Hudson
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hudson clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-01-02.

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% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 32%	127505
	Night	17% 11% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 30%	123866
Transparency	Day	33% 38% 8% 15% 6% 1	130937
	Night	35% 37% 8% 13% 7% 1	128508
Seeing	Day	20% 10% 28% 25% 13% 4	15951
	Night	22% 9% 28% 29% 10% 1	25001

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	16% 20% 6% 13% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 21%	3605
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 6% 11% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 24%	3570
	21st to end	Day	11% 16% 7% 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 25%	3960
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 16% 4 11% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 25%	1782
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 4 10% 7% 6% 4 4 4 7% 26%	1838
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 5% 10% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 26%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 5% 12% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 25%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 31%	4746
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 9% 5% 5% 4 3 4 4 35%	5924
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 11% 3 7% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 32%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 35%	2374
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 32%	2540
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 10% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 22%	6317
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 31%	6318
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 32%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 30%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 37%	2800
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 30%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 33%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 41%	6360
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 35%	4563
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 39%	4097
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 39%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2332
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 3 4 6% 7% 41%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 38%	2039
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 6% 4 4 6% 31%	1977
	21st to end	Day	24% 11% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 29%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 11% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 32%	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 4 9% 4 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 29%	1785
	21st to end	Day	22% 12% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 22%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 21% 6% 9% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 17%	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 5% 10% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 4 26%	3066
	21st to end	Day	23% 14% 4 11% 5% 4 4 4 4 4 23%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 22% 8% 11% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 19%	6364
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 16% 6% 16% 8% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 18%	6315
	21st to end	Night	13% 16% 5% 11% 7% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 24%	6996
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 5% 12% 7% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 23%	2615
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 4 11% 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 27%	2447
	21st to end	Night	15% 15% 4 10% 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 30%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 13% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 29%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 30%	5209
	21st to end	Night	16% 11% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 32%	5008
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 31%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 3 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 33%	1975
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 34%	1860
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 25%	3653
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 33%	3575
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 3 4 7% 31%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 30%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	1600
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 35%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 33%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 42%	3600
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 45%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 39%	2586
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 41%	2914
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 43%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 7% 51%	2067
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 39%	2359
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 35%	2422
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 30%	2860
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 32%	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 4 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 33%	2834
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 4 9% 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 25%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 18% 6% 11% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 19%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 14% 5% 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 23%	5348
	21st to end	Night	25% 16% 4 9% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 22%	7150

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	49% 26% 10% 12% 3	3606
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 28% 9% 13% 5% 1	3600
	21st to end	Day	44% 28% 9% 10% 7% 1	3960
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 61% 3 8% 3 1	1782
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 60% 4 8% 5%	1847
	21st to end	Day	23% 61% 3 6% 6% 1	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	45% 29% 5% 10% 8% 2	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 29% 13% 11% 9% 1	4746
	21st to end	Day	39% 29% 4 13% 14% 1	5924
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 62% 3 8% 7% 1	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 62% 2 9% 6% 1	2374
	21st to end	Day	21% 61% 4 7% 6%	2540
May	1st to 10th	Day	48% 29% 6% 14% 3	6328
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 29% 11% 14% 5% 1	6322
	21st to end	Day	40% 28% 9% 15% 7%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 61% 3 9% 6% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 61% 5% 9% 7% 1	2800
	21st to end	Day	19% 60% 4 11% 5% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 27% 10% 20% 6%	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 27% 11% 25% 10%	6285
	21st to end	Day	25% 26% 11% 32% 6%	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	29% 37% 13% 16% 6%	4549
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 36% 11% 20% 3	4139
	21st to end	Day	26% 37% 12% 15% 9%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 58% 7% 16% 6%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 57% 6% 16% 7% 1	2332
	21st to end	Day	16% 57% 6% 13% 7% 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 36% 9% 21% 6%	3312
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 36% 14% 22% 5%	3193
	21st to end	Day	27% 36% 16% 17% 5%	3180
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 54% 6% 9% 4	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 54% 5% 12% 5% 1	1785
	21st to end	Day	29% 55% 6% 7% 3	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	47% 35% 6% 11% 1	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 32% 6% 11% 7%	3066
	21st to end	Day	47% 26% 8% 13% 5%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	52% 25% 10% 10% 3	6364
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 27% 9% 11% 3	6360
	21st to end	Night	46% 28% 8% 8% 9%	6996
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 61% 3 8% 3	2615
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 61% 3 9% 5%	2449
	21st to end	Night	20% 61% 3 8% 8%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	42% 29% 5% 11% 10% 4	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 29% 11% 12% 9% 2	5210
	21st to end	Night	41% 29% 3 17% 9% 1	5008
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 61% 2 8% 6%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 62% 2 7% 6% 1	1975
	21st to end	Night	21% 62% 3 7% 7% 1	1860
May	1st to 10th	Night	47% 29% 9% 12% 3	3659
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 29% 9% 16% 6%	3576
	21st to end	Night	42% 28% 8% 13% 9%	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 62% 3 8% 7% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 62% 4 9% 8% 1	1600
	21st to end	Night	20% 60% 4 9% 6% 1	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	36% 27% 14% 16% 7%	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 27% 12% 23% 7%	3552
	21st to end	Night	27% 26% 12% 24% 10%	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	30% 37% 10% 19% 5%	2576
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 37% 12% 14% 4	2938
	21st to end	Night	29% 37% 10% 14% 10% 1	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 57% 6% 15% 8%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 56% 7% 16% 6% 1	2067
	21st to end	Night	17% 57% 5% 13% 9%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 36% 11% 20% 6% 1	3853
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 36% 9% 23% 7%	3945
	21st to end	Night	29% 36% 13% 14% 9%	4610
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 53% 6% 10% 4 1	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 54% 5% 10% 5%	2834
	21st to end	Night	28% 55% 6% 7% 3	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 35% 8% 9% 3	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 31% 5% 9% 9%	5348
	21st to end	Night	48% 26% 6% 12% 8%	7150

