Gardner
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Gardner clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-08-15.

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	11% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	143048
	Night	10% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	139175
Transparency	Day	38% 4 12% 27% 17% 3	146659
	Night	36% 4 11% 26% 19% 4	143630
Seeing	Day	14% 9% 29% 28% 16% 4	18129
	Night	14% 8% 33% 32% 11% 1	27888

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	13% 11% 3 9% 4 4 3 2 4 6% 41%	5289
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 4 10% 6% 7% 5% 3 5% 6% 43%	5310
	21st to end	Day	12% 13% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 3 4 41%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 11% 4 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 41%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 10% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	1845
	21st to end	Day	10% 9% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 46%	1796
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 9% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 51%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 56%	5090
	21st to end	Day	11% 11% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 36%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 5% 6% 45%	2410
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	2494
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 4 8% 4 4 5% 3 4 5% 36%	2683
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	7617
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 47%	7627
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	8392
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 8% 10% 46%	2935
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 9% 47%	2940
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 50%	2856
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 46%	7680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 53%	7680
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 10% 40%	8337
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 7% 7% 53%	4364
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 48%	4224
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 56%	4421
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 52%	2394
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 48%	2200
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 54%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 57%	2000
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 3 6% 48%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 6% 56%	2047
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 2 5% 7% 52%	1852
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 3 6% 47%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 55%	2690
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	3088
	21st to end	Day	17% 17% 8% 10% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 26%	4376
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 3 12% 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 39%	7634
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 49%	7680
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 4 9% 4 5% 4 3 4 5% 40%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 3 7% 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 40%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 42%	2663
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 48%	2024
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 4 6% 7% 56%	5090
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 40%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 7% 4 4 3 3 6% 6% 48%	2209
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 48%	2075
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 42%	1932
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	5266
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 50%	5265
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 45%	5776
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 5% 9% 53%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 10% 52%	1680
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 59%	1755
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 51%	5308
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 57%	5307
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 6% 4 4 6% 5% 7% 12% 42%	5770
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 3 3 5% 4 6% 10% 60%	3016
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	2924
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	3480
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	2001
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 54%	2200
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 58%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 59%	2380
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 5% 57%	2400
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 4 51%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 5% 61%	2469
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	2764
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 52%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 56%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 46%	5339
	21st to end	Night	17% 16% 5% 9% 4 4 3 2 3 4 31%	6839

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	46% 3 10% 27% 12% 2	5290
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 3 10% 24% 16% 4	5310
	21st to end	Day	49% 2 10% 19% 17% 3	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 4 12% 24% 11% 3	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 12% 23% 14% 2	1854
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 11% 24% 19% 4	1796
March	1st to 10th	Day	37% 3 9% 20% 23% 8%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 3 9% 22% 28% 7%	5090
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 14% 27% 6% 1	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 12% 23% 18% 3	2410
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 12% 22% 18% 1	2494
	21st to end	Day	50% 5% 11% 23% 10% 1	2683
May	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 8% 27% 17% 1	7655
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 11% 25% 21% 3	7631
	21st to end	Day	46% 4 10% 26% 13% 1	8405
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 8% 17% 28% 15% 2	2935
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 14% 29% 18% 2	2940
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 16% 29% 17% 4	2856
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 3 14% 27% 18% 2	7616
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 15% 30% 18% 6%	7611
	21st to end	Day	39% 3 15% 34% 8% 1	8155
August	1st to 10th	Day	28% 6% 13% 29% 21% 2	4350
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 17% 26% 16% 1	4263
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 15% 34% 15% 5%	4420
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 13% 26% 19% 6%	2394
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 11% 27% 21% 2	2200
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 9% 29% 25% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 6% 23% 41% 7%	3260
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 2 5% 27% 37% 10%	3240
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 10% 25% 26% 4	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 12% 30% 18% 5%	2047
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 10% 29% 21% 4	1852
	21st to end	Day	41% 2 9% 28% 19% 1	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 12% 37% 16% 1	2690
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 3 11% 33% 14% 1	3085
	21st to end	Day	62% 3 10% 17% 6% 1	4376
January	1st to 10th	Night	50% 3 11% 23% 11% 1	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 9% 26% 20% 4	7680
	21st to end	Night	48% 3 11% 18% 16% 4	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 11% 22% 15% 3	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 11% 24% 16% 3	2664
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 8% 23% 21% 7%	2024
March	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 7% 23% 26% 4	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 3 7% 22% 33% 8%	5090
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 16% 24% 10% 2	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 11% 23% 22% 4	2209
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 9% 27% 18% 4	2075
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 12% 25% 14% 2	1932
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 10% 27% 17% 2	5293
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 11% 24% 21% 5%	5266
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 10% 26% 17% 1	5787
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 8% 17% 30% 16% 3	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 13% 32% 19% 2	1680
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 14% 34% 21% 4	1755
July	1st to 10th	Night	29% 3 15% 27% 22% 2	5265
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 15% 30% 19% 6%	5256
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 15% 37% 9%	5641
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 18% 30% 22% 6%	3006
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 13% 29% 20% 2	2951
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 12% 38% 17% 5%	3480
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 10% 28% 20% 8%	2001
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 12% 26% 24% 4	2200
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 8% 26% 30% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 5% 20% 47% 7%	3887
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 2 5% 27% 30% 13%	3899
	21st to end	Night	35% 2 6% 29% 25% 3	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 3 11% 29% 23% 6%	2469
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 3 10% 27% 24% 5%	2764
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 9% 30% 19% 3	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 3 13% 34% 19% 1	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 11% 28% 16% 2	5341
	21st to end	Night	58% 3 8% 22% 7% 1	6839

