Metuchen
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Metuchen clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-04-26.

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	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	113530
	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	115085
Transparency	Day	41% 7% 12% 22% 17% 3	117105
	Night	40% 6% 11% 23% 17% 3	119674
Seeing	Day	20% 15% 30% 22% 10% 3	15544
	Night	20% 13% 32% 27% 9% 1	24864

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	13% 6% 2 4 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 49%	3597
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 42%	3570
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 4 7% 4 4 3 2 4 4 40%	4392
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 42%	1946
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 5% 38%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 44%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 42%	4832
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 43%	5895
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 7% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 38%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 9% 40%	2374
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 40%	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 29%	4101
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 30%	4388
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 3 6% 8% 43%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 9% 37%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 7% 8% 38%	2660
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 40%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 35%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 38%	4440
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 8% 30%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 31%	4122
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	3730
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 47%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 49%	2211
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 3 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 40%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 41%	1966
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 5% 6% 48%	1900
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 45%	1962
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 52%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 48%	1800
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 45%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 45%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	2986
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 38%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 50%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 47%	6315
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 40%	6563
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 41%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 41%	2338
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 44%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 47%	5123
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	5036
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 38%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	1975
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	1957
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 10% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 29%	2837
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 9% 3 7% 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 33%	2534
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 41%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 7% 8% 41%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 6% 10% 40%	1520
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 41%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 39%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 35%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 31%	2772
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 39%	3097
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 5% 8% 51%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 51%	1968
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2212
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	2280
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 45%	2636
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	2600
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 45%	2685
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 47%	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 42%	5208
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 4 40%	6996

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	34% 6% 9% 29% 21% 3	3598
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 9% 22% 17% 5%	3600
	21st to end	Day	47% 5% 10% 22% 15% 1	4392
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 13% 23% 13% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 9% 23% 15% 3	1955
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 10% 22% 14% 4	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 10% 22% 15% 8%	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 12% 26% 13% 5%	4832
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 9% 15% 23% 6%	5895
April	1st to 10th	Day	45% 6% 9% 20% 15% 5%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 12% 21% 17% 3	2374
	21st to end	Day	42% 7% 10% 19% 18% 4	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	54% 6% 12% 15% 12% 2	4115
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 7% 13% 17% 9% 1	4392
	21st to end	Day	35% 8% 13% 24% 18% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 8% 13% 21% 15% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 9% 14% 22% 12% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	39% 9% 13% 22% 16% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 11% 14% 19% 14% 1	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 10% 16% 21% 14% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	47% 9% 12% 16% 15% 1	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 9% 14% 20% 9% 1	4108
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 14% 26% 13% 1	3766
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 11% 26% 22% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 8% 11% 20% 20% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 11% 23% 23% 3	2211
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 9% 17% 19% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 11% 17% 24% 5%	3265
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 4 11% 24% 31% 6%	3140
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 14% 25% 27% 4	3213
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 13% 24% 22% 3	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 9% 24% 22% 3	1800
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 14% 30% 12% 2	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 15% 27% 13% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 5% 11% 26% 13% 2	2986
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 11% 23% 15% 2	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 9% 26% 22% 5%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 12% 23% 15% 7%	6360
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 9% 20% 17% 4	6563
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 6% 13% 24% 12% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 9% 20% 18% 5%	2340
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 8% 23% 18% 4	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 10% 22% 12% 9%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 7% 14% 24% 14% 4	5124
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 7% 15% 23% 5%	5036
April	1st to 10th	Night	45% 6% 9% 19% 16% 4	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 6% 10% 18% 20% 2	1975
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 10% 21% 19% 4	1957
May	1st to 10th	Night	53% 7% 12% 17% 10% 1	2843
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 7% 14% 14% 10% 2	2535
	21st to end	Night	38% 8% 15% 22% 14% 3	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 12% 21% 19% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 15% 25% 12% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 15% 24% 14% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	40% 10% 17% 19% 12% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 10% 15% 23% 12% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	44% 8% 16% 16% 15% 2	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 8% 17% 16% 8% 1	2762
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 8% 12% 27% 12% 1	3127
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 11% 29% 21% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 7% 11% 21% 19% 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 11% 23% 24% 4	1968
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 7% 21% 21% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 11% 23% 21% 2	3693
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 11% 27% 30% 5%	3779
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 11% 30% 24% 3	4335
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 12% 24% 23% 4	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 8% 24% 20% 5%	2600
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 14% 27% 16% 1	2685
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 12% 30% 12% 2	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 10% 24% 14% 4	5208
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 11% 19% 17% 3	6996

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% 27% 31% 15% 3 1	200
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 33% 29% 11% 1	200
	21st to end	Day	23% 27% 32% 13% 4 1	313
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 25% 36% 10% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 23% 37% 11% 1	494
	21st to end	Day	27% 22% 30% 17% 3	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 25% 32% 16% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 26% 34% 14% 4 1	500
	21st to end	Day	27% 23% 32% 13% 4 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 22% 31% 12% 6% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 23% 33% 13% 8% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	25% 20% 31% 17% 4 2	480
May	1st to 10th	Day	29% 18% 29% 16% 5% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 34% 22% 8% 1	487
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 25% 29% 16% 3	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 32% 28% 12% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 30% 29% 12% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 34% 29% 13% 2	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 26% 32% 20% 6%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 25% 35% 21% 5%	484
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 28% 33% 16% 3	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 22% 37% 17% 6%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 22% 35% 22% 5%	479
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 26% 31% 16% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 27% 24% 17% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 26% 30% 14% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 11% 25% 25% 10% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 25% 23% 14% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 31% 25% 11% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	21% 15% 31% 21% 10% 2	472
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 17% 33% 21% 13% 2	395
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 19% 32% 21% 6% 1	400
	21st to end	Day	21% 20% 33% 17% 7% 1	310
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 26% 31% 11% 7% 1	200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 21% 29% 13% 5%	200
	21st to end	Day	24% 18% 35% 15% 7%	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 21% 38% 17% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 17% 35% 20% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 20% 39% 20% 1	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 17% 36% 23% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 21% 37% 14% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	25% 20% 34% 18% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 19% 34% 20% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 20% 34% 18% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 41% 18% 4	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 20% 36% 18% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 16% 38% 21% 4	791
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 37% 26% 4 1	783
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 14% 34% 22% 6%	573
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 36% 28% 6%	400
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 25% 38% 12% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 29% 36% 11% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 30% 39% 12%	380
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 29% 47% 11% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 26% 42% 17% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 22% 43% 19% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 27% 43% 16%	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 20% 44% 19% 2	527
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 19% 39% 23% 2	750
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 17% 41% 20% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 27% 34% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 22% 32% 21% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 23% 33% 14% 1	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 27% 26% 14% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 30% 32% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 11% 32% 26% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 36% 27% 11% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 16% 33% 23% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	18% 17% 36% 22% 6% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	26% 16% 32% 19% 6% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 15% 37% 22% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 15% 35% 24% 3	880

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