Mineola Nature Preserve
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Mineola Nature Preserve clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-08-15.

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 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	95403
	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 51%	93362
Transparency	Day	39% 3 9% 24% 19% 5%	95179
	Night	35% 2 9% 22% 22% 9%	93192
Seeing	Day	14% 6% 21% 28% 23% 8%	14876
	Night	14% 7% 25% 34% 19% 2	24683

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% 10% 3 6% 3 3 2 2 3 5% 47%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 53%	2850
	21st to end	Day	24% 11% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 2 4 44%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 8% 2 7% 4 3 3 2 3 4 41%	1718
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 4 42%	1849
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 4 46%	1690
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 40%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 38%	3480
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 44%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 41%	2245
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 7% 6% 44%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 34%	4050
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 45%	4082
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 34%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 46%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 47%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 4 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 50%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 43%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 56%	4120
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 3 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 36%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 57%	2458
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 47%	2333
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 43%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 51%	2003
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 44%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 3 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 56%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 58%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 2 2 4 58%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 53%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 55%	1900
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 48%	1714
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 6% 48%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2161
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 44%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 3 4 51%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 57%	4120
	21st to end	Night	23% 9% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 45%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 46%	2225
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 48%	1761
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	3480
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 51%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 8% 47%	1882
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 37%	2837
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 47%	2823
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 3 6% 4 3 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 7% 10% 56%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 64%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 59%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 11% 53%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 11% 63%	2850
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 5% 4 7% 9% 44%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 8% 10% 65%	1701
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 6% 10% 51%	1667
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 8% 10% 53%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 1 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 7% 55%	1952
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 62%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	2083
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 6% 61%	2160
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 59%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 5% 60%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	2280
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 50%	2463
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 5% 2 2 4 3 5% 6% 50%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	3036
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 4 51%	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	42% 1 4 20% 28% 5%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 1 7% 25% 28% 4	2850
	21st to end	Day	48% 1 3 17% 22% 9%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	50% 2 4 17% 19% 9%	1718
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 2 4 19% 19% 8%	1859
	21st to end	Day	45% 2 5% 14% 23% 12%	1690
March	1st to 10th	Day	46% 2 5% 18% 23% 6%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 1 8% 22% 17% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	47% 1 9% 19% 20% 3	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 2 9% 22% 18% 8%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 2 9% 18% 20% 8%	2245
	21st to end	Day	39% 3 8% 23% 23% 4	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	54% 2 8% 23% 10% 3	4088
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 2 9% 26% 22% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	49% 3 12% 21% 12% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 15% 30% 14% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 15% 28% 17% 4	2470
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 12% 32% 20% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 23% 27% 9%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 14% 39% 19% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	42% 7% 13% 28% 10%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 15% 36% 20% 2	2444
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 14% 30% 16% 2	2333
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 14% 30% 14% 2	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 10% 25% 20% 8%	2003
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 12% 18% 20% 8%	1980
	21st to end	Day	28% 3 9% 22% 26% 12%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 2 11% 23% 22% 15%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 2 4 19% 27% 15%	1800
	21st to end	Day	34% 1 5% 18% 27% 14%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 2 7% 23% 26% 9%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 2 7% 19% 29% 11%	1900
	21st to end	Day	42% 2 4 19% 25% 8%	1714
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 2 8% 20% 23% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 1 5% 17% 25% 9%	2159
	21st to end	Day	45% 1 4 20% 22% 8%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 1 4 16% 32% 8%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 1 7% 19% 26% 13%	4120
	21st to end	Night	47% 1 4 16% 24% 9%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 3 6% 19% 20% 12%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 2 4 17% 24% 10%	2225
	21st to end	Night	41% 2 6% 16% 20% 14%	1761
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 2 5% 15% 18% 11%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 2 8% 18% 21% 6%	3480
	21st to end	Night	42% 1 9% 19% 25% 5%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 11% 21% 19% 13%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 2 9% 20% 20% 12%	1882
	21st to end	Night	33% 3 9% 22% 28% 5%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	48% 3 9% 23% 13% 5%	2864
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 2 13% 20% 23% 2	2824
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 14% 27% 13% 4	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 17% 31% 20% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 14% 35% 21% 6%	1710
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 14% 29% 27% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 22% 36% 10% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 16% 42% 18% 3	2796
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 17% 31% 10% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 17% 37% 24% 4	1691
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 13% 29% 19% 6%	1667
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 16% 32% 18% 4	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 13% 26% 21% 10%	1952
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 3 11% 25% 21% 10%	1980
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 8% 21% 30% 15%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 2 9% 26% 22% 18%	2083
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 2 6% 17% 27% 21%	2160
	21st to end	Night	32% 2 4 17% 26% 19%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 1 8% 20% 28% 14%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 2 6% 20% 27% 14%	2280
	21st to end	Night	38% 2 5% 18% 25% 11%	2463
December	1st to 10th	Night	37% 2 9% 20% 22% 10%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 1 4 17% 25% 12%	3037
	21st to end	Night	39% 1 5% 18% 27% 10%	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	22% 13% 37% 22% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 16% 39% 14% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 13% 41% 18% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 11% 37% 17% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 17% 37% 13% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	32% 20% 34% 11% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 13% 39% 20% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 19% 37% 17% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 39% 17% 6%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 12% 38% 22% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 11% 30% 22% 11% 1	443
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 36% 27% 8% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 36% 31% 9% 1	634
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 25% 34% 17% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 23% 34% 20% 4	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 14% 34% 33% 10%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 14% 41% 31% 8%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 3 10% 33% 35% 16%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 7% 32% 38% 14%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 4 34% 39% 19%	668
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 4 30% 41% 18%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 5% 30% 42% 18%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 4 29% 45% 14%	615
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 4 19% 41% 26%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 5% 20% 43% 25%	293
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 9% 28% 39% 20%	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 7% 27% 34% 19%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 17% 32% 37% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 31% 27% 18% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 9% 25% 24% 12% 5%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 29% 30% 13% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 29% 36% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 11% 29% 24% 10% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 10% 33% 23% 10% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 10% 34% 25% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 13% 36% 21% 4 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 32% 30% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 31% 29% 6% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 34% 30% 5%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 35% 26% 6%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 12% 33% 28% 3	751
	21st to end	Night	25% 15% 36% 20% 3	505
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 35% 27% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 35% 30% 7%	570
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 38% 30% 7%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 40% 28% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 38% 26% 10% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 40% 28% 10% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 38% 34% 9% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 28% 38% 16% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 26% 39% 20% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 12% 42% 36% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 15% 50% 27% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 11% 38% 39% 7%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 4 43% 40% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 8% 38% 45% 6%	552
	21st to end	Night	2 1 5% 40% 45% 7%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 4 41% 47% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 2 37% 44% 8%	549
	21st to end	Night	4 1 4 34% 48% 9%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 6% 31% 46% 7%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 8% 32% 43% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 11% 37% 38% 5%	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 14% 44% 29% 4	643
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 24% 38% 18% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 26% 31% 17% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 26% 38% 17% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 32% 38% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 29% 28% 12% 1	943
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 30% 35% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 28% 35% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 32% 31% 7%	1045

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