Vernon
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Vernon clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-30.

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	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 59%	101260
	Night	7% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 60%	98468
Transparency	Day	26% 3 8% 24% 28% 11%	105093
	Night	25% 2 7% 24% 28% 14%	102762
Seeing	Day	10% 4 22% 32% 24% 7%	15326
	Night	9% 5% 31% 39% 15% 1	25255

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	6% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 60%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 6% 67%	2850
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 52%	3242
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 56%	1849
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 4 57%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 59%	3220
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 56%	3480
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 50%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 7% 61%	2128
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 55%	2254
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2437
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 50%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	4082
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 52%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 57%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 59%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 8% 63%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 55%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	4120
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 65%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 5% 8% 66%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 9% 64%	3796
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 7% 67%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 59%	2116
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 51%	2090
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 62%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 67%	1981
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 66%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 6% 63%	1774
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 69%	1800
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 61%	1796
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 2 3 5% 5% 58%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2161
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 53%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 57%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 68%	4120
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 53%	4454
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 58%	2218
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 58%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 60%	3638
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 6% 62%	3480
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 61%	2047
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 1 3 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 56%	1877
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 6% 58%	1743
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 53%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 52%	2823
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 61%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 7% 12% 57%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 4 4 3 3 3 7% 10% 58%	1710
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 66%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 9% 55%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 7% 11% 65%	2850
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 6% 8% 65%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 69%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 61%	3039
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 6% 9% 64%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	2061
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 6% 3 4 3 2 5% 8% 52%	2090
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 2 4 2 2 2 1 3 4 68%	2178
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 67%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 68%	2521
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	2600
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 61%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 64%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 1 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 57%	3036
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 56%	4532

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	28% 2 5% 27% 29% 10%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 1 7% 25% 39% 6%	2850
	21st to end	Day	38% 2 5% 25% 25% 6%	3242
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 6% 22% 31% 9%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 2 5% 25% 25% 12%	1859
	21st to end	Day	34% 2 3 16% 28% 17%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 2 5% 14% 28% 22%	3220
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 2 9% 23% 27% 7%	3480
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 7% 26% 22% 7%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 8% 23% 26% 15%	2128
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 3 7% 19% 24% 16%	2254
	21st to end	Day	28% 3 9% 25% 27% 9%	2437
May	1st to 10th	Day	37% 3 6% 20% 19% 15%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 2 10% 26% 21% 7%	4086
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 9% 22% 20% 13%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 14% 30% 19% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 4 9% 26% 28% 9%	2470
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 12% 26% 29% 10%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 9% 30% 25% 6%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 8% 30% 32% 6%	4051
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 10% 30% 35% 5%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 8% 24% 31% 16%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 11% 31% 27% 11%	3834
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 12% 31% 29% 6%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	28% 3 6% 23% 26% 13%	2116
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 8% 20% 26% 9%	2090
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 6% 22% 33% 12%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 6% 15% 38% 25%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 5% 22% 33% 18%	3273
	21st to end	Day	18% 1 4 29% 38% 10%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	25% 2 5% 23% 30% 15%	1774
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 6% 25% 34% 14%	1800
	21st to end	Day	28% 2 5% 20% 31% 14%	1796
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 3 6% 27% 26% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 2 10% 17% 30% 10%	2159
	21st to end	Day	34% 3 6% 23% 27% 8%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 2 4 27% 28% 8%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 1 10% 23% 34% 11%	4120
	21st to end	Night	36% 1 6% 20% 26% 10%	4454
February	1st to 10th	Night	31% 2 6% 21% 27% 12%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 2 6% 22% 25% 16%	2218
	21st to end	Night	30% 2 3 18% 25% 20%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	28% 2 4 15% 22% 29%	3638
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 2 7% 27% 26% 12%	3480
	21st to end	Night	33% 2 7% 25% 24% 9%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 2 8% 20% 24% 19%	2047
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 3 9% 20% 23% 17%	1877
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 8% 24% 27% 10%	1743
May	1st to 10th	Night	36% 3 7% 17% 19% 18%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 11% 23% 20% 9%	2824
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 10% 20% 24% 16%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 18% 32% 19% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 14% 27% 27% 8%	1710
	21st to end	Night	20% 2 9% 27% 29% 13%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 9% 35% 22% 4	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 8% 35% 33% 8%	2796
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 9% 32% 35% 4	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 7% 24% 34% 19%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 11% 29% 29% 10%	3067
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 12% 33% 27% 7%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 3 9% 20% 27% 15%	2061
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 10% 20% 24% 12%	2090
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 5% 22% 29% 17%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 5% 15% 36% 29%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 2 5% 18% 33% 21%	3612
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 3 25% 38% 15%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	22% 1 5% 23% 30% 18%	2521
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 4 24% 34% 17%	2600
	21st to end	Night	26% 2 4 20% 32% 16%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 2 6% 25% 29% 13%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 2 5% 19% 32% 12%	3037
	21st to end	Night	31% 3 5% 21% 28% 11%	4532

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	11% 6% 40% 31% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 31% 31% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 38% 30% 11% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 35% 33% 8% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 9% 43% 29% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 39% 27% 4 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 9% 37% 31% 9% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 37% 25% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 41% 26% 8% 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 11% 41% 23% 12% 1	308
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 13% 42% 25% 5%	452
	21st to end	Day	13% 10% 39% 28% 9% 2	617
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 37% 37% 10% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 28% 35% 16% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 27% 33% 19% 5%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 14% 42% 30% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 18% 45% 24% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 12% 41% 35% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 6% 34% 39% 15%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 6% 31% 43% 14%	668
	21st to end	Day	3 1 3 29% 48% 16%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 5% 32% 45% 14%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 6% 34% 37% 15%	523
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 5% 29% 42% 18%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 1 2 24% 39% 21%	326
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 29% 37% 21%	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 7% 28% 36% 15%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 19% 34% 29% 13%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 26% 38% 19% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 22% 30% 18% 4	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 29% 28% 20% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 27% 33% 17% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 30% 26% 13% 4	299
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 40% 32% 14% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 34% 35% 14% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 37% 26% 8% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 37% 38% 10%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 34% 40% 9%	950
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 36% 41% 8%	993
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 40% 33% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 42% 33% 5%	744
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 44% 30% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 41% 33% 5%	703
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 41% 28% 7%	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 12% 45% 30% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 11% 51% 25% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 50% 26% 3	563
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 46% 29% 6%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 47% 30% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 38% 35% 10% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 37% 39% 12% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 28% 45% 19% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 34% 52% 9%	570
	21st to end	Night	3 1 23% 48% 23% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 11% 47% 34% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 10% 50% 34% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 48% 41% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 8% 54% 36% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 9% 50% 33% 1	564
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 46% 37% 4	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 11% 43% 33% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 16% 44% 27% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 17% 44% 27% 2	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 24% 42% 23% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 30% 44% 11% 1	658
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 32% 35% 15% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 32% 39% 13% 2	961
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 34% 42% 11% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 34% 35% 12% 1	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 31% 41% 10%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 35% 38% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 38% 38% 7%	1045

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