Willow Grove Area
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Willow Grove Area 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	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	113574
	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	115026
Transparency	Day	40% 6% 12% 23% 17% 3	117137
	Night	40% 5% 11% 23% 17% 4	119613
Seeing	Day	21% 14% 29% 22% 10% 3	15529
	Night	19% 12% 31% 28% 9% 1	24929

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% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 50%	3597
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 41%	3639
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 39%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 2 6% 4 3 5% 3 5% 6% 39%	1908
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 39%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 45%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	4969
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	5818
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 2 6% 6% 4 4 3 6% 7% 39%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	2374
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 28%	4061
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 8% 3 8% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 28%	4398
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 43%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 40%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 37%	2660
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 41%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 11% 36%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 4 8% 10% 39%	4440
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 33%	4762
August	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 33%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	3730
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 51%	2243
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 37%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	1911
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 48%	1900
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 46%	2013
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 53%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 48%	1800
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 45%	1675
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 43%	2986
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 50%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 49%	6241
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 5% 43%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 40%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 41%	2377
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 42%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	4988
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 3 5% 4 3 5% 5% 43%	5112
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 40%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 41%	1975
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 43%	1957
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 30%	2907
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 30%	2495
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 11% 42%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 6% 8% 42%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 42%	1520
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 42%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 38%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 36%	2520
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 36%	2788
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 33%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	3067
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 49%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 46%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 53%	1936
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 40%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 43%	2266
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 1 5% 3 2 3 4 4 6% 51%	2280
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 47%	2584
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 1 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 5% 54%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 4 48%	2600
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 45%	2720
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 41%	5208
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 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	33% 4 11% 27% 23% 3	3598
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 10% 22% 16% 5%	3669
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 12% 23% 15% 1	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 13% 25% 11% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 10% 24% 15% 2	1917
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 11% 23% 13% 3	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 9% 24% 15% 7%	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 10% 28% 15% 5%	4969
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 10% 16% 22% 5%	5818
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 10% 22% 15% 5%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 12% 22% 16% 4	2374
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 12% 21% 17% 4	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	54% 6% 11% 17% 10% 2	4074
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 12% 18% 8% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 12% 27% 17% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 14% 24% 15% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 13% 26% 11% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	37% 8% 13% 24% 16% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 12% 14% 18% 14% 2	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 9% 15% 23% 14% 2	4365
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 11% 19% 16% 1	4610
August	1st to 10th	Day	46% 8% 14% 22% 10%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 13% 29% 14% 1	3766
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 11% 27% 21% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 12% 20% 22% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 10% 25% 24% 4	2243
	21st to end	Day	47% 5% 8% 18% 20% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 9% 18% 28% 5%	3171
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 4 12% 25% 29% 7%	3140
	21st to end	Day	25% 3 13% 26% 28% 5%	3290
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 12% 25% 22% 3	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 9% 26% 21% 3	1800
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 14% 30% 12% 2	1675
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 16% 27% 12% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 3 12% 29% 11% 2	2986
	21st to end	Day	40% 7% 13% 22% 17% 2	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 9% 25% 21% 6%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 11% 24% 16% 7%	6286
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 9% 23% 19% 3	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 13% 25% 12% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 4 8% 21% 18% 4	2379
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 7% 23% 18% 4	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 8% 24% 13% 9%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 14% 26% 15% 5%	4989
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 7% 16% 25% 5%	5112
April	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 11% 20% 17% 4	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 6% 9% 20% 20% 3	1975
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 9% 22% 19% 5%	1957
May	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 10% 19% 11% 1	2913
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 6% 14% 15% 10% 2	2496
	21st to end	Night	36% 8% 16% 21% 15% 3	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 12% 22% 19% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 13% 26% 13% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	34% 9% 15% 25% 14% 2	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 10% 19% 17% 13% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 10% 17% 22% 11% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	43% 8% 15% 18% 15% 1	2699
August	1st to 10th	Night	48% 7% 18% 17% 9% 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 12% 26% 14% 1	3097
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 11% 27% 21% 2	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 11% 20% 22% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 22% 27% 4	1936
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 7% 21% 21% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 11% 21% 21% 2	3786
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 11% 28% 29% 5%	3779
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 11% 31% 23% 4	4244
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 12% 25% 21% 5%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 9% 23% 20% 5%	2600
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 12% 27% 16% 2	2720
December	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 12% 30% 13% 2	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 10% 24% 13% 4	5208
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 11% 20% 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	28% 29% 29% 11% 3 2	200
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 24% 28% 10% 2	215
	21st to end	Day	27% 25% 31% 12% 5%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	29% 22% 35% 9% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 23% 32% 11% 2	456
	21st to end	Day	29% 21% 34% 12% 3	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 19% 31% 17% 3 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 23% 33% 15% 4 1	500
	21st to end	Day	27% 22% 29% 15% 5% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 20% 31% 13% 6% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 23% 30% 15% 6% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	25% 18% 31% 21% 3 2	480
May	1st to 10th	Day	29% 17% 31% 15% 7% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 13% 30% 24% 8% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 25% 27% 16% 4	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 12% 30% 26% 13% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 29% 28% 13% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 30% 29% 12% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 22% 33% 22% 6%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 26% 33% 25% 5%	484
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 28% 32% 16% 4	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 24% 33% 19% 6%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 22% 35% 19% 6%	479
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 25% 29% 16% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 23% 26% 16% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 25% 30% 16% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	26% 13% 21% 23% 11% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 27% 21% 14% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 30% 24% 12% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	22% 15% 31% 18% 12% 2	498
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 32% 23% 12% 2	395
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 18% 34% 22% 5% 1	400
	21st to end	Day	24% 19% 34% 17% 4 1	275
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 21% 33% 10% 7%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 17% 33% 10% 5%	200
	21st to end	Day	27% 18% 33% 14% 8%	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 20% 37% 20% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 17% 31% 25% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 17% 40% 22% 2	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 38% 24% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 19% 36% 17% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	23% 18% 37% 18% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 17% 35% 22% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 18% 36% 19% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 15% 39% 20% 5%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 19% 37% 17% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 15% 36% 24% 5%	791
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 34% 29% 5%	783
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 34% 25% 6%	617
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 35% 28% 6%	374
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 26% 37% 14% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 29% 38% 10% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 29% 42% 11% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 28% 48% 11%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 25% 42% 18% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 23% 43% 21% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 27% 41% 19% 1	441
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 17% 44% 23% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 19% 37% 25% 2	732
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 18% 38% 22% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 25% 35% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 22% 35% 21% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 21% 32% 18% 1	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 24% 26% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 27% 33% 13%	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 33% 26% 8% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 36% 29% 11% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 16% 30% 26% 7% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	18% 16% 34% 26% 7% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 15% 33% 21% 6% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 35% 24% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 33% 27% 3	880

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