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	24% 13% 30% 23% 9%	202
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 13% 33% 21% 7% 1	200
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 35% 22% 8% 1	220
February	1st to 10th	Day	28% 17% 35% 15% 4	292
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 11% 41% 22% 3	385
	21st to end	Day	27% 11% 30% 29% 4	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 11% 35% 23% 7%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 37% 23% 6% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	25% 11% 31% 19% 12% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 13% 26% 22% 9% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 14% 27% 20% 11% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	27% 11% 29% 21% 10% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 29% 26% 10% 3	503
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 31% 24% 16% 4	527
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 28% 26% 13% 5%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 25% 29% 12% 4	530
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 26% 30% 17% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 28% 25% 14% 4	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 27% 30% 19% 7%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 28% 30% 18% 5%	524
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 23% 35% 19% 4	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 21% 32% 21% 8%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 21% 32% 22% 9%	519
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 25% 24% 20% 8%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 24% 25% 19% 10%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 21% 25% 23% 13%	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 25% 23% 19% 6%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 26% 26% 14% 6%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 31% 23% 12% 2	516
	21st to end	Day	28% 12% 25% 25% 10%	462
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 15% 23% 25% 9% 1	425
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 14% 34% 21% 8% 1	325
	21st to end	Day	29% 15% 31% 18% 6%	220
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 10% 28% 23% 7% 1	220
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 14% 40% 16% 5% 1	220
	21st to end	Day	29% 12% 31% 19% 5% 2	242
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 12% 31% 27% 5%	805
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 33% 25% 6% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 35% 28% 8% 1	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 36% 26% 6% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 36% 27% 5%	783
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 34% 30% 5%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 12% 31% 28% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 10% 31% 28% 6% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 28% 30% 9%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 10% 27% 29% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 12% 30% 27% 6% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 28% 27% 9%	660
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 29% 29% 9% 2	433
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 26% 34% 11% 1	394
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 30% 37% 10%	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 27% 34% 10% 1	400
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 25% 35% 15% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 27% 32% 17% 1	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 24% 40% 19% 1	390
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 25% 43% 17% 2	388
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 22% 42% 17% 1	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 16% 43% 21% 1	398
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 20% 35% 25% 3	604
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 23% 35% 21% 2	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 23% 39% 19% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 17% 35% 24% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 23% 31% 18% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 27% 30% 15% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 29% 29% 11% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	26% 10% 30% 28% 6%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	25% 12% 28% 27% 8%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 33% 22% 9% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	29% 13% 30% 20% 7% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 11% 30% 24% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 15% 30% 22% 5% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	34% 11% 27% 22% 5%	924

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