Mt. Laurel Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Mt. Laurel Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-04-02.

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	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	131513
	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	130320
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 12% 19% 18% 6%	135305
	Night	37% 7% 10% 20% 20% 7%	134601
Seeing	Day	15% 10% 23% 24% 18% 8%	16341
	Night	14% 8% 23% 29% 21% 4	26407

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	20% 10% 5% 6% 3 3 3 2 3 4 42%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 4 5% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 56%	5502
	21st to end	Day	24% 9% 2 7% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 35%	6436
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 39%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 40%	2048
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 39%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 9% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 36%	4580
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 46%	4899
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 41%	5831
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 46%	2412
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 46%	2374
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 49%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 35%	5788
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 31%	5861
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 32%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 41%	2600
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 10% 39%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 6% 7% 7% 7% 9% 12% 32%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 7% 8% 7% 10% 13% 31%	5900
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 8% 6% 7% 8% 7% 10% 12% 24%	6295
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 12% 48%	3905
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 46%	3849
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 49%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 41%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 44%	2200
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 50%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 53%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 58%	2200
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 55%	2080
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 53%	1852
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 4 3 2 5% 6% 53%	1890
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 4 6% 46%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 43%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 3 4 43%	3463
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 40%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 42%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 47%	7440
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 3 7% 3 3 3 2 3 4 41%	7745
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 3 7% 4 3 3 2 4 4 41%	2458
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 34%	5493
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 50%	5279
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	5369
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 47%	2010
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 50%	1975
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 2 8% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 37%	4090
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 32%	4032
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 41%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 5% 3 5% 5% 9% 11% 49%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 43%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 36%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 9% 15% 35%	4057
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 10% 28%	4551
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 11% 54%	3244
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 52%	3200
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 53%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 43%	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 46%	2200
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 53%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 59%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 58%	2200
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 55%	2752
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 57%	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	2730
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 5% 48%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 48%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 4 4 3 3 4 4 46%	4952
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 40%	6633

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	47% 3 6% 24% 17% 3	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 5% 22% 32% 7%	5502
	21st to end	Day	52% 3 5% 13% 18% 9%	6436
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 3 7% 19% 19% 5%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 4 5% 18% 19% 7%	2058
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 6% 13% 21% 8%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 9% 13% 20% 6%	4580
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 7% 16% 20% 16%	4899
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 8% 19% 20% 5%	5833
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 11% 20% 19% 8%	2412
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 8% 19% 24% 7%	2374
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 12% 24% 24% 3	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 10% 13% 23% 12% 2	5825
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 9% 16% 21% 8% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	38% 9% 12% 24% 16% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 10% 15% 18% 14% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 11% 18% 24% 15% 1	2600
	21st to end	Day	35% 11% 18% 22% 11% 4	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 15% 21% 19% 8% 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 17% 28% 16% 3 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	45% 15% 22% 15% 3	6113
August	1st to 10th	Day	24% 10% 14% 33% 18% 1	3893
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 18% 25% 15% 3	3885
	21st to end	Day	29% 10% 17% 21% 20% 3	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 15% 16% 16% 5%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 10% 20% 19% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 11% 21% 22% 7%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 6% 13% 32% 21%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 2 5% 15% 32% 28%	3568
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 6% 19% 36% 12%	3342
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 6% 17% 27% 11%	1852
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 6% 19% 26% 11%	1890
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 8% 17% 24% 8%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 5% 17% 26% 5%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 4 7% 19% 18% 6%	3460
	21st to end	Day	44% 4 7% 23% 20% 2	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 8% 24% 18% 2	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 5% 17% 25% 9%	7440
	21st to end	Night	48% 3 3 16% 23% 7%	7745
February	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 7% 18% 21% 8%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 4 5% 18% 17% 9%	2459
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 8% 15% 20% 10%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 5% 7% 14% 17% 7%	5493
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 8% 16% 21% 17%	5279
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 7% 22% 19% 7%	5369
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 12% 20% 20% 9%	2010
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 8% 19% 24% 11%	1975
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 11% 24% 21% 6%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	40% 11% 13% 18% 15% 2	4117
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 9% 14% 19% 8% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 14% 25% 17% 2	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	35% 12% 14% 19% 18% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 10% 21% 25% 15% 3	1800
	21st to end	Night	30% 11% 18% 21% 16% 4	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 12% 22% 20% 8% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 16% 30% 17% 4 1	4006
	21st to end	Night	44% 15% 22% 14% 4	4419
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 16% 37% 16% 2	3232
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 10% 18% 29% 14% 3	3230
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 15% 20% 25% 4	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 9% 15% 17% 17% 6%	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 9% 11% 21% 20% 5%	2200
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 11% 23% 23% 7%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 7% 15% 28% 23%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 4 17% 29% 29%	3571
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 5% 21% 32% 16%	4440
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 9% 18% 26% 14%	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 6% 18% 27% 13%	2730
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 7% 18% 24% 9%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 5% 21% 26% 5%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 9% 15% 25% 5%	4954
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 7% 25% 19% 2	6633

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	29% 24% 28% 14% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 22% 31% 16% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	25% 26% 34% 12% 3 1	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 19% 37% 14% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 18% 31% 12% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	28% 22% 40% 9% 2	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 20% 34% 14% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 19% 34% 18% 6% 1	453
	21st to end	Day	21% 16% 33% 22% 7%	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 31% 21% 10% 1	504
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 33% 22% 11% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	12% 12% 31% 32% 11% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 11% 27% 30% 15% 4	503
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 28% 27% 18% 9%	527
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 20% 29% 17% 14%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 17% 31% 23% 12%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 15% 29% 27% 19%	530
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 12% 25% 33% 19%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 10% 26% 34% 22%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 9% 21% 34% 28%	524
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 10% 22% 37% 23%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 9% 25% 33% 21%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 8% 28% 36% 17%	519
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 12% 25% 30% 18%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 12% 33% 29% 13%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 13% 28% 32% 11%	530
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 18% 29% 31% 7%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 25% 30% 20% 6%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 26% 33% 21% 1	530
	21st to end	Day	19% 11% 25% 30% 13% 2	403
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 12% 29% 30% 8% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 16% 38% 22% 8%	330
	21st to end	Day	17% 21% 32% 21% 8% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 17% 31% 18% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 19% 38% 13% 6% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	30% 15% 30% 19% 6%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 33% 25% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 17% 28% 25% 7%	840
	21st to end	Night	19% 16% 36% 25% 3	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 33% 29% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 15% 29% 26% 3	823
	21st to end	Night	22% 16% 36% 24% 2	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 14% 29% 33% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 35% 26% 9% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	16% 13% 33% 27% 10%	834
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 12% 33% 29% 12% 1	603
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 32% 30% 14% 1	593
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 28% 34% 18% 2	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 29% 31% 22% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 22% 33% 25% 5%	591
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 12% 36% 36% 6%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 11% 40% 34% 6%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 10% 30% 41% 13%	600
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 8% 29% 46% 12%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 7% 25% 46% 14%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 3 21% 47% 21%	582
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 6% 26% 46% 15%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 6% 25% 48% 16%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 7% 29% 44% 9%	594
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 6% 26% 42% 12%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 11% 27% 41% 10%	638
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 10% 29% 38% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 15% 32% 39% 3	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 21% 32% 27% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 23% 35% 23% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 20% 34% 21% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 21% 36% 20% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 30% 33% 14% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 29% 33% 12% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 29% 28% 8% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 28% 28% 9%	840
	21st to end	Night	25% 13% 28% 27% 7%	924

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