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% 14% 38% 23% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 19% 39% 19% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 47% 25% 2	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 15% 42% 18% 3 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 15% 39% 18% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	13% 20% 46% 18% 3	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 15% 44% 17% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 15% 32% 23% 5% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	25% 21% 36% 14% 2 1	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 16% 36% 19% 6%	430
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 17% 39% 21% 5% 1	532
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 35% 19% 8% 1	703
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 12% 36% 23% 10% 1	753
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 30% 27% 13% 3	775
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 30% 25% 15% 4	844
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 22% 34% 25% 8%	780
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 26% 37% 19% 5%	780
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 33% 36% 17% 2	780
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 16% 31% 30% 12%	771
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 17% 38% 29% 10%	768
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 15% 36% 31% 8%	849
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 17% 38% 30% 6%	776
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 15% 39% 29% 6%	736
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 13% 30% 34% 11%	653
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 14% 35% 29% 7%	524
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 18% 37% 29% 7%	330
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 21% 37% 18% 6%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 28% 28% 19% 8%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 40% 25% 10% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 37% 20% 6% 1	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 37% 27% 6% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 13% 35% 27% 8% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 36% 21% 9%	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 15% 41% 28% 5% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 12% 40% 22% 7% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	20% 19% 38% 21% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 40% 28% 5%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 13% 43% 26% 4 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	14% 12% 43% 27% 3	1155
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 43% 25% 3	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 14% 39% 26% 3	1029
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 46% 21% 4	640
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 14% 44% 22% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 38% 27% 5%	630
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 41% 23% 4	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 13% 41% 26% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 13% 34% 28% 5%	623
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 40% 26% 6%	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 36% 31% 8%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 32% 34% 13%	621
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 30% 35% 15% 3	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 21% 45% 22% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 26% 46% 19% 1	630
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 30% 47% 13% 1	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 13% 43% 32% 2	615
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 15% 46% 31% 3	612
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 12% 45% 31% 1	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 15% 50% 28% 2	627
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 12% 46% 30% 3	606
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 13% 42% 33% 3	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 17% 44% 22% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 18% 41% 25% 4	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 23% 44% 19% 2	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 28% 35% 19% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 40% 31% 8% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 36% 26% 8%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 36% 33% 10% 1	829
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 13% 39% 28% 8%	1050
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 34% 30% 6%	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 39% 28% 6% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 42% 27% 5%	1050
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 39% 25% 4	1155

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