Robert W. Woodruff Scout Reservation
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Robert W. Woodruff Scout Reservation clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-05.

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	11% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	100978
	Night	11% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 40%	98023
Transparency	Day	42% 8% 11% 19% 16% 4	104785
	Night	40% 8% 12% 19% 17% 5%	102342
Seeing	Day	16% 13% 23% 21% 17% 10%	14866
	Night	15% 11% 21% 28% 20% 4	24882

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	13% 9% 6% 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 35%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 6% 11% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 38%	2840
	21st to end	Day	14% 17% 5% 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 35%	3168
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 11% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 36%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 4 9% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 35%	1848
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 36%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 4 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 34%	3215
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 39%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 42%	2148
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 2 7% 5% 3 4 3 6% 6% 43%	2254
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	2460
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 7% 36%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 30%	4081
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 38%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 9% 31%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 6% 8% 10% 37%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 6% 7% 6% 5% 8% 10% 34%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 2 9% 8% 7% 8% 7% 9% 11% 28%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 6% 8% 7% 6% 8% 9% 31%	4120
	21st to end	Day	11% 11% 5% 12% 10% 8% 8% 6% 7% 7% 16%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 33%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 5% 8% 12% 38%	3866
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 8% 43%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 36%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 35%	2090
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 41%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 53%	1966
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 54%	2088
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 55%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 49%	1710
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 44%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 3 9% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 34%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 5% 8% 4 4 5% 3 5% 5% 38%	2153
	21st to end	Day	13% 11% 6% 8% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 8% 32%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 4 10% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 35%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 12% 4 9% 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 37%	4120
	21st to end	Night	14% 16% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 3 4 4 33%	4486
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 4 4 36%	2218
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 34%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 31%	3637
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 48%	3480
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 40%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	2047
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 47%	1875
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	1720
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 38%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 34%	2812
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 12% 42%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 7% 6% 8% 12% 35%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 5% 4 6% 6% 5% 9% 12% 46%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 45%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 32%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 41%	2840
	21st to end	Night	11% 9% 4 10% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 22%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 8% 13% 40%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	2945
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 48%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 2 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	2060
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	2213
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 55%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2468
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 2 5% 4 4 3 2 4 6% 50%	2470
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 33%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 13% 4 7% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 41%	3042
	21st to end	Night	12% 12% 5% 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 29%	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	46% 6% 7% 14% 24% 3	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 6% 14% 24% 4	2840
	21st to end	Day	51% 4 6% 16% 20% 3	3168
February	1st to 10th	Day	50% 4 6% 17% 19% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 6% 6% 15% 18% 5%	1858
	21st to end	Day	51% 4 8% 12% 19% 6%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	48% 6% 9% 14% 15% 8%	3215
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 8% 19% 21% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 9% 21% 15% 3	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	40% 7% 11% 21% 18% 4	2148
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 8% 17% 23% 5%	2254
	21st to end	Day	38% 7% 11% 26% 15% 3	2460
May	1st to 10th	Day	44% 10% 12% 19% 13% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 10% 10% 21% 8% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	37% 11% 14% 22% 16% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	44% 12% 16% 19% 7% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 12% 17% 21% 11% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	40% 11% 17% 18% 11% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	43% 15% 19% 18% 5% 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 12% 21% 18% 5% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	62% 12% 12% 9% 4	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	38% 12% 17% 26% 8%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 10% 22% 19% 13% 1	3905
	21st to end	Day	37% 8% 11% 28% 14% 1	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	43% 10% 12% 16% 16% 4	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 8% 12% 17% 16% 1	2090
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 14% 16% 19% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 8% 15% 35% 12%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 6% 19% 27% 22%	3245
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 6% 25% 25% 13%	3414
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 5% 9% 14% 32% 10%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 8% 19% 25% 9%	1710
