Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hampton Plantation State Historic Site clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-11.

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% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 41%	101142
	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 43%	97996
Transparency	Day	36% 10% 15% 19% 15% 5%	104789
	Night	36% 9% 14% 19% 16% 6%	102488
Seeing	Day	12% 10% 26% 27% 18% 7%	15650
	Night	13% 8% 23% 31% 21% 4	25741

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	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 45%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 9% 47%	2840
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 45%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 5% 42%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	1780
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 45%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 11% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 34%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 52%	3480
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 45%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 52%	2151
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 51%	2254
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 54%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 43%	3951
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 8% 37%	4081
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 47%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 31%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 10% 39%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 10% 12% 33%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 28%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 10% 13% 28%	4120
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 8% 8% 7% 8% 7% 10% 13% 25%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 22%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 12% 32%	3867
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 37%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 7% 10% 37%	2247
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 34%	2090
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 40%	2089
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 7% 57%	1900
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 56%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	1900
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 51%	1775
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	2153
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 43%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 43%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	4120
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 44%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 8% 43%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 43%	2280
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 41%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 13% 4 8% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 32%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 8% 45%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 8% 49%	2028
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 50%	1875
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 53%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 1 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 50%	2971
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 43%	2812
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 52%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 9% 12% 35%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 12% 42%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 10% 14% 33%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 9% 10% 31%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 14% 31%	2840
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 14% 32%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 12% 26%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 7% 5% 8% 13% 38%	2930
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 7% 9% 45%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 7% 7% 6% 4 4 8% 10% 38%	1928
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 36%	2090
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 9% 38%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 47%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 8% 58%	2280
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 2 3 4 3 4 6% 56%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 49%	2287
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 48%	2402
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 40%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 50%	3042
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 41%	4532

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% 7% 9% 20% 24% 6%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 8% 18% 24% 10%	2840
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 9% 19% 17% 8%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 7% 10% 20% 18% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 7% 16% 22% 7%	1789
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 11% 18% 16% 9%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 8% 10% 13% 14% 6%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 8% 11% 16% 23% 12%	3480
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 11% 16% 20% 6%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 8% 13% 20% 22% 7%	2151
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 13% 23% 18% 10%	2254
	21st to end	Day	24% 9% 15% 26% 21% 4	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	30% 12% 20% 24% 10% 2	3986
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 9% 17% 23% 10% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	26% 11% 22% 26% 16%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 12% 17% 19% 10%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 13% 22% 25% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Day	35% 14% 25% 20% 5% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	43% 15% 19% 18% 4 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 19% 28% 10% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	41% 18% 23% 15% 3	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	52% 12% 23% 11% 2	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 16% 21% 19% 8%	3906
	21st to end	Day	38% 11% 17% 30% 4	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 15% 18% 14% 13% 2	2247
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 13% 13% 16% 12% 3	2090
	21st to end	Day	41% 9% 15% 19% 13% 3	2089
October	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 9% 15% 26% 4	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 7% 14% 31% 26%	3140
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 8% 18% 35% 7%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 12% 17% 25% 10%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 8% 16% 22% 10%	1900
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 10% 21% 23% 7%	1775
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 8% 13% 17% 14% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 9% 23% 25% 7%	2150
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 9% 18% 21% 4	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 8% 9% 16% 20% 9%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 8% 17% 23% 5%	4120
	21st to end	Night	40% 7% 7% 13% 26% 7%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 10% 18% 18% 8%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 9% 14% 19% 9%	2282
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 11% 17% 15% 10%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Night	53% 6% 10% 12% 12% 6%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 11% 16% 23% 11%	3480
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 12% 20% 17% 7%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 13% 19% 21% 8%	2028
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 11% 21% 20% 11%	1875
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 15% 25% 20% 5%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 11% 21% 26% 12% 3	3001
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 10% 17% 22% 14%	2813
	21st to end	Night	26% 10% 19% 26% 18% 1	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 20% 20% 9% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 13% 21% 24% 9% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	34% 15% 23% 22% 6%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	43% 14% 17% 22% 4 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 16% 30% 9% 3	2786
	21st to end	Night	36% 17% 26% 19% 3	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	48% 13% 26% 11% 2	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 15% 23% 24% 6%	2957
	21st to end	Night	34% 10% 18% 35% 3	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 13% 16% 18% 11% 2	1928
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 13% 17% 16% 11% 2	2090
	21st to end	Night	42% 8% 14% 20% 13% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 9% 18% 25% 6%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 5% 14% 27% 32%	3779
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 7% 21% 29% 14%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 11% 16% 24% 11%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 10% 15% 22% 11%	2287
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 11% 18% 22% 9%	2402
December	1st to 10th	Night	41% 8% 13% 15% 16% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 9% 18% 25% 6%	3044
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 10% 20% 18% 4	4532

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	17% 19% 43% 20% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 21% 39% 22% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 24% 40% 13% 1 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 20% 41% 19% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 16% 42% 13% 3	293
	21st to end	Day	14% 21% 42% 18% 5%	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 20% 33% 24% 8%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 21% 39% 20% 7% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	14% 19% 39% 18% 9% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 19% 35% 23% 8% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 17% 31% 21% 17% 5%	452
	21st to end	Day	8% 13% 29% 30% 12% 8%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 15% 36% 24% 14% 6%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 26% 31% 20% 6%	487
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 19% 33% 21% 10%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 19% 32% 25% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 21% 29% 23% 13%	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 16% 34% 27% 12%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 9% 30% 36% 14%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 7% 33% 36% 15%	484
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 14% 33% 35% 11%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 13% 26% 27% 16%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 11% 29% 31% 17%	479
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 13% 25% 29% 16%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 14% 31% 30% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 16% 32% 23% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 17% 28% 24% 10%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 21% 31% 15% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 27% 31% 20% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 24% 35% 19% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 28% 25% 19% 2	495
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 38% 23% 10% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	13% 14% 33% 29% 10% 1	335
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 40% 26% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 17% 35% 23% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 34% 20% 8% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 17% 35% 28% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 16% 30% 30% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 16% 37% 26% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 34% 30% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 15% 32% 29% 3	743
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 36% 26% 7% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 14% 34% 30% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 13% 34% 31% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 12% 35% 27% 11%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 14% 34% 30% 11% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 28% 30% 16% 2	751
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 28% 37% 17% 1	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 30% 34% 19% 1	666
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 22% 37% 23% 3	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 16% 32% 35% 8%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 14% 41% 29% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 9% 34% 35% 9%	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 12% 39% 35% 6%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 9% 32% 45% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 4 29% 44% 10%	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 6% 41% 40% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 6% 29% 42% 9%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 7% 31% 41% 10%	644
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 9% 26% 38% 12%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 11% 28% 41% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 11% 32% 32% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 14% 28% 30% 7%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 21% 29% 25% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 25% 32% 23% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 22% 33% 22% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 25% 33% 18% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 26% 31% 13% 2	763
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 29% 28% 18% 2	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 28% 31% 11% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 28% 26% 13% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 29% 27% 11%	836

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