Cherry Hill Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Cherry Hill Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-01-22.

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	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	105414
	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	104074
Transparency	Day	38% 6% 10% 22% 19% 5%	109062
	Night	33% 6% 10% 22% 21% 8%	108566
Seeing	Day	16% 13% 26% 25% 16% 4	15569
	Night	15% 12% 25% 29% 17% 2	25497

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	15% 11% 4 6% 3 3 3 2 3 4 45%	2937
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 2 7% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 53%	2940
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 2 5% 2 2 2 3 3 4 46%	3144
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 4 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 4 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 41%	1715
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 4 6% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 39%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 11% 4 7% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 41%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 41%	3480
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 39%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 44%	2190
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	2254
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 39%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	3950
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 41%	4082
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 34%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 41%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 7% 5% 7% 7% 42%	2470
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 10% 49%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 42%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 56%	4120
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 5% 7% 9% 31%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 57%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 45%	3914
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 47%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 47%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 45%	2123
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 53%	2059
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 55%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 4 57%	1900
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 49%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 7% 51%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2000
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 49%	1836
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 3 2 2 2 4 5% 50%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 3 7% 4 3 3 2 4 4 43%	3391
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 4 7% 4 4 3 3 4 4 38%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 4 8% 4 4 3 3 3 4 46%	4238
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 3 4 56%	4250
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 46%	4546
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 44%	2366
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 2 6% 2 3 3 3 4 6% 46%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 41%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	3480
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 3 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 49%	1990
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 48%	1875
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 48%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	2946
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 6% 8% 43%	2823
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 41%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 10% 56%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 9% 58%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 6% 8% 63%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 10% 49%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 4 5% 9% 65%	2850
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 67%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 59%	2921
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 59%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 58%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 50%	2052
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 58%	2100
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 61%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 5% 60%	2280
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 4 55%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 2 3 3 2 4 5% 56%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 57%	2400
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	2560
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 8% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 4 7% 5% 3 4 2 4 3 45%	4816
	21st to end	Night	16% 11% 4 8% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 41%	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	44% 4 5% 22% 21% 5%	2938
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 11% 23% 21% 5%	2940
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 5% 19% 21% 9%	3144
February	1st to 10th	Day	49% 3 9% 17% 17% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 6% 19% 20% 5%	1724
	21st to end	Day	50% 3 7% 13% 19% 8%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Day	46% 7% 6% 12% 19% 10%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 9% 19% 16% 6%	3480
	21st to end	Day	45% 7% 9% 19% 18% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 6% 8% 20% 19% 6%	2190
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 5% 10% 18% 18% 5%	2254
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 8% 19% 17% 3	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	49% 7% 9% 21% 12% 2	3985
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 10% 12% 23% 16% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	51% 8% 11% 16% 10% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	37% 10% 13% 25% 13% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 10% 12% 22% 17% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	31% 8% 14% 28% 16% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	35% 9% 20% 24% 10% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 6% 10% 35% 22% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	44% 9% 16% 22% 8% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 13% 26% 28% 4	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 16% 33% 9% 1	3953
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 15% 30% 16% 2	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 10% 20% 17% 9%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 8% 13% 21% 17% 6%	2123
	21st to end	Day	30% 6% 11% 19% 25% 9%	2059
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 5% 11% 31% 31%	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 4 17% 36% 20%	3140
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 6% 29% 23% 7%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 7% 23% 23% 8%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 8% 19% 26% 10%	2000
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 6% 17% 27% 7%	1836
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 3 7% 27% 20% 4	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 4 17% 24% 5%	3389
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 6% 21% 17% 4	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 6% 17% 26% 4	4238
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 9% 22% 24% 8%	4250
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 7% 17% 21% 8%	4546
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 9% 18% 17% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 6% 20% 19% 7%	2367
	21st to end	Night	42% 3 8% 17% 20% 10%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 6% 7% 12% 18% 11%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 5% 9% 22% 17% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Night	40% 7% 10% 22% 19% 2	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 11% 19% 19% 10%	1990
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 8% 20% 20% 9%	1875
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 11% 22% 22% 3	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 9% 9% 21% 12% 4	2976
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 10% 14% 23% 16% 1	2824
	21st to end	Night	39% 10% 14% 21% 12% 3	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 9% 14% 32% 18% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 14% 32% 21% 3	1710
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 14% 30% 26% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 10% 22% 26% 15% 2	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 13% 41% 23% 1	2796
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 18% 26% 13%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 15% 29% 29% 7%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 6% 20% 34% 17% 1	2948
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 17% 30% 23% 2	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 10% 25% 23% 9%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 12% 20% 22% 7%	2052
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 10% 21% 28% 9%	2100
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 7% 14% 27% 34%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 4 16% 36% 24%	3779
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 5% 26% 27% 11%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 8% 20% 25% 11%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 8% 20% 27% 12%	2400
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 7% 18% 27% 7%	2560
December	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 7% 29% 20% 5%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 3 4 17% 19% 10%	4817
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 8% 22% 19% 4	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	25% 24% 33% 15% 2 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 28% 36% 10% 2 1	300
	21st to end	Day	30% 25% 32% 9% 5%	300
February	1st to 10th	Day	29% 23% 33% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 27% 30% 6% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	43% 27% 23% 6% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 24% 30% 15% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 26% 30% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	30% 28% 32% 9% 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 23% 32% 12% 6%	370
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 20% 31% 15% 6%	452
	21st to end	Day	22% 24% 30% 18% 5% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 22% 38% 19% 6% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 13% 35% 27% 10% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	12% 12% 35% 24% 15% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 21% 33% 23% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 28% 32% 23% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 27% 34% 22% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 19% 33% 29% 8%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 15% 38% 31% 9%	668
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 12% 38% 32% 10%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 14% 42% 30% 6%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 12% 37% 29% 8%	590
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 6% 34% 36% 14%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 11% 37% 34% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 20% 33% 30% 5%	333
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 26% 33% 18% 3	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 8% 33% 33% 19% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 15% 39% 23% 8% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	28% 15% 34% 18% 5% 1	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 22% 32% 22% 8% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 17% 38% 21% 3 1	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 25% 30% 15% 6%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 24% 31% 17% 3 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 27% 29% 15% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	26% 26% 32% 12% 3	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 17% 33% 26% 4	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 21% 31% 22% 4 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	20% 18% 33% 25% 4	1051
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 19% 30% 23% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 21% 35% 18% 2	892
	21st to end	Night	26% 18% 33% 19% 3	471
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 15% 30% 27% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 32% 24% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	16% 19% 34% 25% 5%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 21% 31% 25% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 20% 31% 23% 11%	563
	21st to end	Night	15% 17% 35% 23% 9% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 33% 32% 10%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 10% 29% 31% 15% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 29% 30% 22% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 17% 34% 38% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 20% 41% 29% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	4 1 16% 37% 37% 5%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 11% 34% 42% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 8% 34% 46% 8%	552
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 37% 44% 8%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 9% 34% 47% 5%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 9% 34% 41% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 8% 35% 43% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 12% 36% 40% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 12% 34% 36% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 17% 32% 35% 4	580
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 19% 37% 28% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 29% 32% 15% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 27% 26% 16% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 29% 35% 12% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 29% 33% 10%	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 16% 30% 25% 9%	960
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 14% 31% 30% 5%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 29% 27% 5%	1000
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 29% 26% 6%	1100

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