Fort Richardson State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Fort Richardson State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-12-18.

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	8% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 56%	127089
	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 59%	124231
Transparency	Day	29% 2 8% 24% 25% 10%	130845
	Night	26% 2 8% 23% 27% 13%	128538
Seeing	Day	10% 7% 25% 30% 21% 7%	16647
	Night	10% 8% 32% 35% 13% 1	26568

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	10% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 6% 67%	4080
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 4 52%	4533
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 54%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 5% 52%	1949
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 6% 56%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	4803
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 59%	4980
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 53%	5462
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 55%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 54%	2291
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 4 5% 54%	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	5862
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	6434
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 7% 10% 53%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 5% 3 6% 8% 58%	2600
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 62%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 8% 44%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 60%	5900
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 64%	6422
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 68%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 61%	4055
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 63%	4218
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 55%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	2200
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 59%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 65%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 67%	2027
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 65%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 62%	1998
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 2 2 2 3 5% 6% 67%	1890
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 57%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 53%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 5% 5% 55%	3454
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 3 4 55%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 72%	5900
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 3 5% 2 3 3 2 3 5% 51%	6475
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 53%	2338
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 1 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 59%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 55%	5055
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 62%	4980
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 55%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 55%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 7% 56%	2051
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 57%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 48%	4053
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 53%	4053
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 52%	4443
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 8% 11% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 5% 11% 63%	1800
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 6% 7% 68%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 47%	4078
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 9% 69%	4077
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 8% 69%	4449
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 73%	2926
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 9% 69%	2986
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 66%	3686
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 59%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 51%	2200
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 63%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 66%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 68%	2351
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 3 5% 66%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 65%	2517
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 67%	2730
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 56%	4908
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 4 57%	6490

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% 2 4 25% 27% 7%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 1 5% 21% 40% 11%	4080
	21st to end	Day	38% 1 3 18% 23% 16%	4533
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 2 6% 20% 27% 13%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 1 6% 21% 24% 10%	1959
	21st to end	Day	35% 1 3 14% 29% 18%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	32% 1 4 13% 24% 24%	4803
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 1 8% 17% 21% 24%	4980
	21st to end	Day	32% 2 9% 25% 23% 9%	5464
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 2 8% 24% 22% 13%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 2 7% 20% 22% 14%	2291
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 8% 23% 27% 7%	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 3 9% 23% 17% 9%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 2 8% 20% 28% 7%	5866
	21st to end	Day	40% 3 11% 25% 13% 8%	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 17% 30% 19% 4	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 4 12% 30% 24% 5%	2600
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 13% 27% 27% 7%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 10% 30% 14% 2	5836
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 14% 33% 26% 3	5831
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 13% 35% 28% 2	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 10% 26% 38% 7%	4220
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 13% 35% 26% 3	4094
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 16% 36% 20% 4	4217
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 8% 22% 26% 10%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 8% 21% 23% 9%	2200
	21st to end	Day	26% 3 6% 24% 27% 14%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 1 6% 15% 37% 27%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 2 6% 19% 39% 16%	3280
	21st to end	Day	20% 2 3 29% 34% 12%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 2 7% 22% 29% 14%	1998
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 2 8% 22% 32% 15%	1890
	21st to end	Day	31% 2 5% 22% 28% 13%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 4 28% 25% 6%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 2 6% 15% 29% 15%	3452
	21st to end	Day	36% 1 3 26% 22% 11%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 2 5% 27% 28% 8%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 1 6% 19% 38% 18%	5900
	21st to end	Night	39% 1 4 14% 26% 15%	6475
February	1st to 10th	Night	32% 2 5% 20% 26% 15%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 2 7% 17% 26% 13%	2338
	21st to end	Night	33% 1 5% 17% 23% 22%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	33% 2 4 15% 24% 23%	5055
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 1 7% 20% 18% 29%	4980
	21st to end	Night	33% 2 6% 19% 32% 7%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	29% 2 9% 21% 21% 17%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 2 9% 19% 22% 17%	2051
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 11% 23% 29% 6%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 9% 23% 20% 6%	4080
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 2 9% 22% 26% 10%	4054
	21st to end	Night	32% 4 12% 27% 16% 10%	4452
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 17% 36% 18% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 14% 33% 26% 8%	1800
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 13% 28% 31% 9%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 11% 33% 15% 2	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 11% 37% 30% 5%	4026
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 13% 39% 28% 3	4320
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 8% 28% 44% 7%	2916
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 12% 36% 28% 7%	3013
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 19% 34% 23% 4	3686
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 8% 24% 26% 12%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 10% 20% 23% 11%	2200
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 6% 23% 29% 18%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 5% 15% 34% 33%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 8% 18% 34% 23%	3824
	21st to end	Night	19% 2 4 25% 36% 14%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	24% 2 7% 21% 28% 18%	2517
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 2 6% 23% 32% 17%	2730
	21st to end	Night	32% 2 6% 18% 29% 14%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 2 4 25% 28% 11%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 2 4 16% 30% 16%	4909
	21st to end	Night	33% 2 5% 20% 29% 12%	6490

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	14% 15% 38% 28% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 17% 41% 20% 8% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	16% 12% 42% 22% 7% 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 15% 40% 21% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 41% 18% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 41% 20% 3	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 19% 34% 23% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 16% 39% 20% 3 2	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 16% 46% 18% 6% 2	330
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 18% 37% 21% 8% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 13% 45% 18% 4	409
	21st to end	Day	13% 15% 40% 23% 7% 1	700
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 38% 31% 8%	703
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 36% 29% 11% 3	725
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 32% 32% 14% 3	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 18% 40% 25% 7%	730
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 22% 44% 23% 6%	730
	21st to end	Day	3 2 12% 39% 34% 9%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 9% 37% 31% 15%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 6% 33% 44% 13%	718
	21st to end	Day	3 1 6% 32% 42% 17%	794
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 5% 35% 43% 14%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 6% 35% 39% 12%	651
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 6% 34% 35% 20%	528
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 8% 24% 41% 16%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 30% 41% 18%	330
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 8% 32% 32% 14%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 18% 36% 30% 12%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 28% 37% 17% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 30% 27% 14% 2	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 35% 31% 11% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 32% 33% 13% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	15% 13% 40% 21% 9% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 12% 34% 24% 13% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 40% 31% 10% 1	321
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 34% 27% 7%	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 41% 29% 8%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 15% 33% 32% 7%	1000
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 36% 33% 6%	1098
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 12% 44% 25% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 16% 41% 24% 5%	784
	21st to end	Night	16% 15% 47% 21% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 16% 40% 27% 5%	663
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 12% 42% 26% 5%	600
	21st to end	Night	9% 16% 44% 26% 5%	660
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 13% 49% 22% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 17% 45% 23% 3	593
	21st to end	Night	12% 12% 45% 25% 7%	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 11% 46% 26% 6% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 41% 30% 11% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 39% 37% 11% 1	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 28% 43% 20% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 32% 52% 12%	600
	21st to end	Night	3 1 21% 50% 24% 2	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 15% 46% 30% 3	585
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 10% 56% 29% 2	582
	21st to end	Night	2 1 9% 53% 33% 2	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 55% 33% 2	597
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 8% 49% 34% 3	594
	21st to end	Night	4 2 5% 46% 38% 5%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 12% 43% 32% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 11% 45% 29% 2	600
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 17% 46% 26% 2	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 25% 46% 21% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 31% 39% 13% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 32% 35% 11% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 35% 36% 13% 1	877
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 39% 34% 11% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 40% 28% 8%	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 38% 35% 6%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 36% 33% 6%	1036
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 39% 30% 6%	1100

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