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 7% 16% 25% 5%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	51% 5% 7% 17% 16% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 6% 8% 13% 23% 6%	2150
	21st to end	Day	47% 7% 8% 20% 15% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	49% 4 7% 15% 22% 3	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 9% 7% 14% 17% 9%	4120
	21st to end	Night	54% 4 7% 11% 21% 4	4486
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 9% 18% 20% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 5% 6% 15% 18% 5%	2219
	21st to end	Night	50% 6% 7% 15% 17% 5%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 9% 12% 14% 5%	3637
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 9% 21% 21% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 9% 21% 16% 4	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 12% 21% 22% 4	2047
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 6% 9% 21% 21% 6%	1875
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 12% 28% 16% 2	1720
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 12% 16% 21% 11% 1	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 9% 15% 21% 9%	2813
	21st to end	Night	29% 13% 18% 26% 12% 1	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	37% 14% 18% 21% 9% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 13% 24% 25% 10% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	32% 12% 19% 21% 14% 3	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 12% 22% 20% 5%	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 14% 26% 20% 5% 2	2786
	21st to end	Night	54% 14% 16% 12% 4 1	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	33% 11% 23% 27% 6%	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 10% 22% 20% 13%	2972
	21st to end	Night	30% 9% 17% 28% 15% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 11% 17% 17% 14% 4	2060
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 11% 13% 19% 17%	2090
	21st to end	Night	33% 9% 12% 21% 19% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 10% 18% 33% 9%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 7% 19% 31% 18%	3673
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 5% 27% 27% 13%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 8% 21% 24% 9%	2468
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 7% 19% 24% 10%	2470
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 7% 21% 21% 5%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	50% 6% 8% 15% 15% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 6% 7% 13% 25% 5%	3044
	21st to end	Night	51% 5% 8% 18% 15% 2	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	27% 26% 34% 10% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 27% 26% 12% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 37% 27% 11% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 24% 35% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 33% 24% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	38% 27% 26% 8% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 18% 33% 14% 7%	326
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 22% 27% 20% 7% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	24% 24% 27% 19% 7% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 17% 27% 21% 10% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 21% 28% 19% 13% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	20% 15% 25% 24% 13% 4	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 18% 29% 20% 12% 6%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 26% 25% 15% 10%	487
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 23% 27% 20% 13%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 22% 28% 21% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 18% 26% 26% 19%	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 24% 24% 21% 17%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 11% 25% 28% 23%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 10% 26% 27% 25%	484
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 10% 25% 27% 25%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 17% 23% 22% 22%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 15% 21% 28% 20%	479
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 12% 17% 30% 25%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 13% 25% 33% 17%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 15% 19% 31% 13%	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 16% 25% 29% 9%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 21% 29% 24% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 25% 25% 19% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	15% 13% 24% 26% 19% 4	537
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 14% 32% 24% 11% 4	282
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 18% 37% 19% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 19% 39% 19% 7% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 24% 25% 17% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 19% 33% 19% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 27% 29% 14% 6% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 20% 30% 20% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 20% 27% 23% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 21% 32% 25% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 16% 28% 29% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 21% 30% 21% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	26% 22% 30% 19% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 20% 32% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 19% 30% 24% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 16% 30% 27% 8%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 16% 27% 29% 9% 1	717
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 15% 26% 30% 13% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 27% 34% 17% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 25% 34% 19% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 20% 32% 23% 5%	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 13% 34% 33% 7%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 15% 35% 36% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 11% 33% 36% 13%	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 9% 33% 42% 9%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 6% 25% 49% 8%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 8% 20% 47% 15%	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 7% 23% 48% 14%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 7% 26% 43% 14%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 7% 30% 43% 9%	564
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 7% 24% 44% 11%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 11% 28% 39% 10%	730
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 12% 29% 37% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 14% 34% 32% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 20% 31% 25% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 22% 34% 20% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 20% 36% 17% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 22% 33% 19% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 24% 31% 13% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 16% 23% 29% 13% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 16% 25% 27% 8% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 26% 29% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 17% 26% 27% 6%	836

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