Raven Rock State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Raven Rock State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-01-07.

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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 42%	104792
	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 43%	104182
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 12% 20% 18% 5%	108441
	Night	38% 7% 11% 19% 19% 6%	108672
Seeing	Day	16% 11% 24% 25% 17% 7%	15623
	Night	16% 8% 26% 32% 17% 2	25903

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	18% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 3 4 51%	2890
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 4 53%	2840
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 43%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 45%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 46%	1678
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 5% 3 3 3 5% 5% 42%	1724
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 37%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 54%	3480
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 43%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 53%	2202
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 49%	2254
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 47%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 9% 35%	4033
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	4081
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 48%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 6% 7% 10% 37%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 10% 42%	2470
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 11% 37%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 7% 7% 8% 5% 9% 11% 31%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 28%	4120
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 4 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 28%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 22%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 34%	3898
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 49%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 41%	2142
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 38%	2052
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 49%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 58%	1900
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 6% 57%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 5% 5% 54%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 52%	2000
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 51%	1760
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 46%	3325
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 45%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 48%	4188
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 46%	4120
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 46%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 42%	2385
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 33%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 51%	3480
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 48%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 8% 49%	1976
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 4 4 7% 49%	1875
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 48%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 39%	2890
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 36%	2812
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 45%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 41%	1710
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 9% 11% 37%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 32%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 11% 28%	2840
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 3 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 26%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 23%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 34%	2897
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 5% 4 5% 4 4 8% 11% 48%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 8% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 7% 8% 41%	2033
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 3 4 6% 38%	2128
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	2280
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 56%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 50%	2400
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 52%	2623
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 53%	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 4 4 40%	4855
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 48%	6490

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% 4 5% 23% 25% 6%	2891
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 5% 17% 31% 7%	2840
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 5% 16% 22% 8%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 10% 20% 20% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 6% 18% 23% 7%	1687
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 8% 17% 20% 6%	1724
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 6% 8% 18% 14% 8%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 8% 16% 26% 13%	3480
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 7% 20% 20% 4	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 5% 11% 22% 25% 8%	2202
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 11% 22% 20% 9%	2254
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 13% 22% 18% 5%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	41% 11% 16% 17% 12% 2	4070
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 11% 21% 13% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 16% 22% 20% 4	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 10% 16% 20% 15% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 9% 16% 23% 15% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	36% 12% 16% 20% 14% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 12% 17% 18% 11% 2	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 11% 25% 14% 4 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	47% 12% 16% 15% 11%	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	56% 10% 17% 12% 5%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 10% 17% 22% 9% 1	3937
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 14% 31% 16% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 11% 15% 18% 18% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 10% 17% 20% 4	2142
	21st to end	Day	45% 7% 9% 19% 15% 5%	2052
October	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 8% 21% 24% 8%	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 6% 20% 26% 26%	3140
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 6% 25% 24% 18%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 8% 21% 26% 8%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 9% 20% 28% 7%	2000
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 7% 23% 24% 8%	1760
December	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 8% 19% 26% 9%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 11% 17% 21% 6%	3322
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 11% 24% 20% 2	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 8% 19% 27% 5%	4188
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 8% 15% 26% 7%	4120
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 5% 17% 23% 7%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 8% 21% 21% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 8% 15% 21% 7%	2387
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 9% 20% 21% 8%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 8% 13% 15% 6%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 7% 12% 24% 17%	3480
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 9% 21% 21% 7%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 9% 17% 24% 9%	1976
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 10% 21% 22% 8%	1875
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 13% 25% 18% 5%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 10% 16% 20% 13% 2	2918
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 8% 11% 18% 17% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	29% 10% 16% 24% 18% 2	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	37% 11% 16% 20% 13% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 11% 17% 19% 15% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	36% 12% 17% 19% 12% 3	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 13% 18% 16% 10% 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 12% 22% 14% 4 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	54% 10% 13% 14% 10%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	57% 8% 17% 14% 4 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 11% 21% 21% 6% 1	2924
	21st to end	Night	28% 9% 13% 29% 19% 2	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 9% 13% 20% 17% 5%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 13% 18% 19% 3	2033
	21st to end	Night	47% 6% 11% 16% 16% 4	2128
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 7% 21% 24% 6%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 6% 16% 28% 23%	3779
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 8% 25% 24% 17%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 8% 18% 26% 10%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 7% 16% 25% 11%	2400
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 7% 22% 26% 8%	2623
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 6% 18% 28% 9%	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 4 8% 16% 16% 8%	4857
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 11% 23% 22% 2	6490

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	23% 26% 34% 14% 3	288
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 24% 33% 15% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 27% 37% 13% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 20% 36% 19% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 22% 32% 10% 1	285
	21st to end	Day	24% 21% 31% 19% 4	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 20% 31% 23% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 24% 35% 16% 5% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	21% 19% 36% 17% 6% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 19% 32% 18% 9% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 20% 29% 23% 12% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	15% 14% 29% 26% 15% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 17% 29% 25% 10% 4	463
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 23% 30% 20% 5%	487
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 18% 26% 23% 9%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 23% 34% 18% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 19% 31% 26% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 15% 35% 30% 8%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 9% 30% 33% 16%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 9% 27% 39% 15%	484
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 14% 33% 31% 12%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 16% 26% 26% 14%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 12% 26% 29% 18%	479
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 12% 25% 29% 19%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 16% 27% 25% 18%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 14% 30% 23% 13%	490
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 21% 28% 19% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 19% 28% 20% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 9% 27% 28% 21% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	12% 11% 25% 27% 20% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 26% 29% 14% 4	495
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 15% 32% 25% 11% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	14% 18% 31% 22% 12% 2	282
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 42% 18% 6%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 34% 20% 9% 1	283
	21st to end	Day	21% 18% 32% 19% 8% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 14% 35% 25% 5% 1	785
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 15% 32% 29% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 13% 36% 27% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 37% 29% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 17% 39% 20% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	18% 17% 36% 25% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 14% 35% 29% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 12% 36% 23% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 39% 25% 5%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 16% 34% 24% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 32% 28% 11% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 36% 36% 8%	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 34% 38% 8%	622
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 25% 37% 14% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 16% 42% 26% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 17% 46% 21% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 17% 38% 27% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 17% 40% 31% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 12% 37% 37% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 9% 36% 39% 5%	552
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 16% 41% 31% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 9% 37% 37% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 13% 34% 34% 6%	624
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 12% 31% 38% 6%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 12% 33% 36% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 14% 30% 32% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 16% 32% 23% 1	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 17% 31% 28% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 25% 29% 21% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 26% 29% 22% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 25% 34% 16% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 28% 32% 13% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 30% 31% 15% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 29% 33% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 29% 32% 9%	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 26% 33% 8%	880

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