Isle of Wight County Courthouse
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Isle of Wight County Courthouse clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-10.

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 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	101031
	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	98055
Transparency	Day	40% 4 12% 23% 17% 4	104669
	Night	41% 4 10% 23% 18% 4	102556
Seeing	Day	17% 11% 27% 25% 15% 5%	15273
	Night	17% 9% 28% 32% 14% 2	24883

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	17% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 51%	2718
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 48%	2840
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 9% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 45%	1789
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 4 4 6% 3 6% 7% 37%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 10% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 37%	3364
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 54%	3480
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 43%	3901
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 51%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	2254
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 45%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 34%	3794
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 32%	4171
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 47%	4823
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 42%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 8% 11% 40%	2660
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 39%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 12% 38%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 34%	4130
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 30%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 4 8% 10% 24%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 35%	3735
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 43%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 39%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	2280
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 36%	2020
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 2 6% 3 3 5% 4 4 6% 46%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 2 5% 5% 51%	1900
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 5% 50%	1886
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	1630
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 42%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 5% 53%	1910
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 44%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 47%	4223
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 43%	4120
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 4 4 44%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 2 5% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 40%	2274
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 46%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 34%	3484
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	3480
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 48%	3729
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	1875
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 4 7% 47%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 3 6% 8% 34%	3116
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 37%	2719
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 44%	2732
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 8% 12% 40%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 41%	1520
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 9% 42%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 38%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 35%	2825
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 29%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 10% 28%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 3 6% 9% 40%	3061
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 45%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 44%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 45%	1900
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 36%	2155
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 51%	2280
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 53%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	2395
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	2470
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	2546
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 41%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	3285
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 45%	4884

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	38% 2 4 30% 23% 4	2719
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 2 6% 20% 28% 5%	2840
	21st to end	Day	47% 2 8% 21% 19% 3	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 3 9% 25% 16% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 3 6% 22% 20% 6%	1798
	21st to end	Day	47% 3 11% 17% 18% 5%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	51% 2 9% 17% 15% 6%	3364
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 1 8% 23% 25% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 2 14% 19% 19% 3	3901
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 11% 23% 22% 7%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 2 11% 25% 20% 6%	2254
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 10% 24% 17% 5%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	48% 3 16% 21% 10% 2	3829
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 3 11% 25% 9% 1	4175
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 15% 26% 18% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 15% 26% 16% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 16% 25% 16% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	37% 5% 16% 25% 15% 2	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	35% 10% 21% 20% 11% 3	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 22% 20% 5% 1	4060
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 14% 17% 13% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	53% 6% 17% 19% 5%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 15% 24% 12%	3771
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 14% 29% 17% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 15% 17% 18% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 10% 22% 19% 2	2280
	21st to end	Day	50% 4 7% 21% 16% 2	2020
October	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 10% 24% 25% 4	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 2 6% 20% 38% 9%	3140
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 7% 28% 26% 13%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 3 8% 28% 21% 4	1886
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 3 10% 22% 23% 6%	1710
	21st to end	Day	36% 3 7% 27% 22% 5%	1630
December	1st to 10th	Day	43% 3 11% 22% 18% 4	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 2 7% 29% 18% 8%	1906
	21st to end	Day	42% 2 9% 28% 17% 2	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 1 6% 24% 22% 6%	4223
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 2 7% 21% 22% 4	4120
	21st to end	Night	46% 2 6% 21% 19% 6%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	43% 2 9% 24% 18% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 2 5% 21% 19% 6%	2276
	21st to end	Night	42% 2 8% 22% 20% 7%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 2 7% 19% 15% 3	3484
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 2 7% 20% 24% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Night	41% 2 7% 27% 18% 5%	3729
April	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 11% 17% 23% 5%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 2 10% 24% 21% 6%	1875
	21st to end	Night	39% 2 10% 27% 18% 4	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	50% 3 14% 21% 10% 1	3146
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 4 10% 27% 9% 1	2720
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 16% 26% 15% 1	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	36% 7% 15% 25% 15% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 18% 23% 15% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	36% 6% 14% 25% 16% 3	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	38% 11% 18% 21% 10% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 9% 21% 22% 5% 1	2772
	21st to end	Night	52% 7% 12% 17% 13%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	50% 6% 19% 20% 5%	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 18% 23% 13%	3091
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 14% 26% 21% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 17% 21% 16% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 9% 23% 20% 3	1900
	21st to end	Night	49% 4 9% 18% 17% 2	2155
October	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 9% 23% 23% 3	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 6% 20% 33% 12%	3779
	21st to end	Night	22% 2 6% 31% 25% 14%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 8% 22% 25% 4	2395
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 2 9% 20% 22% 10%	2470
	21st to end	Night	36% 2 8% 25% 23% 5%	2546
December	1st to 10th	Night	46% 3 8% 22% 17% 4	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 2 9% 22% 21% 6%	3288
	21st to end	Night	42% 2 11% 24% 20% 2	4884

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% 21% 37% 12% 6%	238
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 27% 33% 13% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 23% 38% 14% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 23% 40% 12% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 24% 32% 13% 3	397
	21st to end	Day	27% 19% 34% 18% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 19% 38% 17% 4 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 20% 32% 20% 4 1	460
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 36% 17% 6% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 39% 16% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 17% 36% 19% 10% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 36% 23% 8% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 16% 36% 21% 9% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 31% 26% 14% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 23% 25% 22% 6%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 21% 32% 24% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 21% 33% 21% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 19% 34% 23% 8%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 13% 34% 32% 9%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 12% 39% 29% 11%	484
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 19% 38% 25% 9%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 18% 32% 26% 8%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 13% 30% 30% 11%	479
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 14% 32% 26% 14%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 19% 28% 21% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 18% 31% 18% 13%	490
	21st to end	Day	27% 8% 20% 25% 13% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 19% 24% 23% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 11% 28% 27% 18% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 31% 26% 13% 6%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 32% 23% 15% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 31% 24% 11% 1	370
	21st to end	Day	20% 16% 25% 24% 12% 2	290
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 21% 37% 14% 6% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 36% 22% 7%	180
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 30% 18% 10% 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 16% 38% 25% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 36% 25% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 39% 28% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 41% 23% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 16% 40% 18% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	20% 17% 37% 22% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 35% 27% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 15% 36% 22% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 14% 37% 24% 6%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 14% 41% 23% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 38% 25% 10% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 36% 32% 6% 1	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 34% 32% 7% 1	759
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 28% 39% 9% 1	507
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 15% 45% 20% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 19% 44% 19% 2	380
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 17% 47% 22% 2	380
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 17% 47% 23% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 15% 47% 25% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 8% 45% 33% 4	538
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 15% 45% 25% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 11% 43% 29% 5%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 10% 44% 27% 5%	726
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 11% 36% 32% 6%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 13% 40% 26% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 14% 34% 28% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 17% 33% 19% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 18% 32% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 25% 31% 16% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 28% 32% 17% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 27% 30% 17% 2	779
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 29% 31% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 31% 32% 13% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 34% 27% 8% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 36% 30% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 33% 31% 6%	836

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