Old Lyme
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Old Lyme clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-11-03.

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	18% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 39%	126466
	Night	19% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	123574
Transparency	Day	42% 5% 12% 23% 15% 3	129998
	Night	44% 4 11% 22% 16% 3	128129
Seeing	Day	20% 12% 31% 25% 10% 2	16371
	Night	21% 12% 30% 26% 10% 1	25336

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	14% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 47%	3597
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	3570
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 42%	4020
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 38%	1913
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 41%	1948
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 37%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 41%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 5% 7% 41%	4672
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 34%	5923
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 3 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 39%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 41%	2374
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 40%	2537
May	1st to 10th	Day	30% 9% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 27%	5886
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 34%	6012
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 35%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 36%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 9% 39%	2800
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 9% 39%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 34%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 36%	6360
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 40%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 33%	4316
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 42%	3925
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 43%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	2235
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 40%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 44%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 7% 48%	1966
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 43%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 2 4 6% 49%	1779
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	1800
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 45%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 47%	2634
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 5% 47%	2986
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 40%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 3 3 3 3 4 4 46%	6315
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 4 5% 37%	6932
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 41%	2485
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 42%	2338
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 40%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 40%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 40%	5286
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 37%	4993
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 36%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 40%	1975
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 2 4 4 42%	1861
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 27%	4054
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 30%	3923
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 34%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 37%	1600
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 5% 5% 5% 10% 40%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 32%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 31%	3600
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 42%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 28%	2800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 40%	3118
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 55%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 43%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 53%	2165
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 39%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 48%	2428
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 42%	2860
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 49%	2564
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	2600
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 47%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 4 49%	4542
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 42%	5208
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 4 43%	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	37% 3 9% 30% 19% 3	3598
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 11% 21% 16% 7%	3600
	21st to end	Day	46% 3 10% 24% 16% 2	4020
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 14% 21% 13% 1	1913
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 11% 25% 15% 3	1957
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 12% 20% 15% 3	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	44% 5% 10% 18% 14% 10%	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 13% 29% 12% 1	4672
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 8% 16% 19% 6%	5923
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 11% 20% 16% 3	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 10% 21% 19% 3	2374
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 10% 23% 16% 4	2537
May	1st to 10th	Day	55% 5% 17% 14% 8% 1	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 5% 15% 18% 12% 2	6016
	21st to end	Day	47% 6% 11% 22% 13% 1	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 7% 12% 25% 13% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 15% 25% 13% 1	2800
	21st to end	Day	37% 8% 14% 26% 14% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 12% 20% 13% 1	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 17% 24% 10% 1	6285
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 11% 24% 17% 1	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 16% 22% 9%	4302
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 15% 31% 10% 1	3963
	21st to end	Day	30% 6% 16% 29% 18% 1	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 12% 23% 19% 2	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 11% 25% 25% 3	2235
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 10% 20% 19% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 11% 22% 24% 5%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 3 10% 24% 32% 3	3169
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 14% 27% 21% 3	3180
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 15% 20% 21% 2	1779
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 12% 22% 21% 4	1800
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 14% 27% 12% 3	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	40% 3 15% 28% 13% 1	2634
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 2 15% 18% 19% 3	2986
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 8% 21% 16% 4	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	36% 3 9% 29% 20% 3	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 12% 21% 16% 5%	6360
	21st to end	Night	49% 4 9% 19% 15% 3	6932
February	1st to 10th	Night	46% 4 13% 23% 12% 2	2485
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 9% 22% 17% 4	2340
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 9% 23% 15% 4	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 3 11% 18% 14% 8%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 4 14% 22% 11% 4	5287
	21st to end	Night	49% 4 6% 12% 23% 6%	4993
April	1st to 10th	Night	47% 5% 9% 21% 15% 4	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 4 10% 20% 20% 2	1975
	21st to end	Night	46% 4 9% 21% 16% 5%	1861
May	1st to 10th	Night	59% 4 14% 13% 9% 1	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 5% 13% 16% 9% 3	3924
	21st to end	Night	51% 6% 13% 20% 9% 1	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 6% 11% 19% 17% 2	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 6% 15% 25% 11% 1	1600
	21st to end	Night	40% 7% 14% 24% 14% 1	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	51% 5% 12% 20% 11% 1	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 6% 15% 21% 8% 1	3552
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 13% 23% 16% 1	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	53% 7% 13% 17% 8% 1	2790
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 16% 28% 9%	3146
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 17% 31% 19% 1	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 10% 24% 18% 2	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 11% 24% 24% 2	2165
	21st to end	Night	46% 6% 8% 18% 19% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 11% 24% 18% 3	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 3 10% 25% 31% 4	3964
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 13% 26% 22% 2	4610
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 12% 22% 20% 4	2564
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 3 10% 23% 19% 4	2600
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 13% 29% 13% 2	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	41% 3 12% 28% 15% 1	4542
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 3 11% 18% 18% 2	5208
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 9% 19% 18% 4	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	20% 28% 33% 14% 6%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 34% 31% 14% 2 1	200
	21st to end	Day	21% 21% 39% 15% 4	231
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 16% 41% 17% 2	413
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 25% 39% 13% 1	496
	21st to end	Day	26% 20% 35% 16% 4	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 22% 37% 16% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 20% 39% 17% 4 1	500
	21st to end	Day	25% 19% 34% 17% 4 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	24% 20% 34% 16% 5% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 16% 34% 18% 6%	492
	21st to end	Day	26% 11% 35% 20% 6% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	29% 11% 33% 19% 6% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 10% 38% 24% 7% 1	527
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 24% 30% 15% 2	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 28% 28% 16% 2	530
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 30% 31% 12% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 30% 33% 14% 3	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 22% 34% 19% 3	525
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 20% 40% 18% 6%	524
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 30% 35% 14% 2	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 21% 40% 16% 5%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 21% 35% 19% 6%	519
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 28% 34% 18% 6%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 25% 29% 17% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 29% 28% 16% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 30% 25% 13% 2	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 23% 24% 16% 4	530
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 29% 27% 10% 2	505
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 32% 23% 8% 2	462
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 11% 35% 27% 10% 2	401
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 20% 33% 20% 6%	400
	21st to end	Day	20% 21% 30% 23% 7%	400
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 23% 33% 17% 7%	221
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 24% 31% 14% 4	200
	21st to end	Day	24% 19% 32% 16% 8% 1	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 23% 38% 17% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 20% 32% 19% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 23% 36% 19% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 17% 39% 21% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 20% 39% 15% 2	783
	21st to end	Night	25% 19% 35% 18% 4	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 37% 22% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 38% 21% 5% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	22% 14% 38% 20% 5%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	25% 13% 33% 25% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 34% 27% 6%	791
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 34% 26% 7% 1	661
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 28% 27% 11% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 8% 35% 25% 8%	547
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 20% 37% 16% 1	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 21% 34% 17% 1	400
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 20% 40% 16% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 24% 38% 19% 1	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 15% 39% 22% 2	390
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 15% 43% 20% 4	388
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 21% 41% 18% 1	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 19% 45% 20% 2	521
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 17% 39% 25% 3	735
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 18% 37% 22% 5%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 24% 35% 19% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 23% 30% 21% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 25% 29% 17% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 28% 23% 15% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 12% 31% 26% 11% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	22% 14% 35% 20% 9% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 13% 34% 24% 12% 2	789
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 17% 34% 20% 6% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 20% 32% 22% 6% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 19% 30% 21% 5% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 20% 32% 20% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	25% 17% 36% 19% 3	880

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