Port Chester
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Port Chester clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-12-03.

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	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	126947
	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	123758
Transparency	Day	41% 6% 13% 22% 16% 3	130461
	Night	42% 5% 12% 22% 17% 3	128318
Seeing	Day	18% 12% 30% 25% 12% 3	16385
	Night	20% 12% 31% 27% 9% 1	25489

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 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 48%	3597
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 42%	3570
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 4 40%	4236
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 4 7% 39%	1830
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	1948
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 39%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 42%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 42%	4700
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	5968
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 40%	2374
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 41%	2451
May	1st to 10th	Day	29% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 28%	5886
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 36%	6221
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 36%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 1 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 37%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 38%	2800
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 36%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 34%	6360
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 33%	4327
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	3850
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	2295
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 3 3 6% 6% 40%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	2116
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 48%	2000
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 43%	2015
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 51%	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 4 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 47%	1890
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	1827
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 43%	2616
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 46%	2986
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 39%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	6315
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	6705
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 42%	2568
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 42%	2338
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 3 3 5% 5% 41%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	5255
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 39%	4963
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 37%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 40%	1975
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 42%	1946
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 10% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 27%	4054
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 35%	3714
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 37%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 41%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 40%	1600
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 1 6% 4 3 5% 4 7% 9% 43%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 36%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 9% 33%	3600
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 44%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 32%	2785
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 40%	3197
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 52%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 45%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2105
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 44%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 4 4 2 2 5% 6% 49%	2400
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	2825
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 50%	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	2730
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 3 6% 7% 46%	2792
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 48%	4609
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 43%	5208
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 41%	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% 4 9% 31% 20% 3	3598
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 10% 23% 15% 6%	3600
	21st to end	Day	48% 3 10% 24% 13% 1	4236
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 6% 13% 22% 13% 2	1830
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 9% 25% 17% 2	1957
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 11% 23% 15% 3	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 3 12% 20% 13% 9%	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 14% 28% 11% 3	4700
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 10% 13% 23% 6%	5968
April	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 10% 20% 16% 4	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 12% 21% 18% 3	2374
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 11% 22% 17% 4	2451
May	1st to 10th	Day	53% 6% 16% 14% 10% 1	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 5% 13% 19% 14% 2	6225
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 12% 23% 14% 1	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 8% 13% 22% 15% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 14% 24% 13% 2	2800
	21st to end	Day	38% 8% 15% 23% 15% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 10% 12% 21% 15% 1	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 19% 23% 10% 1	6285
	21st to end	Day	40% 7% 12% 20% 20% 1	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	46% 7% 16% 23% 9% 1	4313
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 14% 31% 11% 1	3886
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 13% 28% 20% 1	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 14% 23% 18% 2	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 12% 25% 24% 2	2295
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 11% 19% 18% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 11% 21% 24% 6%	3441
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 4 11% 23% 31% 5%	3240
	21st to end	Day	29% 4 14% 26% 24% 3	3227
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 13% 23% 23% 2	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 10% 23% 22% 4	1890
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 14% 28% 12% 2	1827
December	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 16% 28% 11% 1	2616
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 3 14% 22% 17% 3	2986
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 8% 22% 15% 3	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	36% 2 10% 25% 24% 4	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 3 14% 21% 16% 6%	6360
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 10% 20% 16% 5%	6705
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 12% 24% 13% 2	2568
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 9% 20% 17% 5%	2340
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 7% 23% 17% 4	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 11% 20% 13% 9%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 14% 24% 12% 4	5256
	21st to end	Night	47% 4 7% 14% 24% 5%	4963
April	1st to 10th	Night	47% 4 10% 19% 16% 4	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 10% 19% 21% 2	1975
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 9% 21% 18% 4	1946
May	1st to 10th	Night	57% 5% 13% 13% 10% 1	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 4 15% 14% 14% 2	3715
	21st to end	Night	48% 5% 13% 21% 10% 2	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	42% 7% 10% 20% 20% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 15% 26% 12% 1	1600
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 15% 24% 14% 2	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	45% 8% 13% 21% 12% 2	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 7% 16% 20% 10% 1	3552
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 15% 23% 18% 1	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	51% 7% 15% 17% 10% 1	2775
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 13% 29% 9% 1	3227
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 12% 32% 18% 1	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 10% 25% 18% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 11% 25% 23% 3	2105
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 10% 21% 20% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 11% 23% 19% 3	3722
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 10% 28% 30% 4	3899
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 13% 29% 22% 2	4563
November	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 11% 24% 21% 4	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 9% 24% 21% 5%	2730
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 13% 29% 15% 1	2792
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 13% 30% 13% 2	4609
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 3 10% 21% 16% 3	5208
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 10% 19% 17% 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	21% 30% 29% 17% 4 1	200
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 30% 37% 15% 3	200
	21st to end	Day	18% 17% 44% 15% 5% 1	280
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 17% 40% 17% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 20% 41% 16% 1	496
	21st to end	Day	22% 22% 33% 19% 3	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 24% 36% 20% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 21% 36% 20% 4 1	500
	21st to end	Day	23% 18% 36% 17% 4 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 21% 34% 15% 6% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 17% 34% 18% 10% 1	492
	21st to end	Day	23% 15% 34% 20% 6% 1	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	30% 12% 30% 20% 7% 2	503
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 34% 26% 8% 2	527
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 26% 28% 16% 4	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 27% 31% 16% 2	530
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 28% 32% 13% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 25% 33% 18% 4	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 21% 37% 19% 6%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 22% 36% 25% 5%	524
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 21% 38% 20% 2	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 23% 34% 20% 6%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 15% 38% 23% 5%	519
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 28% 33% 17% 8%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 26% 26% 19% 6%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 26% 28% 18% 10%	530
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 27% 27% 14% 4	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 24% 24% 16% 6%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 29% 25% 13% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	22% 13% 30% 24% 9% 1	481
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 15% 32% 27% 10% 2	425
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 21% 34% 20% 6%	430
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 36% 20% 6% 1	367
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 22% 35% 17% 7%	204
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 26% 32% 14% 3	200
	21st to end	Day	25% 17% 35% 14% 9%	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 19% 39% 19% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 18% 34% 22% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	18% 19% 41% 20% 2	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 41% 21% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 21% 37% 17% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	23% 17% 36% 20% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 38% 21% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 15% 37% 22% 4 1	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 16% 37% 21% 4	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 15% 36% 21% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 14% 34% 26% 6%	791
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 34% 26% 6% 1	746
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 31% 27% 7% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 34% 26% 7%	455
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 19% 40% 13% 1	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 28% 36% 13% 1	400
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 24% 42% 15%	400
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 23% 51% 14% 1	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 19% 44% 21% 1	390
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 18% 42% 21% 2	388
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 16% 46% 18% 1	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 20% 43% 20% 2	506
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 17% 37% 26% 2	790
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 19% 35% 25% 3	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 26% 33% 19% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 22% 34% 21% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 22% 33% 16% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 26% 26% 15% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 31% 29% 11% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 33% 24% 7%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 35% 26% 10% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 32% 23% 7%	840
	21st to end	Night	18% 18% 33% 25% 5% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 17% 35% 18% 5% 1	809
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 17% 34% 21% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 15% 37% 21% 4	880

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