	2198
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 5% 44%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 43%	2124
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 47%	2325
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 40%	2717
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 49%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 1 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	2600
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 4 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 45%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 42%	4542
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 41%	5208
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 40%	6996

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	43% 3 9% 26% 16% 2	3598
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 11% 21% 19% 5%	3600
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 9% 22% 20% 3	3960
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 12% 19% 13% 3	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 11% 20% 15% 3	1957
	21st to end	Day	49% 5% 9% 19% 15% 3	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 3 11% 15% 10% 10%	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 13% 25% 12% 2	4750
	21st to end	Day	53% 3 8% 14% 15% 7%	5786
April	1st to 10th	Day	49% 4 9% 17% 16% 4	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 6% 11% 19% 18% 3	2384
	21st to end	Day	48% 6% 7% 18% 18% 4	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	60% 7% 11% 13% 9% 1	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 7% 13% 16% 10% 2	5997
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 11% 21% 14% 1	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 13% 22% 12% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 8% 13% 19% 16% 2	2800
	21st to end	Day	45% 8% 12% 20% 14% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	46% 7% 11% 20% 14% 1	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 16% 25% 13% 1	6285
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 12% 27% 16% 1	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 16% 22% 9% 1	4290
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 13% 26% 10% 1	4151
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 12% 29% 18% 1	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 11% 24% 20% 2	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 9% 26% 23% 3	2200
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 9% 21% 22% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 9% 21% 20% 3	3513
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 8% 28% 26% 4	3042
	21st to end	Day	33% 4 10% 30% 19% 3	3081
November	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 12% 26% 18% 2	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 3 10% 22% 23% 3	1800
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 14% 24% 13% 2	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 15% 28% 13% 1	2633
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 3 14% 18% 20% 4	2986
	21st to end	Day	49% 4 8% 19% 14% 5%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 11% 32% 15% 2	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 4 13% 20% 14% 4	6360
	21st to end	Night	48% 4 9% 16% 17% 5%	6996
February	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 13% 20% 14% 2	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 4 10% 20% 17% 4	2340
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 8% 23% 16% 4	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 3 9% 16% 15% 7%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 6% 16% 18% 12% 2	5196
	21st to end	Night	53% 2 6% 11% 21% 6%	5130
April	1st to 10th	Night	49% 4 11% 18% 15% 3	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 4 9% 19% 19% 2	1965
	21st to end	Night	46% 5% 10% 18% 17% 4	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	60% 5% 13% 12% 9% 2	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 9% 14% 15% 10% 2	3943
	21st to end	Night	51% 6% 13% 18% 11% 1	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	47% 6% 12% 22% 13% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 7% 13% 20% 14% 1	1600
	21st to end	Night	40% 9% 14% 22% 14% 1	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 6% 13% 22% 16%	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 19% 20% 14% 1	3552
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 10% 30% 16% 1	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	48% 9% 12% 19% 11% 1	2802
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 8% 14% 25% 10%	2959
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 15% 30% 22% 1	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 12% 26% 20% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 10% 23% 27% 2	2198
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 9% 23% 19% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 15% 23% 16% 2	3514
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 11% 27% 28% 3	3874
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 12% 31% 18% 2	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 11% 22% 21% 3	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 10% 21% 21% 4	2600
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 13% 25% 14% 2	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 3 12% 28% 12% 1	4542
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 4 15% 14% 20% 2	5208
	21st to end	Night	47% 4 8% 23% 16% 3	6996

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	30% 25% 28% 14% 4	200
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 21% 35% 9% 4	200
	21st to end	Day	29% 23% 34% 11% 3	220
February	1st to 10th	Day	32% 20% 34% 13% 1	396
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 27% 31% 11% 2	496
	21st to end	Day	29% 21% 33% 14% 3	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 20% 33% 12% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 22% 32% 13% 3 1	500
	21st to end	Day	33% 20% 31% 10% 5% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 23% 25% 13% 5% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 24% 28% 10% 6% 1	492
	21st to end	Day	28% 19% 32% 16% 3 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	33% 19% 29% 14% 4 2	503
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 15% 40% 14% 5% 1	527
	21st to end	Day	19% 14% 36% 21% 7% 2	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 15% 38% 19% 9% 2	530
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 14% 38% 22% 7% 1	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 14% 36% 22% 8% 2	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 30% 27% 13% 2	525
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 33% 31% 13% 3	524
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 34% 32% 10% 1	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 32% 32% 14% 2	526
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 29% 29% 14% 4	519
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 35% 26% 14% 5%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 29% 23% 14% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 29% 20% 14% 9%	530
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 31% 22% 10% 5%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 12% 26% 20% 11% 5%	502
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 29% 24% 9% 3	437
	21st to end	Day	26% 14% 32% 19% 9% 1	429
November	1st to 10th	Day	22% 14% 34% 19% 9% 2	395
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 19% 29% 18% 5% 1	400
	21st to end	Day	29% 18% 30% 16% 6% 1	400
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 28% 31% 17% 3	220
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 29% 29% 10% 2	200
	21st to end	Day	24% 24% 31% 16% 4 2	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 18% 39% 18% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 17% 34% 19% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 19% 38% 20% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 17% 38% 20% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 17% 40% 18% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	25% 19% 33% 20% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 18% 35% 18% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 20% 38% 16% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	26% 17% 34% 18% 5%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 18% 33% 20% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 18% 33% 18% 6%	781
	21st to end	Night	23% 19% 36% 20% 3	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 12% 33% 21% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 15% 39% 21% 5%	553
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 34% 31% 6%	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 37% 27% 8% 1	400
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 36% 29% 7% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 40% 32% 8%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 28% 42% 10% 1	390
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 27% 44% 10% 1	388
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 31% 43% 8% 1	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 28% 42% 12% 1	533
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 30% 39% 13% 1	626
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 26% 39% 15% 2	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 31% 33% 14% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 26% 29% 18% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 27% 31% 13% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 10% 27% 27% 12% 2	773
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 32% 24% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 14% 32% 22% 6%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 14% 31% 27% 8% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 16% 34% 20% 7% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 18% 33% 20% 5% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 17% 33% 19% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 16% 32% 23% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	25% 16% 36% 21% 3	880

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